Nik 2, 096 (P121779)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Museum Collection(s)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Museum Number

GMII —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dab?-ba
en: xxx
3. a2 erin2-na
en: xxx
4. lu2-du10-ga dumu he2-ma-du
en: xxx
5. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-gal2
en: xxx
2. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
en: xxx

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)

Textual annotations

#new_text=P121779 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 kiszib3 kiszib[sealed_tablet] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 dab-ba dab[seize] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 a2 a[wage] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 erin2-na erin[people] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 6 lu2-du10-ga Luduga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 he2-ma-du Hemadu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 9 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 2(disz)-kam 2(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen,Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 12 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 us2-sa us[follow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 15 {d}szu-{d}suen Szusuen[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 lugal-e lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 17 bad3 bad[wall] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 mar-tu Martu[1] PROPN EN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im Muriqtidnim[1] PROPN ON Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 20 mu-du3 n] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Collections

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nik 2, 096

[Nikol'skij1915Nik2] Nikol’skij, Mikhail V. 1915. Dokumenty Chozjajstvennoj Otcetnosti Drevnejšej Epochi Chaldei Iz Sobranija N.P. Lichaceva Cast’ II: Epoch Dinastii Agade i Epocha Dinastii Ura. Vol. 5. Drevnosti Vostocnya. Moscow.
history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 018

[Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.
citation: Ancient archives (pp. 37-58), 49

[Steinkeller2003Archives] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2003. “Archival Practices at Babylonia in the Third Millennium.” Edited by Maria Brosius. Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions : Concepts of Record-Keeping in the Ancient World.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: GMII —
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Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 07:21:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 07:16:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Annotation	McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan	Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:19:51	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:49:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:12	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (004335) (004335)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nik 2, 096 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121779.

Nik 2, 096 artifact entry (No. P121779). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121779 (Original work published 2001)

Nik 2, 096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121779 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {Nik 2, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121779},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nik 2, 096 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121779.

Nik 2, 096 artifact entry (No. P121779). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121779 (Original work published 2001)

Nik 2, 096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121779 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {Nik 2, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121779},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121779
LB  - CDLI:P121779
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - Nik 2, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121779
ER  -