Nisaba 11, 35 (P201736)

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 104770

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 34 mussa Simanum ara 3-kam bahul. account of hides e2-∂Nin-ur4-ra. ugula Ur-e11-e kuå7)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

124.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 24.0 mm

tablet
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1. [x] kusz 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 sa mu-kux(DU)
2. 3(u) 6(disz) kusz 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 sa gu4 ad6? la2-ia3-am3
3. {d}bu3-za-ni na-gada
4. 2(disz) kusz 1/2(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 sa mu-kux(DU)
5. 1(u) 4(disz) kusz 1(u) 6(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
6. ba-an-sa6 na-gada
7. 1(u) kusz 5(disz) ad6? mu-kux(DU) la2 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 sa 5(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
8. {d}szara2-i3-sa6 na-gada
9. 4(u) la2 2(disz@t) kusz 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 sa 4(u) la2 2(disz@t) ad6? mu-kux(DU) nam-ha-ni na-gada
10. 1(u) 7(disz) kusz sa udu 1(u) 7(disz)-kam 1(u) 7(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
11. lugal-a2-zi-da na-gada
12. sa udu 4(u) 3(disz)! udu? kam? mu-kux(DU) 4(u) 3(disz) kusz 2(u) 3(disz) udu la2-ia3-am3
13. ur-e11-e na-gada
14. 7(disz) kusz 7(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3 2(disz)!# gin2 sa mu-kux(DU)
15. lugal-mas-su2 na-gada
16. 2/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 sa mu-kux(DU) 2(u) 5(disz) kusz 2(u) 4(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
17. ur-zigum-ma na-gada
18. 4(disz) kusz 3(disz) ad6? mu-kux(DU) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 sa 1(disz) kusz 2(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
19. lugal-dalla na-gada
20. 1(disz) kusz 4(disz) ad6? 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 sa mu-kux(DU) 1(u) kusz 7(disz) ad6? la2-ia3-am3
21. ma-an-gig na-gada
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1. e2 {d}szara2
2. ugula lugal-a2-zi-da szusz3
3. 3(disz) kusz gu4 1(disz) kusz gu4 tab-ba 1(disz) kusz amar szu-gi4
4. sa gu4 4(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) 1(disz) kusz gu4 sa gu4 1(disz)-kam! la2-ia3-am3
5. szesz-a-ni unu3
6. 2(disz) kusz gu4 sa gu4 4(disz)#?-kam mu-kux(DU)
7. ur-e11-e unu3
8. 4(disz) kusz gu4 1(disz) kusz amar 4(disz) kusz gu4 szu-gi4 mu-kux(DU) sa gu4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam la2-ia3-am3
9. kusz gu4 gub-gub-ba ki ur-e11-e-ta ur-si-gar unu3
10. e2 {d}nin-ur4-ra
11. ugula ur-e11-e szusz3
12. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-kam ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 124.0 high × 52.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (1912 7-6 34 mussa Simanum ara 3-kam bahul. account of hides e2-∂Nin-ur4-ra. ugula Ur-e11-e kuå7)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: NATU 2 = Nisaba 11, 35

    [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.

    Lista di pelli, tendini e carcasse di animali da parte dei pastori afferenti ai templi di _ara e Ninurra sotto il controllo (ugula) rispettivamente degli ufficiali kusz7 Lugalazida e Ure'e.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 104770
  • Accession No.: 1912-07-06, 0034

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.33.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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 09:58:48 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:33:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:31:44 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, 35 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P201736.
Nisaba 11, 35 artifact entry (No. P201736). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201736 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 11, 35 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201736 (Accessed: June 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 35 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201736},
}


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