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Nisaba 09, 231 (P202179)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 108170

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of cattle to the account of Huwawa)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

29.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 10.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) udu bar-su-ga
2. 4(u) 2(disz) masz2
3. ki kas4-ta
4. ugu2 hu-wa-wa ba-a-gar
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 29.0 high × 26.0 wide × 10.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Transfer of cattle to the account of Huwawa)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 9, 231

[Molina2005Nisaba9] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts in the British Museum. Nisaba 9. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 108170
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 3002

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.--.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:26:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:14	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:33:12	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (060397) (060397)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.108170) (BM.108170)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-3002) (W_1913-0416-3002)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 231 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202179.

Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry (No. P202179). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202179 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202179 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202179},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202179},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 231 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202179.

Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry (No. P202179). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202179 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202179 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202179},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202179},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P202179
M1  - 2026/2/24/
TI  - Nisaba 09, 231 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202179
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