Nisaba 23, 008 (P376019)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 110155

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
1. 9(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. a-da gub-ba u3 e-bi szu ur3#-ra
3. a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti
4. a-sza3 GAN2 ur-gu
5. a-sza3 {d}szara2 a-sza3 la2-mah
6. a-sza3 a-gu2-<na> a-sza3 GAN2-{gesz}szinig
7. u3 e a-sza3 lugal-da-ab#-zu#
8. 3(u) gurusz gu4-e-us2-sa
9. 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz tu-ra
10. 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
11. sze bala-a ma2 sze gid2-da
12. ki-su7 a-ba-gal-ta umma{ki}
13. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. ki-su7 uku2-nu-ti sze bala u3 guru7-a im-ur3-ra
2. 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. ki-su7 a-ga-an-du-ul umma{ki}-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga
4. 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 umma{ki}-ta
5. an-za-gar3 i7 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
6. 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 du6-{gesz}ab-ba gub-ba
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7. ugula ur-lugal
8. kiszib3 szesz-a-ni
9. mu ma-da [za]-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
seal 1
1. szesz-a-ni
2. dub-sar
3. dumu da-da

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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: NATU 3 = Nisaba 23, 8

    [al-Rawi2009NATU3] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Three (NATU III). Nisaba 23. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Museum No.: BM 110155
  • Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 0221

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-03-04 at 16:09:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004082.3 (composite) (P533838) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 23, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376019.
Nisaba 23, 008 artifact entry (No. P376019). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376019 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 23, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376019 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 23, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376019},
}


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