Nisaba 34, 0307 (P506590)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 00349

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz) dida du 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz] saga#
2. [1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2] naga#
3. [3(disz)] sa szum2# [...] gaba#-asz
4. [1(disz)] dida# [du 1(ban2) 2(disz)] 1(disz)# sila3 kasz saga
5. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. 3(disz) sa szum2 da-a-a gaba#-[asz]
7. 3(disz) sila3# kasz <saga> 2(disz) sila3 ninda#
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. 1(disz) sa szum2 lu2-ma2-gan-na gaba-ta
10. [1(ban2)] 2(disz)# [sila3 kasz 2(disz)] sila3# ninda#
11. [2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga]
reverse
1. [1(disz) sa szum2 ... gaba-ta?]
2. [3(disz)] sila3# [kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda]
3. [1(disz)] 1(disz)# gin2 [i3 2(disz) gin2] naga#
4. 1(disz)# sa szum2 [...]-e-si gaba#-ta#
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda
6. 2(disz) gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. 1(disz) sa# [szum2] hu-ba gaba-ta#
8. [szunigin] 2(disz)# dida du 1(ban2)#
9. [szunigin 1(ban2)] la2# 1(disz@t) sila3 kasz saga! szunigin 1(ban2) la2# 1(disz@t)# sila3# [kasz]
10. [szunigin] 2(ban2)# 8(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin# 1(u) 2(disz) gin2# [i3]
11. [szunigin 1(u) 2(disz)] gin2# naga# [szunigin] 1(u) [3(disz) sa szum2]
12. [x] x lugal#? [...]
13. [...]
left
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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YRBC, 307

    [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 00349
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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, 0307 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506590.
Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry (No. P506590). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506590 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506590 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506590},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506590},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 34, 0307 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P506590.
Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry (No. P506590). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P506590 (Original work published 2017)
Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P506590 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P506590},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P506590},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/18/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P506590
M1  - 2025/7/27/
TI  - Nisaba 34, 0307 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P506590
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