Nisaba 33, 1087 (P362126)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0668

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Annotation unreviewed

tablet
obverse
  blank space
  erasures
1. 2(ban2) ninda ba-ba saga 4(ban2) ninda gesz-asz
2. 1(barig) ninda zi3-gu saga 1(barig) ninda zi3-gu du
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) ninda saga gur 1(barig) zi3-gu saga
4. 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) kasz du
5. 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga 1(disz) sila3 szim saga us2
6. 1(disz) sila3 gazi kum 1(disz) sila3 sze-lu2 kum
7. 1/3(disz) sila3 {u2}asznan# kum 3(disz) sila3 dabin
8. 3(u) dug-gal 1(u) 5(disz) dug 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
9. 2(u) 5(disz)! dug nig2 5(disz) sila3 1(u) 3(disz) dug nig2 3(disz) sila3
10. 5(disz) dug sila3 sa2-du11
11. 1/2(disz) dug sze-duru5
12. sza3 umma{ki}
13. 1(ban2) [n] sila3# i3#-nun 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz gazi
14. [sza3] zabala4#{ki}
15. [...] tur
reverse
1. [...] ba-ba-ti
2. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga
3. 1(ban2) kasz saga 2(ban2) kasz du 3(ban2) ninda du
4. szu-{d}nin-szubur sukkal nin#!
5. 3(ban2) kasz dida saga 3(ban2) kasz dida du
6. 4(ban2) dabin gu-u2-za-a-a szesz szar-ru-ba-ni
7. 2(ban2) ninda gesz-asz 3(ban2) ninda zi3-gu saga
8. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ninda szu 3(ban2) kasz saga 2(barig) ninda du
9. 3(barig) kasz dida du 2(barig) dabin 2(barig) zu2-lum
10. 1/2(disz) sila3 szim saga kum 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-lu2 kum
11. 1/3(disz) sila3 gazi kum
12. szu-{d}ma-mi-tum i3-du8
13. 3(ban2) ninda gesz-asz 3(ban2) ninda-gu saga
14. 4(barig) ninda du 4(ban2) kasz saga 4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du
15. 1/2(disz) sila3 szim saga kum 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-lu2 kum
16. 1/3(disz) sila3 gazi kum
17. szu-da-da
18. 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun 5(disz) sila3 kasz gazi
19. ki ARAD2-sze3 giri3 gu-du-du
20. ki {d}szara2-kam-ta
21. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
22. mu si-ma-num2{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)

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


  • primary: Nisaba 33, 1087

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

  • citation: CDLB 2023/003, §4

    [Molina2023Nisaba33] Molina, Manuel, and Zsombor J. Földi. 2023. “Identification of the Cuneiform Tablets Published in Nisaba 33.” Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, no. 3. https://cdli.ucla.edu/articles/cdlb/2023-3.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: PUL Ex 0668
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-03 at 14:50:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 33, 1087 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362126.
Nisaba 33, 1087 artifact entry (No. P362126). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362126 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 1087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362126 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 1087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P362126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362126},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/3/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P362126
LB  - CDLI:P362126
M1  - 2025/5/20/
TI  - Nisaba 33, 1087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P362126
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.