Nisaba 33, 433 (P362204)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0749

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. lugal-e2-mah-e engar
2'. 1(disz) gu4 mu 1(asz)
3'. 2(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
4'. sze-bi 6(asz) gur
5'. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
6'. 1(disz) dur3-gesz
7'. sze-bi 5(asz) gur
8'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
9'. sze-bi 7(asz) gur
10'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
11'. sag#-bi 1(disz)-[am3]
12'. ur-nig2 [engar]
13'. 1(disz) [...]
14'. sze-bi [...]
15'. sza3-ku3-[ge engar]
16'. 1(disz) [...]
17'. sze-bi 6(asz) [... gur]
18'. igi-zi engar
19'. 2(disz) gu4-gesz
20'. sag-bi 3(disz)-am3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [n] dur3#-[gesz]
2'. sze-bi 5(asz) gur
3'. szunigin 4(disz) gu4
4'. sag-bi 5(disz)-am3#
5'. szunigin la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 [...]
6'. nu-banda3-gu4# lugal#-iti-da
7'. 1(disz) gu4# sag#-bi# 1(disz)-am3!
8'. la2-ia3 1(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
9'. inim-{d}szara2 engar
10'. la2-ia3 1(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz)
11'. ur-{d}dumu-zi# engar#
12'. [...] ab2 x
13'. [...] gu4-gesz
14'. [sze-bi] 1(u) 4(asz) gur
15'. [...]-kal-la engar
16. [...] dur3#-gesz
17'. [sag]-bi# 1(disz)-am3
18'. ur-{gesz}gigir dumu a-si-lu!
19'. 1(disz) dur3-gesz
20'. sze-bi 5(asz) gur
21'. ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar
22'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
reverse
column 1
1. sag!-bi 1(disz)!-am3
2. 2(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz)?
3. sze-bi 4(asz) [gur]
4. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz!
5. 1(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
6. la2-ia3-am3
7. {d}szara2-i3-zu engar
  blank space
8. szunigin 4(disz) gu4
9. sze-bi 1(u) 7(asz) gur
10. szunigin 1(disz) ansze
11. sze-bi 5(asz) gur
12. szunigin 2(disz) gu4
13. sag-munus-bi 2(disz)-am3
14. szunigin 1(disz) ansze
15. sag-munus-bi 1(disz)-am3
16. szunigin la2-ia3 4(disz) gu4 hi-a
17. nu-banda3-gu4 szesz-kal-la
18. [...] 1(disz)? gu4-gesz
19. [...] mu 1(asz)
20. [sze-bi ...] gur
21. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. [sag]-bi# 2(disz)-am3
2. 1(disz)? ab2-mah2
3. sze#-bi 7(asz) gur
4. 1(disz) gu4-gesz za3 nu-szu2 su-ga engar
5. lugal-ma2-gur8-re engar
  blank space
6. szunigin 3(disz) gu4-gesz
7. sze-bi 1(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur
8. szunigin 1(disz) ansze
9. sze-bi 5(asz) gur
10. szunigin la2-ia3 5(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
11. nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ku3-zu
  blank space
12. szu-nigin 1(u) 7(disz) gu4
13. szu-nigin 3(disz) ansze
14. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur
15. szu-nigin 6(disz) [...]
16. szu-nigin 1(disz) [...]
17. sag-munus# [...]
18. sze#-[bi gur]
  rest broken

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 33, 433

    [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 0749
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00 ?
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  • 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 21:52:33 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, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362204.
Nisaba 33, 433 artifact entry (No. P362204). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362204 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 433 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362204 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 433 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P362204},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362204},
}


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