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Nisaba 10, 096 (P206150)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 100368

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of barley from Bazi to La-lu5-ú)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) sze lugal
2. sze ur5-ra
3. i3-dub e2-duru5 ur-li-ta
4. ki ba-zi#-ta#
reverse
1. la-lu5-u2
2. szu ba-ti
1 line blank
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu ar-bi2-i3-lum 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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Loan of barley from Bazi to La-lu5-ú)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 10, 96

[Paoletti2005Nisaba10] Paoletti, Paola, and Gabriella Spada. 2005. Testi Še-Ur₅-Ra Da Girsu Conservati al British Museum. Nisaba 10. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: BPOA 1, 203

[Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 100368
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.11.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:35:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:37:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (056993) (056993)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.100368) (BM.100368)
The British Museum Collection (W_1905-0515-328) (W_1905-0515-328)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 10, 096 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206150.

Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry (No. P206150). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206150 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206150 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206150},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206150},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 10, 096 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206150.

Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry (No. P206150). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206150 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206150 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {Nisaba 10, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206150},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206150},
}

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M1  - 2025/12/24/
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