Nisaba 34, 0220 (P506536)

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 00238

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
2. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. lu2-bala-saga
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
5. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. nu-ur2-esz18-dar
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
8. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. a!(MIN)-hu-ni
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
11. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. du-du
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
14. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
reverse
1. a-hu-ni
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
3. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. szu-i3-li2
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
6. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. lu2-sa6-i3-zu
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
9. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. a-ba-dingir-mu-gin7
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2
12. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
13. a#-kal#?-ma-gur8
  perhaps la-ma-har
14. szunigin 4(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 kasz 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 szum2
left
1. 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga
2. u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
3. iti szu-numun

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
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  • primary: YRBC, 220

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

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  • Museum No.: RBC 00238
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2024-04-11 at 05:13:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-01-20 at 07:15:55 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-03-03 at 10:08:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-12-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Frayne, Douglas R.; Wagensonner, Klaus Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 34, 0220 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506536.
Nisaba 34, 0220 artifact entry (No. P506536). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506536 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0220 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506536 (Accessed: July 8, 2025).
@misc{2024Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506536},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506536},
}


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