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Nisaba 32, 226 (P326853)

Legal tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 52-17-054

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (fragment of a loan contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 35.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur ur5-sze3
2. masz2# [...]-ta#!
3. ki# [...]
(2 lines lost)
4'. [...]-ke4#
5'. [...]
reverse
1. mu e2 an-szar2-ra
2. ba-ku5-a
seal 1
1. ur-{d}hendur-sag#
2. dumu ur-ba#-[ba]

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 × 35.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: incomplete
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed; ur-{d}marduk/ dumu ur-x-[x]. Contest scene involving gods, perhaps a battle among gods.
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (fragment of a loan contract)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 32, 226

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CUNES 52-17-054
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2020-10-11 at 02:25:02	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (189965) (189965)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 32, 226 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P326853.

Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry (No. P326853). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P326853

Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P326853 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2006Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P326853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P326853},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P326853
LB  - CDLI:P326853
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P326853
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 32, 226 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P326853.

Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry (No. P326853). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P326853

Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P326853 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2006Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P326853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P326853},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P326853
LB  - CDLI:P326853
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - Nisaba 32, 226 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P326853
ER  -