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Nisaba 34, 0228 (P506544)

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

Museum Number

RBC 00246

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 kasz?
2. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. puzur4-esz18-dar sukkal
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
5. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. ri-ba-a
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
8. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. ur-e2-ninnu
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
11. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. szesz-kal-la
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
2. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. du10-i3-li2
4. szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
5. szunigin 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz du
6. szunigin 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda
7. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2
8. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 i3
9. szunigin 1(u) gin2 naga
10. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
11. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
left
1. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi

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)

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YRBC, 228

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: RBC 00246
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.02.15
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 19:34:40	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Wagensonner, Klaus		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-04-11 at 05:13:43	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
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
2020-03-03 at 10:08:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2017-12-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Frayne, Douglas R.; Wagensonner, Klaus	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	approved

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Electronic Babylonian Library (RBC.246) (RBC.246)

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“Nisaba 34, 0228 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506544.

Nisaba 34, 0228 artifact entry (No. P506544). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506544 (Original work published 2017)

Nisaba 34, 0228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506544 (Accessed: July 11, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506544},
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“Nisaba 34, 0228 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506544.

Nisaba 34, 0228 artifact entry (No. P506544). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506544 (Original work published 2017)

Nisaba 34, 0228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506544 (Accessed: July 11, 2025).

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