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Nisaba 15, 0166 (P333744)

Administrative tag excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Department of Jordanian Antiquities, Amman, Jordan

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Department of Jordanian Antiquities, Amman, Jordan

Museum Number

ILAJ IV 104

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
en: of the accounts
3. i-pa2-li2-is dub-sar {uruda}gur10 {uruda}ha-bu3-da
en: of Ipalis, scribe, for sickles and hoes
4. i3-gal2
en: are here
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
en: from month: “Festival of Šulgi“
2. mu hu-uh2-[nu-ri{ki}] ba-hul-ta#
en: of year: "Huhnuri was destroyed"
3. iti szu-gar-gal
en: to month: "Great heaping"
4. mu en [{d}nanna] kar-zi#-[da ba-hun-sze3]
en: of year: "The en-priestess of Nanna in Karzida was installed"
5. mu-bi# [mu 3(disz)-am3]
en: that is: 3 years

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)

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Department of Jordanian Antiquities, Amman, Jordan

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Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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unsealed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 15, 166

[Owen2013Nisaba15] Owen, David I. 2013. Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Saĝrig / Āl-Šarrākī and the History of the Ur III Period. Volume I: Commentary and Indexes. Volume II: Catalogue and Texts. Nisaba 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

pisan dub-ba of agricultural tools
history: Pettinato in An Endangered Cultural Heritage

[Pettinato2005Endangered] Pettinato, Giovanni. 2005. Edited by Roberta Menegazzi. An Endangered Cultural Heritage : Iraqi Antiquities Recovered in Jordan, Monografie di Mesopotamia, 7: 81–98.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: ILAJ IV 104
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.07.00, Amar-Suen.09.01.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.07.07.00 to Amar-Suen.09.01.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-11 at 18:48:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2023-12-15 at 13:15:02	Chóliz, Guillermo	Atf	Chóliz, Guillermo	Dahl, Jacob L.	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:19:54	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2015-03-13 at 12:54:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2013-10-13 at 13:44:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-08-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (171113) (171113)

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“Nisaba 15, 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P333744.

Nisaba 15, 0166 artifact entry (No. P333744). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P333744 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 15, 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P333744 (Accessed: July 12, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P333744},
}

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“Nisaba 15, 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P333744.

Nisaba 15, 0166 artifact entry (No. P333744). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P333744 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 15, 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P333744 (Accessed: July 12, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Nisaba 15, 0166 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P333744},
}

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