Nisaba 33, 516 (P362306)

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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Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0855

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) ninda gesz-asz gur
2. 1(asz) ninda saga gur
3. 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
4. 1(gesz2) ninda zi3-gu gur
5. szagina-me
6. 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
7. nu-banda3-me
8. 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
9. 1(ban2) ninda zi3-gu
10. ra2-gaba sza3 e2-gal
11. 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
12. 6(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu kas4-didli-me
13. 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) ninda du gur
14. 3(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu sukkal szusz3-me
15. 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ninda du gur
16. sagi 1(u)-me
17. 1(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
18. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu <<gur>>
19. ugula gesz2-da-me
20. 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda gesz-asz 2(barig) ninda saga
21. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ninda du gur 6(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu
22. nar gala-me
23. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) ninda du gur
24. 4(ban2) ninda zi3-gu nimgir sukkal-me
reverse
1. 1(asz) [...] gur# szu-i
2. 2(asz) [... ninda gub] gur
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2)? [... zi3]-gu
4. dub-sar lu2 [didli-me]
5. 4(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda [...]
6. i3-du8 ra2-[gaba-me]
7. 3(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda lu2 [nig2]-dab5 ki lugal-ku3-zu
8. 2(asz) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
9. gaszam-me
10. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) ninda du gur
11. di4-[di4-la] ki# szagina-me
12. 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) ninda du gur elam lu2 mar-ha-szi
13. 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) ninda du gur i3-du8 kisal-luh
14. 2(ban2) zi3#-gu 4(ban2) dabin
15. geme2 [...] {d}al-la-tum-me
16. 2(barig) 4(ban2) [...] ninda saga lu2 kin-gi4 didli
17. 2(barig) 4(ban2) [...] gur# 1(asz) 3(ban2) ninda saga gur
18. 2(asz)? 1(barig) 3(ban2)! 8(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
19. 7(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu 1(ban2) ninda szu zi-ga didli
20. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ninda gesz-<asz> gur 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
21. lu2 nig2-dab5 ki {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
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22. zi-ga u4 1(u)-kam

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 33, 516

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: PUL Ex 0855
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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, 516 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362306.
Nisaba 33, 516 artifact entry (No. P362306). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362306 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 516 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362306 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 516 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P362306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362306},
}


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