Nisaba 23, 043 (P376143)

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 110292 + BM 110332

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
column 1
1. 1(disz) sila3 gurusz
2. kas4 szusz3
3. 1(disz) lu2-kal-la sipa
  blank space
  (and drafts: 2)
4. ugula kas4
5. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}utu
6. 1/2(disz) ur-eb-gal
7. i3-du8-me
8. 1(disz) lugal-nig2-lagar-[e] sipa
9. 1(disz) ur-gal
10. 1/2(disz) lugal-mudra5
11. 1/2(disz) lugal-ku3-[zu]
12. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}[x]
  blank space
13. u2-IL2 [x x x x]
14. ugula a-du-du
15. 1/2(disz) szesz-a-ni
16. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}szara2
17. szagina giri3-sal-me
18. 1/2(disz) ur-sukkal
19. 1/2(disz) {d}szara2-ba-zi-ge
20. 1/2(disz) lugal-kisal
21. 1/2(disz) lu2-dingir
22. 1/2(disz) lu2-me-lam2
23. 1/2(disz) szu-{d}er3-ra
24. 1/2(disz) ur-e2-mah
25. 1/2(disz) a-a-kal-la
26. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 2(disz)-<kam>
27. 1/2(disz) lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
column 2
1. 1/2(disz) {d}[...]
2. 1/2(disz) {d}en-ki-[he2-gal2]
3. 1/2(disz) ab-ba-saga
4. 1/2(disz) i-ta-e3-a
5. giri3 a-u2-a iszib?
6. ugula ur-{d}en-[lil2-la2]
7. 1(disz) a2-[...]
  n lines broken
8'. 1(disz) ha#-ha#-sza gudu4 {d}nansze
9'. gurusz
10'. esz3 didli ma-da
11'. 1(disz) ur-ge6-par4
12'. 1/2(disz) musz-lah5
13'. 1/2(disz) gu4-dur2
14'. 1(disz) ku3-ga-ni
15'. 1(disz) gudu4 {d}nin-ildu3-ma
16'. 1(disz) x-x-i3-sa6 dumu ba-a-a-ti
  blank space
  (and drafts: 5)
17'. e2 zabala3{ki}-me
  rest of column blank
column 3
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. szunigin 3(u) gurusz#
2'. sza3 [...]
3'. 1(disz) ku3-[...]
4'. 1(disz) lugal-[...]
5'. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}[...]
6'. 1/2(disz) [...]
  n lines broken
7'. 1/2(disz) lu2-kal-[la]
  blank space
8'. 1(disz) ur-{d}[...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) aga3-us2
  blank space
2. 1/2(disz) du-[x]
3. 1/2(disz) kas4 aga3-us2
4. 1(disz) ur-ge6-par4
5. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}su4 aga3-us2
6. 1/2(disz) u3-na-a2 aga3-us2
7. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}suen szesz-[tab-ba]
8. 1/2(disz) {d}szara2-mu-tum2 szesz-tab-[ba]
9. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}ma-mi szesz-tab-ba#
  blank space
10. ugula gu-u2-gu-a
11. 1(disz) nimgir-an-ne2
12. 1/2(disz) a-a-kal-la dumu ad-[da-...]
13. 1(disz) usz-szum2-ma
14. 1(disz) lugal-im-ru#-[a]
15. 1(disz) ur-hu#-la#
16. 1(disz) [...]-{d}inanna
17. 1(disz) lu2#-inim-gi#-[na]
18. 1(disz) {d}[...]
19. 1(disz) sza3-[x]
20. 1(disz) nig2-ka-[x]
21. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul#-gi# dumu ur-[...]
22. 1(disz) {d}szara2-ba-an-[sa6 dumu] ha-ba-[lu5-ge2]
23. 1(disz) a-ab-ba-mu#
24. 1(disz) ka-tar [(x)]
25. 1(disz) szesz-kal#-[la]
26. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}[...]
27. 1/2(disz) {d}[...]
column 2
1. 1(disz) hu-wa-wa dumu lu2-saga#
  blank space
  and drafts: 2(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz)
2. sza3 ka-re-sag
  blank space
  (and drafts: 56 1/2)
3. bar-ra-kar-ra-me
4. 1(disz) ur-dingir-ra x
  thus copy
5. 1(disz) igi-an-na-ke4-zu
  blank space
6. ugula lugal-a2-zi-da
7. 1(disz) a-ba-{d}szara2-gin7
8. ugula ab-ba
9. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen
10. ugula ARAD2
11. 1(disz) inim-{d}szara2
12. ugula {d}szara2-mu-tum2
13. 1(disz) inim-ma-ni-zi
14. [1(disz)] ur#-mes
15. 1(disz) ku3#?-e2#-[x] x
16. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra#
17. 1(disz) {d}a2-zi-da-asz?
18. ugula e2-sag-il2-la!
19. 1(disz) inim-{d}szara2
  blank space
20. ugula u4-ga-ni
21. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra lunga
22. ugula ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
  blank space
  (and drafts: 9)
23. ugula gi-na-mu
24. dumu gudu4-me
column 3
1. 1(disz) ugula lugal-nig2-lagar-e
2. 2(disz) ugula lu2-du10-ga
  blank space
3. szu-ku6-me
4. 2(disz) ugula {d}szara2-a-mu
5. 2(disz) ur-su4-nig2
  blank space
6. nu-{gesz}kiri6-me
  blank space
  (and drafts: 13)
7. erin2 {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2-me
8. 1(disz) za-ti gudu4
  blank space
9. szunigin 1(gesz2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz
  blank space
10. la2-ia3 iri-ta nu-e3-a
11. sza3 bala-a
12. iti dal
13. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} mu-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATU 3 = Nisaba 23, 43

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 110292 + BM 110332
  • Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 0358 + 1914-04-04, 0398

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.05.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-06-16 at 08:21:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-22 at 12:47:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:49 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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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 23, 043 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376143.
Nisaba 23, 043 artifact entry (No. P376143). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376143 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 23, 043 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376143 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {Nisaba 23, 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376143},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376143},
}


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