Nisaba 11, 20 (P201726)

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 104754

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (1912 7-6 18 4 col. Yield of palmtrees. mu simurrum Lulubum)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

142.0 mm × 84.0 mm × 31.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
2. 1(disz) gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
3. 1(disz) gesz 5(ban2)
4. 2(disz) gesz 3(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
5. 1(disz) gesz 1(barig) zu2-lum-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2)
6. i3-li2-mu
7. <x> gesz 1(barig) 1(ban2)
8. 3(disz) gesz 1(barig)
9. 6(disz) gesz 5(ban2)
10. 7(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
11. 3(u) 9(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
12. 9(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
13. 5(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
14. 1(u) 3(disz)# gesz 1(ban2)
15. 3(u) 7(disz)# gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
16. 4(u) gesz sza3-<su3>
17. 1(disz) gesz 1(barig) 2(ban2)?
18. 6(disz) gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
19. 1(disz) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
20. 2(disz) gesz sumun
21. [zu2]-lum-bi 8(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
  written gur sila3
22. [a]-kal#-la iri bar-ra
23. x
24. [x] 2(disz) gesz 1(barig)
25. x
26. x
27. [...] x 3(u) [...]
column 2
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
2. 3(u) gesz sza3-<su3>
3. 2(u) 5(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
4. 8(disz) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
5. 2(u) 1(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
6. zu2-lum-bi 1(u) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
7. ur-mes KA szu-du8
8. 1(u) 2(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
9. 1(u) 1(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
10. 2(u) 5(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
11. 1(u) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
12. 1(u) gesz 1(ban2)
13. 3(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
14. 4(disz)# gesz 5(ban2)
15. 4(u) 3(disz) gesz sza3-<su3>
16. 1(disz) gesz 1(barig) 1(ban2)
17. 5(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
18. 2(disz) gesz 1(barig)
19. 2(disz) gesz sumun
20. zu2-lum-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur <<za>>
21. i3-li2-mu
22. 1(u) 6(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
23. 2(u) 5(disz) gesz 3(disz) <sila3>
24. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz)# gesz sza3-<su3>
25. 2(u) 3(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
26. 1(u) 7(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
27. 1(u) 6(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
28. 4(disz) gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
29. 1(u) [gesz] 3(ban2)
30. 2(disz) gesz# 4(ban2)
31. 1(disz) gesz 5(ban2)? zu2-lum-bi 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur 1(asz) 1(barig) <gur>
32. ur-{d}suen dumu nar
reverse
column 1
1. 4(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
2. 1(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
3. 2(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
4. 1(u) gesz sza3-<su3>
5. 7(disz) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
6. 1(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
7. 8(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
8. zu2-lum-bi 4(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur#
9. ARAD2-hu-la
10. 9(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
11. 5(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
12. 8(disz) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
13. 4(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
14. 1(u) 6(disz)# gesz sza3-<su3>
15. zu2-lum-bi 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur#
16. a-gu-du
17. 3(disz) gesz 5(ban2)
18. 1(u) 1(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
19. 2(u) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
20. 1(u) 3(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
21. 1(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
22. 9(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
23. 2(u) 2(disz) gesz sza3-<su3>
24. zu2-lum-bi 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur
25. lu2 saga i3-dab5?
  blank space
26. 5(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
27. 6(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
28. 1(u) gesz 3(disz) <sila3>
29. 2(u) 1(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
30. 1(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
31. 4(u) 6(disz) gesz sza3-su3
32. <x> gesz <x>
33. zu2-lum-bi 1(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 <gur>
column 2
34. [...]-x-na-ka [...]-la
35. mu si-mu-ru-um<{ki}> lu-lu-bum2<{ki}> a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 142.0 high × 84.0 wide × 31.0 thick
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  • primary: NATU 2 = Nisaba 11, 20

    [al-Rawi2006NATU2] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2006. Documenti Amministrativi Neo-Sumerici Da Umma Conservati al British Museum (NATU II). Nisaba 11. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

    Testo di "ispezione" (kab2 du11-ga), relativo a palme da dattero e loro prodotto.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 104754
  • Accession No.: 1912-07-06, 0018

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2015-05-05 at 09:58:47 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:33:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:31:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 11, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P201726.
Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry (No. P201726). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201726 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201726 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201726},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P201726
LB  - CDLI:P201726
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P201726
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 11, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P201726.
Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry (No. P201726). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201726 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201726 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201726},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P201726
LB  - CDLI:P201726
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - Nisaba 11, 20 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P201726
ER  -
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