Nisaba 05/1, 186 (P331218)

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

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

43.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz)#{sza} uruda# x [x?] {uruda}alan lugal kasz nag-KA#?
2. [x] {na4#}an-zu-gur4#?
3. [x x] x [x]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x x] x [x?]
2'. [szu ba-an?]-ti#
3'. [iti] ezem#-an-[na]
4'. [mu] {d}szu-{d}suen# [lugal] uri5{ki}-ma-[ke4] ma2-gur8 mah# {d#}[en-lil2 {d}nin]-lil2-[ra mu-ne-dim2]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P331218

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 30138
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 071263
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 52397

References

  • primary: Nisaba 5/1, 186

    [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 Epigraphical and Archaeological Catalogue of an Unpublished Corpus of Texts and Fragments, edited by Franco d’Agostino, Romina Laurito, and Francesco Pomponio, 13–71.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: Fs Pomponio (pp. 341-356), 349, 3

    [Verderame2021FsPomponio] Verderame, Lorenzo. 2021. “Fashioning of Statues in Three Neo-Sumerian Unpublished Texts from Ur.” In dNisaba Za3-Mi2: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Francesco Pomponio, edited by Palmiro Notizia, Annunziata Rositani, and Lorenzo Verderame. Vol. 341–356. Zaphon Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 15:18:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2022-02-14 at 14:36:33 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2006-04-14 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 05/1, 186 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331218.
Nisaba 05/1, 186 artifact entry (No. P331218). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331218 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 05/1, 186 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331218 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 05/1, 186 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331218.
Nisaba 05/1, 186 artifact entry (No. P331218). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331218 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 05/1, 186 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331218 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P331218},
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