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Nisaba 01, 138 (P200192)

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 104649

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

25.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2
2. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. ur-mes
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
5. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. {d}iszkur-ba-ni
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
8. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. szar-ru-i3-li2
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
11. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. ARAD2-{d}nanna
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
14. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
15. hu-ba-a
16. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
17. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
18. ur-{d}en-ki
19. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
20. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
21. masz-masz
22. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 <szum2>
23. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
24. szesz-a-ni
25. szunigin 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda 1/2(disz) sila3 szum2
26. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 i3 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 naga
27. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam

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

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 25.0 high × 29.0 wide × 13.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: UMTBM 1 = Nisaba 1, 138

[d'Agostino2002UMTBM1] Agostino, Franco d’, and Francesco Pomponio. 2002. Umma Messenger Texts in the British Museum, Part One (UMTBM 1). Nisaba 1. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 104649
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.01d.21 (intercalated)
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:31:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:23:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:26:28	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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“Nisaba 01, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200192.

Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry (No. P200192). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200192 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200192 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200192},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200192},
}

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“Nisaba 01, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200192.

Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry (No. P200192). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200192 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200192 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200192},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200192},
}

TY  - ELEC
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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P200192
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TI  - Nisaba 01, 138 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200192
ER  -

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