Nisaba 27, 137 (P304037)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 02000

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. puzur4-{d}utu
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
4. 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. szu-{d}dumu-zi
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
7. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. szar-ru-um-i3-li2
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
10. 2(disz) gin2 naga
11. tu-<ra>-am-i3-li2
12. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
13. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. ur-{d}nin-a-zu
15. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
16. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
17. lu2-eridu{ki}
18. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
19. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
20. lu2-a2-zi-da
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1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. i3-zu-ma
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. ur-ba-gara2
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. nig2-{d}ba-ba6
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. {d}utu-iri?-bar-ra
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
10. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
11. du10-ga
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
13. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. dingir-szu-a
15. szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 4(ban2) kasz du
16. szunigin 5(ban2) ninda szunigin 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2
17. szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 la2 1(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 naga
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1. iti dal u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
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2. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

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)

Collections

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 32.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 27, 137

[Borrelli2015Nisaba27] Borrelli, Noemi. 2015. The Umma Messenger Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum and the Yale Babylonian Collection, Part 1. Nisaba 27. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
history: Yale Messenger, 269

[McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NCBT 02000
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.05.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 15:46:37	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-06-13 at 07:25:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2015-04-14 at 13:13:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (073723) (073723)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-036546) (BC-036546)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NCBT.2000) (NCBT.2000)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 27, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304037.

Nisaba 27, 137 artifact entry (No. P304037). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304037 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 27, 137 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304037 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 27, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304037.

Nisaba 27, 137 artifact entry (No. P304037). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304037 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 27, 137 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304037 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

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