Nisaba 23, 068 (P376201)

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 110357

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. la2-ia3 lugal-ku3-zu sukkal
2. 1(disz) engar-zi
3. 1(disz) da-ga dumu gu3-de2-a
4. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur dumu u3-ma-ni gudu4 {d}nanna
6. 1(disz) u3-ma-ni gudu4 {d}nam-tar
7. 1(disz) inim-ma-ni-zi nu-{gesz}kiri6
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab giri17-dab5
9. 1(disz) a-ab-ba
10. 1(disz) i7 pa-e3
11. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu da-da
12. 1(disz) ur-e2-si
13. 1(disz) i3-ba-bi dumu ur-ab-ba
14. 1(disz) a-ra2-mu dub-sar
15. 1(disz) lugal-uszum-gal bahar3 {d}anzu{muszen}
16. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
17. [1(disz)] ur-gu2-edin-na giri17-dab5
18. [1(disz)] dumu lugal-ma2#-[gur8-re]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [1(disz) dumu {d}szara2]-mu#-tum2# nu-{gesz}kiri6
2. 1(disz) bu3-lu5-lu5
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}asznan
4. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-mes
5. 1(disz) lu2-eb-gal nu-{gesz}kiri6
  blank space
  erasures
6. 1(disz) e2-gal-e-si dumu a-ab-ba
7. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu he2-ma-du
8. 2(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu an-dul3-mu
9. szunigin 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz
10. la2-ia3-am3 sza3 bala-a
11. sza3 gu2-edin-na u3! musz-bi-an-na
12. kiszib3 lugal-za-e3
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13. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
seal 1
1. lugal-za-e3
2. dumu ur-ab-bi

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATU 3 = Nisaba 23, 68

    [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 110357
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  • 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
2017-10-13 at 15:03:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-11-06 at 02:21:34 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-26 at 09:26:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:50 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 003739 (composite) (P456449) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 23, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376201.
Nisaba 23, 068 artifact entry (No. P376201). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376201 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 23, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376201 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 23, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376201},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P376201},
}


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