Nisaba 09, 122 (P208564)

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 108051

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of ca. 7.5 kg. of gi-wool, received by Åeåkalla from Lugal-ezem. Seal: Ur-{d}Li9-si4 ensi2 Umma{ki} / Åeå-kal-la ds d. [...] arad2-zu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na# siki-gi
2. ki lugal-ezem-ta
3. szesz-kal-la
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-{d}da-gan ba-du3
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
column 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. szesz-kal-la
column 2
1. dub-[sar]
2. dumu na-silim#
3. ARAD2-[zu]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of ca. 7.5 kg. of gi-wool, received by Åeåkalla from Lugal-ezem. Seal: Ur-{d}Li9-si4 ensi2 Umma{ki} / Åeå-kal-la ds d. [...] arad2-zu.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 9, 122

    [Molina2005Nisaba9] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts in the British Museum. Nisaba 9. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Museum No.: BM 108051
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2883

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.06.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:32:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:43:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:30:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:38:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000565 (composite) (P430659) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208564.
Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry (No. P208564). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208564 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208564 (Accessed: April 5, 2026).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208564},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208564.
Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry (No. P208564). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208564 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208564 (Accessed: April 5, 2026).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208564},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208564
LB  - CDLI:P208564
M1  - 2026/4/5/
TI  - Nisaba 09, 122 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208564
ER  -
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