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Nisaba 08, 089 (P320509)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 108908

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 87.0 mm × 20.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-munus
2. sza-at-na-mi mu-ni-im
3. nig2-sa10-am3-bi 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
4. ki nin-an-dul3 u3 a-hu-szu-ni dumu-ni#-ta
5. ad-da-kal-la
6. in-szi-sa10
7. du-du-az#
8. szesz nin9-an-dul3
9. gab2-gi-bi
10. igi szu-i3-li2-su
reverse
1. szesz nu-ur2-i3-li2 egir ensi2
2. in-na-an-szum2
3. mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
4. 1(disz) szu-esz18-dar na4?(NI-UD)-ze2
5. 1(disz) bu3-zu-lum nu-{gesz}kiri6
6. 1(disz) {d}er3-ra-ba-ni
7. 1(disz) e-rim3-mar-tu
8. 1(disz) nu-ur2-{d}suen# [x]
9. mar-tu lu2 kas4
10. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me#-esz2#
seal impression
11. iti ezem-an-na
12. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. amar-{d}da-mu
2. szabra {d}nin-isin2{si}-na
3. szu-i3-li2-szu
4. dub-sar dumu-ni

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 87.0 wide × 20.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 89

[Politi2005DTBM] Politi, Janet, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2005. The Drehem Texts in the British Museum (DTBM). Nisaba 8. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: Verderame, Fs Mayer 397-416,

[sec80322] N.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 108908
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.10.00 (Reichskalender)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2016-08-27 at 15:53:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:07:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (167383)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.108908)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0407-74)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001969 (composite) (P454679)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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“Nisaba 08, 089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509.

Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry (No. P320509). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509},
}

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ER  -

“Nisaba 08, 089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509.

Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry (No. P320509). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P320509
LB  - CDLI:P320509
M1  - 2024/4/24/
TI  - Nisaba 08, 089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320509
ER  -

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