Nisaba 27, 032 (P407035)

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 1911.08.001

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: list of men who receive rations of beer, bread etc)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) a-a-ni-szu
2. 1(disz) u-bar
3. 1(disz) kal-la-mu
4. 1(disz) szu-esz18-dar
5. 1(disz) ba-ba-a
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
7. 1(disz) la-a-a
8. 1(disz) an-ne2
9. 1(disz) ka5-a-mu
10. 1(disz) lugal-an-ne2
11. 1(disz) szu-ku8-ub
12. 1(disz) nam#-mah#
13. 1(disz) hu#-hu#-ni#
14. 1(disz) szu#-e2#-a#
15. 1(disz) {d}bar-[...]
16. 1(disz) a-bi2-a
17. 1(disz) en-um-i3-[li2]
18. 1(disz) {d}[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) hu-[...]
2. 1(disz) du-[...]
3. 1(disz) szu-NI-[...]
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda-[ta]
5. 5(disz) gin2 szum2# 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2# naga-ta
6. szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz
7. szunigin 3(ban2) ninda [szunigin 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3]
8. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 i3 szunigin [szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3] naga
9. u4 6(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
10. iti ezem-{d}szul#-[gi]
11. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki#} masz2-e i3-pa3#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: list of men who receive rations of beer, bread etc)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407035

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 35.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- lower right corner missing. bottom half is badly scratched . rev.-- top right corner missing. surface pitted and effaced.

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 1911.08.001
Accession Number 07287 (SM catalogue: 2073)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 188723

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 32

    [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 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-06-17 at 15:33:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:38 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, 032 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407035.
Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry (No. P407035). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407035
Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407035 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407035},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407035},
}


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DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407035
LB  - CDLI:P407035
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407035
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 032 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407035.
Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry (No. P407035). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407035
Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407035 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407035},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407035},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407035
LB  - CDLI:P407035
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - Nisaba 27, 032 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407035
ER  -
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