Nisaba 33, 746 (P361772)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0164

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
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column 1'
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1'. [...]
2'. [...]-mu
3'. [dumu ...]-{d}ba#-ba6-me
4'. [...]-ba-gara2
5'. [dumu] lu2#-{d}utu
6'. [...] lu2#-{d}nin-sun2
7'. [...] x lu2-ga
8'. [...] lu2-{d}suen
9'. [...] dumu-nita2
10'. [dumu]-ni-me
11'. [...] ARAD2-mu
12'. [...] ur#-{d}ba-ba6
13'. [dumu lu2]-{d}nin#-szubur
14'. [...]-ra
column 2'
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1'. [...]-{d}iszkur
2'. [...] nam!-tar!-ib2-gu#-ul dumu-ni
3'. usz2 lugal-dur2-du10 szesz-a-ni
4'. ki sanga {d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
5'. usz2 lu2-nibru{ki}
6'. x lu2-{d}ba-ba6
  x was bullet in Ozaki file
7'. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu-ni
8'. 1(asz) ma-an-sa6
9'. 1(asz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
10'. 1(disz) [dumu]-nita2
11'. dumu-ni-me
12'. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
13'. 1(disz) dumu-nita2-ni
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. pa x [...]
2'. usz2 ur-[...]
3'. usz2 ur-[...]
4'. ki lu2-[... ...]
5'. usz2 szu-na#
6'. usz2 lu2-{d}nin-gesz-zi#-da!
7'. usz2 iri-silim?
8'. dumu-ni-me
9'. ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki#}-[ta]
10'. usz2 lugal-da-[...]
11'. usz2 lu2-{d}nin-[...]
12'. e2 u-bar-tum#
13'. usz2 ur-{d}en-ki
14'. usz2 i3-pa3-da
reverse
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column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. ki? [...]
2'. usz2 ur#-[...]
3'. dumu [...]
4'. 1(ban2) 1(disz) [...]
5'. [...] da? [...]
6'. x x x
7'. usz2? [...]
8'. usz2 szu-na#-[...]
9'. usz2 szu-x [...]
10'. [...]
11'. 1(disz) ki-[...]
  rest illegible
column 2'
1. usz2 lugal-da-[...]
2. dumu-ni-me
3. ki ku5-da-ta
4. usz2 ur-mes
5. szu lu2-dingir-ra
6. 1/2(disz)? ki-du10-ga-x-si
7. 1(asz) ur-mes
8. 1(asz) ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3
9. dumu-ni-me
10. szu lugal-[...]-ab?
11. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}ba-ba6
12. 1(asz) ur-{gesz}gigir
13. 1(asz) esz3-lu2-x-[...]-a
14. dumu-ni-me
15. 1(asz) esz3-{d}nin-mar{ki}-i3-sa6
16. dumu lu2-dingir-ra-me
17. 1(asz@c) lugal-pa-e3
18. 1(asz) lugal-dumu-nita2
  or -ibila2
19. usz2 lugal-amar-ku3
20. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}nansze?
21. 1(asz) lugal-[...]
column 3'
1. [...]
2. [...] x
3. dumu-ni-me
4. usz2 a-za-za
5. 1(asz@c) ki-tusz-lu2
6. 1(asz) ur-{d}nansze
7. dumu-ni-me
8. usz2 ab-ba
9. 1/2(disz) lu2-hu-rim3
10. usz2 e2-e-si
11. dumu-ni-me
12. usz2 ur-sa6-ga
13. usz2 sza3-nu-mu-na-gal2
14. usz2 dumu-nita2
15. dumu-ni-me
16. usz2 lu2-giri17-zal szesz-a-ni
17. a-ru-a iri-ta
18. ki ur-nig2 ugula-ta
19. ugula sanga {d}nansze
20. usz2 ab-ba
21. usz2 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
22. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}si-sa2
23. [...] lu2#-{d}gesz-bar-e3
  rest broken
column 4'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
2'. [dumu] ur-{d}lamma-me
3'. [...] ur-dam
4'. [...] ur-mes dumu-ni
5'. ki#! ur-e2-ninnu dumu al-la-ta
6'. szu ba-du10
7'. szesz i3-li2
8'. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}ba-ba6
9'. 1(asz@c) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
10'. 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze
11'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}utu
12'. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6-me
13'. 1(asz) ur-mes
14'. 1(asz) esz3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-gi
15'. dumu ba-du10-me
16'. ki ur-[...]-ta!
  rest broken
column 5'
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1'. [...] ni
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x-gi4
4'. [dumu-ni]-me
5'. [...] sal4-la-sa6 dumu-ni
6'. [...] dumu
  rest broken

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 33, 746

    [Ozaki2020Nisaba33] Ozaki, Tohru. 2020. The Lost and the Found Cuneiform Collections Rediscovered. Nisaba 33.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: PUL Ex 0164
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 21:30:37 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Firth, Richard; Mayr, Rudolf H.; Ozaki Tohru Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-09 at 09:11:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-04-03 at 22:04:20 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Molina, Manuel; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2007-02-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 33, 746 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361772.
Nisaba 33, 746 artifact entry (No. P361772). (2023, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361772 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 746 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361772 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 9},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 746 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P361772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361772},
}


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