Nisaba 08, 007 (P202522)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 024815

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley transfered to Hun-SHulgi; tablet badly broken)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. x x x sze gur lugal
2. sza3 kiszib3 hu-un-{d}szul-gi-ka!
3. [x]-gi#-x nu#-banda3
4. szu# ba#-ti#
5. [...]-sze3
reverse
1. [... {d}]suen
2. [...] kin#?-gi4-a
3. szu# [...] ba-a
4. mu# [lugal?] in-pa3
5. iti ezem-mah
6. mu bad3 ba-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley transfered to Hun-SHulgi; tablet badly broken)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P202522

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 024815
Accession Number

References

  • primary: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 7

    [Politi2005DTBM] Politi, Janet, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2005. The Drehem Texts in the British Museum (DTBM). Nisaba 8. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 14:34:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:32:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 08, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202522.
Nisaba 08, 007 artifact entry (No. P202522). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202522 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 08, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202522 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202522},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 08, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202522.
Nisaba 08, 007 artifact entry (No. P202522). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202522 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 08, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202522 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 08, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202522},
}

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