Nisaba 34, 0590 (P498146)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

RBC 00641

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
2. 2(asz) gu2 2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
3. 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na# siki tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
4. 4(asz) gu2 5(u) 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2# siki tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam [us2]
5. 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 4(disz) ma-na [... siki] tug2 guz-za du#
6. 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki kur-[ra] tug2 [...]
7. 1(asz) gu2 5(disz) ma-na siki [...]
8. 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 gu2# [ansze] siki kur-ra
9. 1(u) ma-na siki kur-ra# [...] nig2-[...]
reverse
1. 1(u)# 6(disz)# ma#-na# siki [...]
2. [...] ri [...]
3. [...] a# [...] ka#
4. [...] ur#-{d}nin-[...]
5. [iti ezem]-{d}amar#-[{d}]suen#
6. [mu] en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun#
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-uszur4

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YRBC, 590

[OzakiYRBC] Ozaki, Tohru, Marcel Sigrist, and Sergio Tang. 2023. The Rosen Collection Texts at the Yale Peabody Museum. Nisaba 34. Roma: Arbor Sapientiae Editore.
history: Mayr SITU, SITU p. 431 (seal only)

[Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: RBC 00641
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 19:34:40	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Wagensonner, Klaus		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-04-11 at 05:13:43	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2020-03-03 at 10:08:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2016-04-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-030935) (BC-030935)
Electronic Babylonian Library (RBC.641) (RBC.641)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005354.4 (composite) (P534043)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 34, 0590 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498146.

Nisaba 34, 0590 artifact entry (No. P498146). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498146 (Original work published 2016)

Nisaba 34, 0590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498146 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498146},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 34, 0590 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498146.

Nisaba 34, 0590 artifact entry (No. P498146). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498146 (Original work published 2016)

Nisaba 34, 0590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498146 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498146},
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