Nisaba 34, 0239 (P506555)

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 00263

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. [n] 5(gesz2)# 2(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. [n] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
3. [n] 1(u)# 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gig gur
4. [ugula] ur-{gesz}gigir dumu bar-ra-an
5. 2(gesz'u)# 2(u) 7(asz) 1(ban2) gur
6. [n?] 2(gesz2)# 1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
7. [n] 2(gesz2)#? 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gig gur
8. [n] ur#-{gesz}gigir dumu lugal-lu2-ni
9. [n] 4(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
10. [n] 4(asz)? 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
11. 7(asz)# 4(ban2) gig gur
12. ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
13. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
14. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
15. 3(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gig gur
16. ugula lugal-nesag-e dumu lu2-gi-na
17. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(ban2) gur
18. ugula da-du-mu
19. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) 2(ban2) gur
20. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
21. 2(u) 2(asz) gig gur
22. ugula lugal-nesag-e dub-sar
23. 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur
24. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
25. 2(u) 4(asz) gig gur
column 2
1. ugula [...]-gi#
2. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) [n] 3(barig) gur
3. 1(u) ziz2# gur
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) gig# gur
5. ugula i7-[pa]-e3#
6. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
7. GAN2 gu4-e uru4-a
8. 1(gesz2)#? 1(u)# 7(asz) gur
9. GAN2# [gu4]-da# du3-a
10. ugula [...]-kal-la
11. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz)# 3(barig)# [...] gur
12. 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
13. GAN2 gu4-e uru4-a
14. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
15. GAN2 gu4-da du3-a
16. 1(u) 1(asz) 5(ban2) gur sze nam du
17. ugula a-gu-gu
18. 1(gesz'u) 5(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur
19. 1(barig) ziz2 GAN2 gu4-e uru4-a
20. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) gur
21. GAN2 gu4-da du3-a
22. ugula lu2-{d}szara2
23. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
24. 1(u) 9(asz) ziz2 gur
25. GAN2 gu4-e uru4-a
26. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
27. GAN2 gu4-da du3-a
28. ugula da-a-ga
29. 1(gesz'u) 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
30. 1(u) 5(asz) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
column 3
1. GAN2 gu4#-[e uru4-a]
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) [... gur]
3. GAN2 gu4-da du3#-a#
4. 2(asz) gur sze nam du
5. ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni
6. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) gur
7. 2(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
8. ugula lu2-[...]
9. 5(gesz2) 8(asz)? 1(barig)# [n gur]
10. 7(asz) 1(barig)# [... gur]
11. ugula lugal#-[...]
12. 5(gesz2) 2(u) [n gur]
13. 6(asz) 3(barig) 4(disz)# [... gur]
14. ugula ur-{d}[...]
15. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 1(barig)# [... gur]
16. ugula lugal-[...]
17. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig)# [... gur]
18. 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) [... gur]
19. ugula lugal-[...]
20. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) [... gur]
21. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) [... gur]
22. ugula lugal-gu4-[e]
23. 2(gesz'u) 2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) gur#
24. 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
25. 1(u) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gig gur
26. ugula a-ab-ba
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27. sze GAN2 gu4
reverse
column 1
1. 4(barig) sze kar-ra a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2#{ki}
2. 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze kar-ra a-sza3 {d}szara2 u3 a-sza3 la2-mah
3. 3(barig) sze kar-ra a-sza3# i3-szum2
4. 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) gur#
5. sze nam-[gub] x kam ra x [...]
6. mu sze# [...]
7. 2(gesz2) 4(u) [n gur]
8. sze a-sza3 [...]
9. a-sza3 da-[...]
10. 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) [... gur]
11. sze u3-ri#-[ga ...] lugal x [...]
12. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur [...]
13. 1(asz) gur [...] mu sze ka# [...]
14. 2(gesz2) 2(u) [n gur]
15. sze a-sza3 [...]
16. a-sza3 gu2-edin#-[na] u3 musz-bi#-[an-na]
17. 5(asz) 1(barig) gur [...]
18. 1(gesz2)# 4(u) [n gur]
19. sze a-sza3 [...]
20. a-sza3 a-ka-[...]
21. 2(gesz2) [n] 5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 gur
22. a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
23. giri3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu bar-ra-an
24. 1(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
25. a-sza3 {d}szara2 u3 a-sza3 {d}la2-[...]
26. giri3 lugal-e2-mah#-[e]
column 2
1. 4(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2)#? [... gur]
2. x [...]
3. giri3# [...]-ma#?
4. 2(gesz2) 8(asz)# 1(barig) gur
5. a-sza3 me-en-kar2 u3 da#-tir#
6. giri3 szesz-kal-la# dumu na-silim
7. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 5(disz) sila3 gur
8. a-sza3 da-da-ri2
9. giri3 ur-{d}nam2-nun-ka
10. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
11. a-sza3 i3-szum2
12. giri3 nig2#-u2-rum
13. a-sza3 da-umma{ki}
14. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
15. a-sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
16. giri3# ur-e11#-e
17. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
18. a-sza3 gu2#-edin#-na# u3 musz-bi-an-na
19. giri3 lugal-ku3-zu
20. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(ban2) gur
21. a-sza3 esz3-didli
22. giri3 lugal-nesag-e
23. sze# apin-la2-da ba-a
24. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
25. sze-gar# nig2-gal2-la dingir-re-ne
26. ki gudu4-ke4-ne-ta
27. giri3 ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba#
28. 4(u) gur#
29. sa2-du11 u4-de3# [gid2]-da {d#}szara2
30. giri3 na-[u2]-a
31. 1(asz) gur GAN2#? [sze] kar-[ra ...]
column 3
1. lu2-banda3{+da} mu6-sub3
2. giri3 ur-ge6-par4
3. 1(u) 5(asz) sze gur zi3-esza gaba-ta gi4#-a {d#}szara2#
4. 2(barig) 1(ban2) esza#
5. 3(barig) 4(ban2) dabin
6. gaba-ta gi4-a zabala3{ki#}
7. 3(barig) dabin esz3 {d}szara2# a-pi4-sal4{ki}
8. 6(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gig#? gur nig2-ar3-ra# kasz#
9. giri3# ur-e11#-e
10. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na siki
11. sze-bi 9(asz) gur
12. la2-ia3 su-ga lu2-saga
13. giri3 da-da-ga
14. 4(u) 2(asz) gur a2 ma2 e2#-gal hun-ga2
15. giri3 lugal#-e-ba-an-sa6
16. 1(u) 5(asz) gur udu-bi 3(u)
17. [...]
18. [x] x x [...]
19. x x giri3# hu#-wa-wa#
20. szunigin 6(disz) guru7# {d}szul-gi-ra 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) gig#? 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3# sze gur
21. 2(gesz'u)? 7(gesz2) 5(u)# 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
22. [n] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gig gur
23. [...] esza
24. [...]-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2)
25. [...]-la#? sze
  blank space
26. 6(disz) guru7 d [szul]-gi-ra 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u)? n(asz) n(barig) 2(ban2)#? 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
27. [sag]-nig2#-gur11-ra sze
28. [mu ha]-ar-szi#{ki} ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
left
1. [...] x-gal u3# [...]-gi-na

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YRBC, 239

    [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 00263
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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 10:08:41 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, 0239 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506555.
Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry (No. P506555). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506555 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506555 (Accessed: November 27, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506555},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 34, 0239 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506555.
Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry (No. P506555). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506555 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506555 (Accessed: November 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506555},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/18/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/11/27/
TI  - Nisaba 34, 0239 artifact entry
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