Nisaba 34, 0796 (P506986)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 02527

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
 en: 2 barig 2 ban2 2 sila3 of clarified butter,
2. 3(barig) ga-ar3#
 en: 3 barig of kašk cheese,
3. la2-ia3 ur-KA-na-ra# unu3
 en: deficit of Ur-KAnara, the cattle herder;
4. iti ezem-igi-gal2
 en: month “Festival-of-Mekigal;”
  assuming igi is a phonetic rendering of (m)e-ki-
5. nig2-ka9-bi ba-ak
 en: the relevant account is concluded;
reverse
1. mu a-ra2# 3(disz)-kam-ma-asz si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “For the 3rd time Simurum was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

20200302 ozaki: see P115925

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P506986

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Ozaki: Du-Enlila, but the Ur-KAnara of the WTO texts was alive well after Ur-KAnara of MVN 10, 155 died.
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 02527
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) RBC.2527

References

  • primary: YRBC, 796

    [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
2020-03-04 at 11:23:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2020-03-03 at 10:08:38 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, 0796 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506986.
Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry (No. P506986). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506986 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506986 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506986},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 34, 0796 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506986.
Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry (No. P506986). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506986 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506986 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506986},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P506986
LB  - CDLI:P506986
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - Nisaba 34, 0796 artifact entry
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