Nisaba 34, 0237 (P506553)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

RBC 00255

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 8(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur zabar-ta
2. 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gig gur zabar-ta
3. 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur zabar#-ta#
4. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal#
5. 2(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur lugal
6. 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur nam-ha-ni-ta
7. kiszib3 ur#-{d}li9-si4
8. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) sze gur 4(asz)# 1(barig) zi3 gur
9. kiszib3 la-ni-mu
10. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur 1(barig) zi3 lugal
11. kiszib3 ad-da
12. 1(gesz2) sze gur zabar-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 {d}szara2-mu-tum2
2. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}suen
3. 1(gesz2) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur zabar
4. kiszib3 ARAD2 <<szu ba-ti>>
5. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur
6. szunigin# [3(disz)] 2(asz) 2(barig) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gig gur
7. szunigin 2(u) 4(ban2) gur
8. ki ur-{d}nin-su-ta
9. ur-{d#}li9#-si4-ke4
10. szu ba-ti
11. sag gur-bi nu-um-gar
12. gur-bi kab2 di-dam
13. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si#-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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/P506553

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number RBC 00255
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) RBC.255

References

  • primary: YRBC, 237

    [OzakiYRBC] Ozaki, Tohru, Marcel Sigrist, and Sergio Tang. 2023. The Rosen Collection Texts at the Yale Peabody Museum. Nisaba 34. Roma: Arbor Sapientiae Editore.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-18 at 19:34:40 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Wagensonner, Klaus Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-04-11 at 05:13:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-20 at 07:15:55 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-03-03 at 10:08:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Frayne, Douglas R.; Wagensonner, Klaus Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 34, 0237 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506553.
Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry (No. P506553). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506553 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506553 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506553},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 34, 0237 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506553.
Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry (No. P506553). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506553 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506553 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2024Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506553},
}


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DA  - 2024/6/18/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P506553
LB  - CDLI:P506553
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - Nisaba 34, 0237 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P506553
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