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Nisaba 32, 109 (P324612)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

CUNES 49-15-606

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of [barley?], with witnesses.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 43.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [n?] 1(asz) sze gur
2. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
3. kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
reverse
1. ezem nesag-sze3 su-su-dam
2. igi ur-sag-ku5-sze3
3. igi nig2-sza3-ge-sze3
4. igi lugal-e-sze3
blank space
5. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-nig2-lagar-e
2. dumu a2-ki-[x?]

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

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 43.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: complete
Condition Description: The tablet is split into two pieces but rejoined with the loss of only one line
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed; inscribed "Lugalnilagare, son of Aki....", otherwise apparently unknown.
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Loan of [barley?], with witnesses.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 32, 109

[Notizia2019Nisaba32] Notizia, Palmiro. 2019. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the Rosen Collection. Nisaba 32. Messina: DICAM.
history: Mayr SITU, p. 324

[Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CUNES 49-15-606
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
Alternative Years: AS.06
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2020-10-05 at 02:01:13	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (190482) (190482)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003034 (composite) (P455744)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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“Nisaba 32, 109 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P324612.

Nisaba 32, 109 artifact entry (No. P324612). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324612 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 32, 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324612 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324612},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324612},
}

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“Nisaba 32, 109 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P324612.

Nisaba 32, 109 artifact entry (No. P324612). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324612 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 32, 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324612 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).

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