Nisaba 24, 31 (P375985)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 110125

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n gurusz a2] 1/2(disz)
2. [n ug3]-IL2#
3. [n] dumu-<gi7?>
4. [n gurusz a2] 1/2(disz)
5. [n ug3]-IL2#
6. [ugula] bi2#-du11-ga
7. [n] gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
8. 5(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
9. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
10. ugula in-sa6-sa6
11. 1(u) 6(asz) gurusz dumu-gi7
12. 1(u) 2(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
13. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
14. ugula ur-mes
15. 1(u) 2(asz) gurusz dumu-gi7
16. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz ug3-IL2
17. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
18. ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
19. 2(asz) gurusz um-mi-a
20. 2(u) 2(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
21. 1(disz) un gurusz um-mi-a
22. 6(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
23. sza3 umma{ki}
24. 4(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
25. 1(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
26. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
27. sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki} ugula i3-kal-la
28. 2(u) 3(asz) gurusz
29. ugula ur-sila-luh
30. 1(u) 2(asz) gurusz
31. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
32. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
column 2
1. ugula ur-{d}szara2
2. 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz
3. 3(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
4. ugula a-gu-du
5. 3(u) 4(asz) gurusz
6. 5(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
7. ugula ur-{d}a-szar2
8. 3(u) 1(asz) gurusz
9. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
10. ugula da-du
  blank space
11. nu-{gesz}kiri6-me
12. 1(u) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
13. 2(u) 1(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
14. 2(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
15. 7(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
  following Ozaki collation; 4(ban2) in edition
16. 1(asz) gurusz szu-gi4 4(ban2)
17. ma2-lah5-me
18. ugula lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
19. 9(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
20. 2(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
21. 2(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2 a2 1/2(disz)
22. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
23. 1(u) gurusz szu-gi4 4(ban2)
  blank space
24. lu2 mar-sa-me
25. 1(u) 7(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
26. 2(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
27. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
column 3
1. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
2. bahar3-me
3. ugula ukken-ne2
4. 5(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
5. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ug3-IL2
6. muhaldim-me
7. ugula lu2-u18
8. 1(u) 9(disz)! gurusz ug3-IL2
9. 1(asz@c) gurusz 4(ban2)
10. 1(asz@c) gurusz szu-gi4 4(ban2)
11. 1(asz@c) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
12. 1(asz@c) gurusz 3(ban2)
13. e2-gu4-udu-niga-me
  blank space
14. 6(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
15. 2(u) 3(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
16. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
17. 5(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
18. ugula a-gu
19. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) geme2
20. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
21. 1(u) 2(asz) geme2 2(ban2)
22. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu
23. 3(u) 3(disz) geme2
24. 2(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
25. 1(disz) geme2 SIG7-a
26. 3(asz) geme2 2(ban2)
27. ugula {d}szara2-za-me
28. 2(u) 1(disz) geme2
29. 2(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
30. 1(disz) geme2 SIG7-a
31. 1(asz) geme2 2(ban2)
32. ugula lu2-bala-saga
33. 2(u) 3(disz) geme2
34. e2-bappir2
column 4
1. 2(u) 6(disz) geme2
2. 2(disz) geme2 SIG7-a
3. 2(asz) geme2 2(ban2)
4. ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
5. 3(u) 1(disz) geme2
6. 1(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
7. 1(disz) geme2 SIG7-a
8. ugula ur-{d}suen
9. 3(u) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
10. 4(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
11. 2(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
12. ugula lugal-mu-ma-ag2
13. 7(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
14. 8(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
15. 1(asz) gurusz szu-gi4 4(ban2)
16. ugula lugal-ma2-gur8-re
17. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
18. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ug3-IL2
19. 4(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
20. 1(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
21. ugula lu2-saga
22. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz ug3-IL2
23. 2(u) 3(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
24. 1(u) 8(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
25. ugula a-szi-an
26. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz ug3-IL2
27. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
28. ugula ur-saga
  erasures
29. 1(u) 7(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
30. 6(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
31. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
32. ugula lu2-giri17-zal
33. 2(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
reverse
column 1
1. 8(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
2. ugula {d}szara2-a-mu
3. 6(asz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
4. 1(u) 1(disz) ug3-IL2
5. 2(asz) un 3(ban2)-sze3
6. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3-gu4
7. 1(u) 3(asz) gurusz dumu-gi7
8. 7(disz) ug3-IL2
9. 3(disz) szu-gi4
10. ugula ba-sa6
11. 1(u) 6(asz) gurusz dumu-gi7
12. 6(asz) gurusz <ug3>-IL2
13. 1(disz) szu-gi4 4(ban2)-sze3
14. ugula ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
15. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz dumu-gi7
16. 8(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
  blank space
column 3
1. szunigin 5(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) gurusz dumu-gi7
2. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) gurusz ug3-IL2
3. szunigin 4(u) 8(asz) gurusz 4(ban2)
4. szunigin 3(u) 5(asz) gurusz 3(ban2)
5. szunigin 1(u) 2(asz) gurusz szu-gi4 4(ban2)
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P375985

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 110125
Accession Number 1914-04-04, 0191

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059280
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.110125
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-191

References

  • primary: NATU 4 = Nisaba 24, 31

    [al-Rawi2009NATU4] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, Franco d’Agostino, and Jonathan Taylor. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Four (NATU IV). Nisaba 24. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-04-02 at 08:25:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-04-02 at 06:23:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-06-24 at 11:57:49 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:59:06 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-28 at 16:50:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-06-29 at 14:38:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 24, 31 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375985.
Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry (No. P375985). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375985 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375985 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375985},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375985},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 24, 31 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375985.
Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry (No. P375985). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375985 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375985 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 24, 31 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375985},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375985},
}


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