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Nisaba 09, 165 (P209188)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 108095

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. 30 kg. of UD-gunu-wood from the field of the e2-uz-ga, received from E’urbidu. Seal: Lu2-åa6-i3-zu ds d. A-kal-la.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) gu2 {gesz}UD@g
2. GAN2 e2-uz-ga#
3. ki e2-ur2-bi-du10-ta#
4. kiszib3 lu2-sa6-i3#-zu
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
seal impression
2. iti nesag
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lu2-sa6-i3-zu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu a-kal-la

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of ca. 30 kg. of UD-gunu-wood from the field of the e2-uz-ga, received from E’urbidu. Seal: Lu2-åa6-i3-zu ds d. A-kal-la.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 9, 165

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 108095
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2927

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.04.00
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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
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:37:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:33:49	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:40:29	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:43:27	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003006.10 (composite) (P533583)	-	-

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“Nisaba 09, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209188.

Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry (No. P209188). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209188 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209188 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209188},
}

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“Nisaba 09, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209188.

Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry (No. P209188). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209188 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209188 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209188},
}

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TI  - Nisaba 09, 165 artifact entry
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ER  -

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