Nisaba 05/1, 165 (P331647)

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
  (1-2 lines lost)
1'. 5(disz)# ma-na ku3-[sig17] si-[sa2]
2'. [n] 1(u) ma-na 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 {na4#}za-gin3
3'. {uruda}alan lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba gub-ba dah-he-de
4'. 1/3(disz)#{sza} ku3-sig17 si-sa2
5'. {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga ninda-ke4 geszimmar szu-ba gal2-la dah-he-de3
6'. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17 si-sa2
7'. {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga bi-luh [geszimmar? szu?]-ba gal2-la ga2-ga2-de3
reverse
1. 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17 si-sa2
2. {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga a-bi2-za TUM# [x] x gaba gub-ba ga2#-ga2-de3
3. 1(u) 5(disz) [ma]-na 1/2(disz) gin2 {na4#}[za-gin3?] AL#? U2 se3-<ge>-de3
4. ki lugal-ku3-zu-ta
5. a-a-mu
6. szu ba-an-ti
7. giri3 lu2-dingir-ra
8. gaba#-ri kiszib3-ba
9. iti a2-ki-ti
  rest broken
  (1-2 lines lost)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P331647

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 30117
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) 167035
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 52376

References

  • primary: Nisaba 5/1, 165

    [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 Epigraphical and Archaeological Catalogue of an Unpublished Corpus of Texts and Fragments, edited by Franco d’Agostino, Romina Laurito, and Francesco Pomponio, 13–71.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), 344, 2

    [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 “Fashioning of Statues in Three Neo-Sumerian Unpublished Texts from Ur.”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 14:27:21 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, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331647.
Nisaba 05/1, 165 artifact entry (No. P331647). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331647 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 05/1, 165 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331647 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 05/1, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P331647.
Nisaba 05/1, 165 artifact entry (No. P331647). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P331647 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 05/1, 165 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P331647 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P331647},
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