Nisaba 33, 518 (P362308)

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 0857

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
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}[...]
2. 1/2(disz) kas4
3. 1/3(disz) ku3-{d}nin-ur4#-ra#!
4. 1/3(disz) usz#
5. 1/3(disz) x [...]
6. 1/3(disz) x [...]
7. 1(u) 5(disz)? lu2#!-[...]
8. 1/3(disz) lugal#!-[...]
9. 1(u) 5(disz) lu2#-[...]
10. 1(u) 5(disz) in-[...]
11. 1/3(disz) lu2-[...]
12. 1/2(disz) a-[...]
13. 1/3(disz) ka#?-[...] x
14. 1(u) 5(disz) lu2-sa6#-i3-zu
15. 1/2(disz) {d}[...]-zu
16. 1/3(disz) lugal-nesag-e
17. 1/3(disz) ugula aga3-us2
18. 1(u) 5(disz) ha-da-da
19. [1(u)] 5(disz) lu2-dingir-ra kuruszda
20. [1(u)] 5(disz)! lu2-dingir-ra sagi
21. 1(u) 5(disz) szesz-kal#-[la]
column 2
1. [...] mu-ni
2. 1(u) 4(disz) lu2-{d}szul-gi#
3. 1(u) ur-{d}nun-gal
4. 1(u) 5(disz) a-lu5-lu5 ASZ
5. 1(u) {d}szara2-a-mu kuruszda
6. 1(u) ur-{d}ma-mi
7. 1/3(disz) {d}szara2-a-mu ugula
8. 1/2(disz) ur-si-gar szandana szesz-a-ni
9. 1/2(disz) e2-AB-[...]
10. [...] x
11. [...] x [...]
12. 1/2(disz) gu#-[...]
13. 1/2(disz) lu2-[...]
14. 1/2(disz) en-[...]
15. 1/2(disz) en-[...]
16. 1/3(disz) szesz-[...]
17. 1/3(disz) szesz#?-[...]
18. 1/3(disz) [...]
19. 1/2(disz) er3#-[...]
20. 1/2(disz) te?-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. 1/3(disz) [...]
2. 1(u) a-a-[...]
3. 1(u) ab-x [...]
4. 1(u) 5(disz) lugal-[...]
5. 1(u) x [...]
6. 1(u) x [...]
7. 1/2(disz) al-[...]
8. 1/2(disz) lu2-x [...]
9. 1/2(disz) sukkal za3-ga#
10. 1/2(disz) sukkal za3-ga 2(disz)-kam
11. 1/2(disz) sagi
12. [1/2(disz)] sagi 2(disz)-kam
13. 1/2(disz) ka-gu4
14. 1(u) 5(disz) a-IL2
15. 1/2(disz) i3-du8
16. 1/2(disz) i3-du8 2(disz)-kam
17. 1/2(disz) ninda-IL2
18. 1/2(disz) ninda-IL2 2(disz)-kam
19. 1/2(disz) nu-banda3 e2-sikil
20. 1(u) x [...]
21. [...]
22. [...]
23. [...] gi
24. [...] a
column 2
1. 1/2(disz) lugal-[a2]-zi#-da
2. 6(disz) sag-ga2-[...]
  blank space
3. sza3 |KI.AN|{ki}
4. 1/2(disz) szitim
5. 2(disz) sipa
6. 1/3(disz) um-mi-a lu2 azlag2
7. [...] ur#!-{d}suen dub-sar
8. 1/3(disz) sal-[...]-HI
9. 1(disz) e2 zabala4[{ki}]
  blank space
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 33, 518

    [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 0857
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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, 518 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P362308.
Nisaba 33, 518 artifact entry (No. P362308). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P362308 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 518 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P362308 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Nisaba 33, 518 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P362308},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P362308},
}


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