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

Lineart

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

Measurements

-

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

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 _ _ _ _

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121779

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
Museum Number GMII —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004335

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 07:21:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 07:16:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:51 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:49:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“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: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	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  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - Nik 2, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121779
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“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: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	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  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - Nik 2, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121779
ER  -
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