Nisaba 26, 079 (P376106)

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 110246

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. [...] lugal
2. [...]-ta
3. [... {gesz}]asalx(|A.TU|)
4. [...]-ta
5. [...]
6. [...]-ka
7. 3(u) 4(disz) 1(u) gin2 gurusz u4 [1(disz)-sze3]
8. 5(u) 6(disz) {gesz}asalx(|A.TU|)
9. [...] gurusz 2(disz) kusz3-ta
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10. [la2]-ia3-am3
11. [...] 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 [...]
12. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2 pesz
13. 2(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) 5(disz) gin2 sa gi
column 2
1. [...]-ta#
2. 8(gesz2)# 4(u)# [...] u2
3. 3(u) 1(disz)# 1/3(disz)# [...] ra#
4. n 3(disz)# 1/3(disz)# [... x]-na
5. 8(disz)# gin2# [... gurusz] u4 [1(disz)-sze3]
6. 6(disz)# x x [gi] ku5-a [...]
7. 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) [x] {gesz}[...]
8. [...]-ta
9. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) {gesz}asalx(|A.TU|)
10. gurusz 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta
11. 8(disz) {gesz}asalx(|A.TU|) gurusz 1(disz) 1/3(disz) [gin2]-ta
12. 1(u) 4(disz) {gesz}asalx(|A.TU|) [...]-su kusz3-ta
13. 3(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 6(disz)! kusz3-ta
14. 4(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 5(disz) kusz3-ta
reverse
column 1
1. 2(u) {gesz}u3-suh5 4(disz) kusz3-ta
2. 1(u) 2(disz) {gesz}[u3-suh5 3(disz)] kusz3-[ta]
3. 4(u) 3(disz) {gesz}[...] ug3 kusz3#-[ta]
4. 2(u) {gesz}szinig# [... kusz3]-ta#
5. 5(u) 7(disz) {gesz}haszhur 1(disz) kusz3-ta
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) {gesz}haszhur 2/3(disz) kusz3-ta
7. 3(u) gesz hirinx(KWU318)
8. 9(disz) {gesz}ab-ba 3(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3-ta
9. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na mangaga
10. 7(disz) {gesz}a2-an ba-an-du8-du8
11. diri-ga-am3
column 2
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  seal impression
1. diri la2-ia3 du11-ga
2. gi#-na a-gu
3. [dub]-sar gaszam
4. [mu hu]-uh2-nu-ri[{ki} ba]-hul#
seal 1
1. a-gu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-e2-mah-e

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATU 5 = Nisaba 26, 79

    [al-Rawi2013NATU5] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al, Francesca Gorello, and Palmiro Notizia. 2013. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Five (NATU V). Nisaba 26. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

    Various kinds of timber as building material - {gesz}asalx, gurusz u4 1-sze3, la2-ia3-am, {gesz}u3-suh5, {gesz}szinig, {gesz}haszhur, gesz hirinx, gesz-ab-ba, mangaga, {gesz}a2-an ba-an-du8-du8, diri-ga-am3, diri la2-ia3 ka-ga gi-na Seal: A-gu - dub-sar / d

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 110246
  • Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 0312

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-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
2015-11-06 at 12:43:16 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 001735.3 (composite) (P533273) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 26, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376106.
Nisaba 26, 079 artifact entry (No. P376106). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376106 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 26, 079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376106 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 26, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376106},
}


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