Nisaba 32, 039 (P329172)

Legal tablet excavated in Garšana (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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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 48-06-168

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Garšana (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of bread without interest. The bread contains amounts of barley and emmer indicated. The mention of a nu-banda3 (szu-ni) and of a field (a-sza3) concludes the text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) szuku sze-bi 1(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) gur
2. ziz2-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
3. masz2 nu-tuku
4. lu2-sza-lim engar
5. ki ugula bu-zi-a
reverse
1. a-ha-ni-szu ugula gesz2-<da> i3-dab5
2. nu-banda3 szu-i3-li2
3. a-sza3 kar#-na4

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Baked, Cornell, fall 2001.
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Loan of bread without interest. The bread contains amounts of barley and emmer indicated. The mention of a nu-banda3 (szu-ni) and of a field (a-sza3) concludes the text)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 32, 39

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

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  • Museum No.: CUNES 48-06-168
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  • Provenience: Garšana (mod. uncertain) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-09-30 at 06:04:05 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 32, 039 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P329172.
Nisaba 32, 039 artifact entry (No. P329172). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P329172
Nisaba 32, 039 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P329172 (Accessed: July 7, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-07]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P329172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P329172},
}


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