Nisaba 34, 0097 (P498357)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

RBC 00105

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(ban2) zi3# [...]
2. 1(barig) zu2-lum
3. 1(barig) esza ka
4. 1(barig) zi3-gu du
5. e2# gibil-sze3
6. 1(ban2) esza
7. 3(ban2) zi3-gu
8. ARAD2 nagar
9. 3(disz) sila3 esza
10. [...] sila3 zi3-dub#-[dub]
reverse
1. {d}nisaba
2. 4(disz) sila3 esza
3. 4(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub
4. {d}iszkur
5. 4(disz) sila3 esza 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
6. sza3 e2 gu-la
7. 2(barig) sze ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. ki da-gu-ta
9. kiszib3 ensi2-ka#
10. iti e2-iti-6(disz)#
11. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3# [mar]-tu mu#-[du3]
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}szu-{d}suen]
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. [a-a-kal-la]
2. ensi2#
3. umma{ki#}
4. ARAD2-[zu]

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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: YRBC, 97

    [OzakiYRBC] Ozaki, Tohru, Marcel Sigrist, and Sergio Tang. 2023. The Rosen Collection Texts at the Yale Peabody Museum. Nisaba 34. Roma: Arbor Sapientiae Editore.

  • history: Mayr SITU, SITU p. 157 (seal only)

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: RBC 00105
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.08.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-18 at 19:34:40 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Wagensonner, Klaus Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-04-11 at 05:13:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-03-03 at 10:08:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000033 (composite) (P430134) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.00

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 34, 0097 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498357.
Nisaba 34, 0097 artifact entry (No. P498357). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498357 (Original work published 2016)
Nisaba 34, 0097 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498357 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2024Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498357},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498357},
}


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