Nik 2, 440 (P122123)

Administrative tablet 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

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) ur-gi7 e2-gal-ta er-ra
2. sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi 1(ban2) dabin-ta
3. iti 7(disz) u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
4. dabin-bi 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
reverse
1. iti sig4-u3-szub-ba-gar-ta u4 1(u) 5(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal-la#-ta
2. iti {d}li9-si4-[x]
  blank space
3. sza3-gal ur-gi7 e2-gal-ta er-ra
4. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nik 2, 440

    [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.

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 222 n. 708 (obv. 1-2)

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • citation: ASJ 14, p.379-394, p. 393

    [Yoshikawa1992verbs] Yoshikawa, Mamoru. 1992. “The Verbs of Agentive-Oriented Infixation.” Acta Sumerologica 14: 379–94.

    (to mu-DU = mu-ir10)


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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.02.15, Ibbi-Suen.02.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.02.02.15 to Ibbi-Suen.02.09.00

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-12-24 at 13:58:08 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:49:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:19 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nik 2, 440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122123.
Nik 2, 440 artifact entry (No. P122123). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122123 (Original work published 2001)
Nik 2, 440 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122123 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Nik 2, 440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122123},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122123},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122123
LB  - CDLI:P122123
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - Nik 2, 440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122123
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Nik 2, 440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122123.
Nik 2, 440 artifact entry (No. P122123). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122123 (Original work published 2001)
Nik 2, 440 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122123 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Nik 2, 440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122123},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122123},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122123
LB  - CDLI:P122123
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - Nik 2, 440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122123
ER  - 
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