Nisaba 33, 763 (P361793)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0194

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] gin2
3'. [ki] ur#-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze-ta
4'. [...] gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2
5'. [ki] ka5-a-mu dumu lu2#-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
6'. [...] gin2
7'. [ki esz18]-dar#!-um!-mi-ta
8'. [...] ma#-na la2 1/2(disz) gin2 [ki] lu2#-bi-mu-ta
9'. [...] 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 [ki ...]-sag-ta
10'. [...]
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. gesz-sa6-ga#
2'. 2(barig) zi3 a! ninda
3'. ki lu2-bi-mu-ta
blank space
4'. ur-nig2 dumu lu2-kal-la
5'. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) sze amar gur
6'. ki lu2-igi-sa6-sa6-ta
blank space
7'. gu3-de2-a dumu ug3-IL2
8'. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
9'. [...]-lil2-la2
10'. [...]{ki}
column 3'
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1'. [...] gur
2'. a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam
3'. kiszib3 lugal-sa6-ga
4'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
5'. a-ra2 1(disz@t)-kam
6'. 9(gesz2) [n] 2(ban2) gur
7'. a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam
8'. kiszib3 ur-ki-siki-ka
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9'. zi3-ka-sze3
10'. lu2-sa6-ga
11'. [...] 1(asz)? gur
12'. sze erin2! nu-uru4 szu ti-a
13'. kiszib3 nu-banda3-ne
14'. ki ad-da-mu-ta
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column 1
1. szunigin ($ blank space $)
2. szunigin ($ blank space $)
3. nig2-ka9-bi nu-ak
4. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) gur
5. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 sanga {d}dumu-zi-ta
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6. ur-{d}ba-ba6 sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
7. 7(disz) sila3 ki ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-nig2-ta
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8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 sanga {d}dumu-zi
9. 1(ban2) ki sanga {d}nin-gir2-su-ta
10. 1(ban2) ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
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11. ur-sa6-ga dumu dub-sar
rest broken
column 2
1. [...] x
2. [...] x
3. [...] nam#-ha-ni
4. [...] ka an? [...]
5. [...] 2(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 9(disz) sila3 gur
6. ki nam-mah dumu ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
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7. ad-da-mu
8. 4(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
9. ki nam-mah dumu ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
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10. [ki ur-{d}lamma dumu] ur-nig2-ta
rest broken
column 3
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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

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 33, 763

[Ozaki2020Nisaba33] Ozaki, Tohru. 2020. The Lost and the Found Cuneiform Collections Rediscovered. Nisaba 33.
citation: CDLB 2023/003, §4

[Molina2023Nisaba33] Molina, Manuel, and Zsombor J. Földi. 2023. “Identification of the Cuneiform Tablets Published in Nisaba 33.” Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, no. 3. https://cdli.ucla.edu/articles/cdlb/2023-3.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: PUL Ex 0194
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-07-03 at 14:50:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-15 at 21:30:37	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Firth, Richard; Mayr, Rudolf H.; Ozaki Tohru	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-09 at 09:11:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-04-03 at 22:04:20	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Molina, Manuel; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-02-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (164522) (164522)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 33, 763 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361793.

Nisaba 33, 763 artifact entry (No. P361793). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361793 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 33, 763 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361793 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361793},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 33, 763 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361793.

Nisaba 33, 763 artifact entry (No. P361793). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361793 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 33, 763 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361793 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {Nisaba 33, 763 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361793},
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