Nisaba 08, 042 (P202526)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 103418

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 108.0 mm × 26.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 7(disz) iti masz-da3-gu7
2. 2(u) 2(disz) iti ses-da-gu7
3. 4(u) 7(disz) iti u5-bi2-gu7
4. 1(gesz2) 3(disz) iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
6. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) iti a2-ki-ti
7. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
8. 5(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) e2-muhaldim
9. 1(u) 7(disz) bala kur-giri3-ni-sze3
10. iti szu-esz5-sza
11. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) e2-muhaldim
12. 1(u) 7(disz) bala szabra-ne
13. iti ezem-mah
14. 1(gesz2) iti ezem-an-na
15. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) iti ezem-me-gi8-gal2
16. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) iti sze-sag11-ku5
17. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) gu4 hi-a
18. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
19. 4(u) 1(disz) iti masz-da3-gu7
reverse
1. 3(u) 3(disz) e2-muhaldim
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) bala ensi2-ke4-<ne>
3. iti ses-da-gu7
4. 5(u) 9(disz)
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) bala ensi2-ke4-ne
6. iti u5-bi2-gu7
7. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
8. 3(u) 2(disz) iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
  blank space
9. szunigin 6(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) gu4 hi-a
10. iti 5(disz)-kam
11. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
12. nigin2-ba 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz)
13. ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ta ba-zi

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 108.0 wide × 26.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 42

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 103418
  • Accession No.:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.01.00, Šulgi.45.02.00, Šulgi.45.03.00, Šulgi.45.04.00, Šulgi.45.05.00, Šulgi.45.06.00, Šulgi.45.07.00, Šulgi.45.08.00, Šulgi.45.09.00, Šulgi.45.10.00, Šulgi.45.11.00, Šulgi.45.12.00, Šulgi.46.01.00, Šulgi.46.02.00, Šulgi.46.03.00, Šulgi.46.04.00,
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.45.01.00 to Šulgi.46.05.00 (us2 year)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:34:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:32:56 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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 08, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202526.
Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry (No. P202526). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202526 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202526 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202526},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202526},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202526
LB  - CDLI:P202526
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202526
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 08, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202526.
Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry (No. P202526). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202526 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202526 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202526},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202526},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202526
LB  - CDLI:P202526
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - Nisaba 08, 042 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202526
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.