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Nisaba 05/1, 004 (P331067)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [x] x {na4}za-gin3
2. {gesz}gu-za i7-lu2-ru-da
3. se3#-de3
4. [ki] lu2#-{d}suen
5. [x x?]-HI
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
blank space
2. iti u5-bi2-gu7
3. mu us2-sa a-ra2 [3(disz)]-kam-asz si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 5/1, 4

[d’Agostino2004Nisaba5/1] Agostino, Franco d’. 2004. “Philological Catalogue of the Numbered Tablets of Ur.” In Neo-Sumerian Texts from Ur in the British Museum. Epigraphical and Archaeological Catalogue of an Unpublished Corpus of Texts and Fragments, edited by Franco d’Agostino, Romina Laurito, and Francesco Pomponio, 13–71. Nisaba 5. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: Verderame, Studi Mander, p. 153 1

[VerderameFsMander] Verderame, Lorenzo. n.d. In .

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 16070
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.33.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-31 at 18:06:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-09-16 at 12:15:16	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-14 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (071108) (071108)
Ur Online Project (16458) (16458)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 05/1, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331067.

Nisaba 05/1, 004 artifact entry (No. P331067). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331067 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 05/1, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331067 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 05/1, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331067.

Nisaba 05/1, 004 artifact entry (No. P331067). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331067 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 05/1, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331067 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

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