Nisaba 27, 228 (P304074)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NCBT 02037

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

28.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 10.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15 a-gu-a
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda lu2-da-ga#?
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda szu!(GAL)-lu-lu
4. [5(disz) sila3] kasz# 3(disz) sila3 ninda ma-szu-um
5. [5(disz) sila3] kasz# 3(disz) sila3 ninda lu2-eb-gal
6. [5(disz) sila3 kasz] 3(disz) sila3 ninda a-hu-um
7. [5(disz) sila3] kasz# 3(disz) sila3 ninda a-bi2-du10
8. sukkal-me
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15 kur-sza-num2
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda lu2-{d}utu
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda DU-a-a
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15 lu2-dingir-ra
13. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda ma-ma-a
reverse
1. [3(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda a-hu-ni
2. lu2 kas4-me
3. 5(disz) gin2# szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga-ta#
4. szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
5. szunigin 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz du
6. szunigin 5(disz) sila3# ninda zi3 sig15
7. szunigin 2(ban2)# 8(disz) sila3# ninda du
8. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 5(disz)# sila3 szum2
9. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 9(disz) gin2 i3
10. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 naga
11. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
12. iti sig4-{gesz}szub-i3-ba-gar
13. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P304074

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 28.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NCBT 02037
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073760
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036583
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.2037

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 228

    [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, 467

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 228 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304074.
Nisaba 27, 228 artifact entry (No. P304074). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304074 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304074 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 228 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304074.
Nisaba 27, 228 artifact entry (No. P304074). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304074 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304074 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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