Nisaba 33, 483 (P362226)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0771

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 5(disz) sila3 [...] x x [...]
2'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) [...] {d}[...]-ta!
3'. 5(ban2) ki [...]
4'. 1(asz) n [...]
5'. 1(asz) 3(ban2) [...]-ta
6'. 4(barig) 3(ban2) x [...]
7'. 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz)? sila3 gur x a2 gu2 [...]
8'. 3(barig) x x-bi2?-lum-ma
9'. 2(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
10'. giri3 [...]
11'. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz)? sila3 a-ra2 [... a]-ra2# 2(disz)-kam
12'. giri3 ur-{d}lamma [...] ka? sze-a?
13'. ($ blank space $) 9(asz)! 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
14'. sza3-bi-ta
15'. 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur sa2-du11 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
16'. 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sza3-gal aga3!-us2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
17'. 1(barig) 5(ban2) zi3 ku5-ra2 [...]
18'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) zi-ga [...]-i3-sa6
19'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) <sila3> sza3-gal geme2 kikken2
20'. 1(ban2) dabin gin2-na
21'. 2(ban2) zi3 kiszib3 ur-{d}hendur-sag
reverse
1. 4(ban2) kiszib3# lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
2. 2(ban2) zi3 diri kiszib3 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
3. 1(ban2) zi3 kiszib3 nam-zi-tar-ra
4. 5(disz) sila3 sze ar-za-na
5. 2(disz) sila3 ar-za-na nig2-ar3-ra saga
6. 1(ban2) sza3-gal simug
7. 2(ban2) sze giri3 lu2-ma2#-gu-la
8. 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 nin-lu2-mar-za
9. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 e2-gal-e-si
10. 1(ban2) geme2-{d}nansze
11. 1(ban2) nin-szesz
12. 1(ban2) geme2-a-kar!-re
13. 1(ban2) geme2-{d}na-ru2-a
14. 2(ban2) ur-{d}ba-ba6
15. 1(ban2) zi3 szesz-kal-[la]
16. 1(ban2) dingir-ga2-i3-sa6
17. 5(disz) sila3 sze a2 lu2 hun-ga2
18. ($ blank space $) ga-at-ti-ni
19. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kiszib3 ur-gi#-na
20. 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 geme2-e2-unu{ki}
21. 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 geme2-e2?-[...]
  blank space
22. 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 zi-[...] gur
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P362226

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Museum Number PUL Ex 0771
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 164955

References

  • primary: Nisaba 33, 483

    [Ozaki2020Nisaba33] Ozaki, Tohru. 2020. The Lost and the Found Cuneiform Collections Rediscovered. Nisaba 33.

  • citation: Molina CDLB 2023/003, §4

    [Molina2023Nisaba33] Molina, Manuel, and Zsombor J. Földi. 2023. “Identification of the Cuneiform Tablets Published in Nisaba 33.” Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, no. 3. https://cdli.ucla.edu/articles/cdlb/2023-3.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-03 at 14:50:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-06-15 at 21:30:37 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Firth, Richard; Mayr, Rudolf H.; Ozaki Tohru Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-06-09 at 09:11:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-04-03 at 21:52:33 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2007-02-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 33, 483 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362226.
Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry (No. P362226). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362226 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362226 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362226},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 33, 483 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362226.
Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry (No. P362226). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362226 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362226 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P362226},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362226},
}


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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - Nisaba 33, 483 artifact entry
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