Nisaba 27, 019 (P407020)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.06.076

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread etc for sukkals ("secretaries") and others.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

30.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 ...]
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda sig15 [...]
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ur-masz
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 me-pa-e3#
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 sze-[li-bu]-um
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ha-ha-sza#
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 la-qi3-ip
8. sukkal-me
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur-{d}iszkur
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 na-am3-ri2-lum
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 szu-sa6
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda a-bu-szu-[...]
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 du [...]
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda [...]
3. lu2 maszkim-[me]
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz [...]
5. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz)# gin2 naga# 5(disz) gin2 szum2#
6. szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [kasz saga]
7. szunigin 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz [du]
8. szunigin 6(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 szunigin ... sila3 ninda]
9. szunigin 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
10. szunigin [...] gin2 [...]
11. [iti ...]
12. mu [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread etc for sukkals ("secretaries") and others.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407020

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 30.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
rev.-- many gouges.

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1911.06.076
Accession Number 07272 (SM catalogue: 2058)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 188709

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 19

    [Borrelli2015Nisaba27] Borrelli, Noemi. 2015. The Umma Messenger Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum and the Yale Babylonian Collection, Part 1. Nisaba 27. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-06-15 at 15:37:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 019 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407020.
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (No. P407020). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407020
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407020 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407020},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 019 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407020.
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (No. P407020). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407020
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407020 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407020},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407020
LB  - CDLI:P407020
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407020
ER  - 
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