Nisaba 24, 12 (P208561)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106052

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (884 12 columns. account of barley and emmer wheat. Puzur-∂Da-gan, lu2-åa6-i3-zu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) dabin gur lugal
2. 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur bi2-du11-ga
3. 1(u) 5(asz) gur ur-{d}su4-an-na dumu ba-zi
4. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur nin9-sa6 u3 nam-igi-da-da
5. [...] zi3 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 [gur] lugal-nesag-e
6. [...] gur# 3(barig) zi3 [ARAD2]-hu-la szandana
7. [...] zi3 gur
8. lu2#-{d}nin-szubur szandana
9. [... n] 1(barig) zi3 nig2-u2-rum nar
10. [... n] 3(barig) zi3 2(asz) gur
11. [ur]-nigar{gar} szandana
12. [...] 2(asz) zi3 gur
13. lu2#-giri17-zal szandana
14. 3(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
15. ur-{d}a-szar2 szandana
16. 2(barig) zi3 2(barig) sze
17. in-sa6-sa6 muhaldim
18. [x x] gur
19. [...]-zu-igi-dar
20. [... lugal]-nesag-[e ugula?] u2-a
21. [...] tir#-gu aga3-us2
22. [...] zi3 lu2-banda3{da} szusz3
23. [...] 2(asz) gur
24. [lugal]-iti#-da dumu [x-(x)]-i3-li2
25. [...]
26. [...]
column 2
1. 1(asz) zi3 ur-e2-masz szitim
2. 2(barig) e2-ki ugula
3. 4(asz) zi3 ma-asz kur-ga2-ra
4. 9(asz) 4(barig) dabin <gur sze> 2(asz) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
5. 7(asz) zi3 ad-da dumu ki-ag2
6. 7(asz) 4(barig) zi3 2(asz) <sze> gur
7. ur-e2-nun-na dumu <<dumu>> na-di
8. 6(asz) 2(barig) inim-sza3-ga lu2 ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3
9. 4(asz) 1(barig) zi3 2(asz) gur
10. ba-sa6 kuruszda
11. 1(asz) zi3 ur-{d}da-mu aga3-us2
12. 1(asz) a-gu-gu dumu lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
13. 1(asz) zi3 ha-da-da muhaldim
14. 3(asz) 1(barig) zi3 lu2-kal-la dub-sar kasz
15. 4(barig) zi3 ur-{gesz}gigir szu-i2
16. 2(asz) gur inim-{d}szara2
17. 3(asz) zi3 1(asz) <sze> gur
18. i3-kal-la ku6 sa10-a
19. 2(barig) zi3 mu-zu ugula
20. 3(asz) zi3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10 dumu u3-ma-ni
21. 3(asz) gur lugal-ba-ta-e3 dumu sza-la
22. 1(asz) gur lugal-nesag-e
23. 2(barig) x-ni i3-du8
24. [...]
25. [...]
column 3
1. dumu szir-szir muhaldim
2. 2(barig) lu2-kal-la szesz egi-zi
3. 3(barig) zi3 szesz-saga kun-sze3
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) zi3 lugal-mu tibira
5. 1(asz) 1(barig) zi3 i-ti muhaldim
6. 1(asz) zi3 gur8-sa3-an sipa
7. 3(asz) zi3 kam-lu5 gudu4
8. 1(asz) 2(barig) lugal-ezem gudu4
9. 3(barig) ur-{d}en-ki ku6-da tusz
10. 2(barig) al-la dumu ur-ab-ba
11. 1(barig) zi3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu dumu lugal-a2-zi-da
12. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze 1(asz) 4(barig) zi3 gur
13. ur-{d}utu ad-kup4
14. 2(asz) 3(barig) szesz-kal-la szabra
15. 2(barig) lu2-ga dumu nin-gu2-gu2
16. 5(asz) gur lu5-u2-da-gi4-a ARAD2
17. 6(asz) gur la-la-a szesz lugal-pa-e3
18. 2(barig) zi3 ha-ba-lu5-ge2 nagar
19. 1(asz) zi3 ur-mes dumu ab-ba
20. 1(barig) ur-mes dumu ab-ba
21. 6(asz) gur a2-an-du-ru
22. 2(u) 4(asz) gur lugal-ezem#
23. [...]
24. [...]
column 4
1. 2(asz) ur-{gesz}gigir gudu4
2. 1(u) 5(asz) gur he2-du-du gur-da
3. 4(asz) gur ur-{d}isztaran lu2 azlag2
4. 1(asz) gur ur-{d}suen ugula-gesz2-da
5. 2(asz) gur ur-e2-nun-na dumu ur-li
6. 2(asz) gur ur-nigar{gar} szitim
7. 3(ban2) lu2-dingir-ra
8. 3(barig) bi-ri-sza-am3 ad-kup4
9. 1(u) gur a-tu szabra ur-{d}lamma
10. 2(asz) gur sza-ar-sza-bi2-ib
11. 4(asz) 1(barig) ur-ra-ni dumu ba-ne
sic ur
12. 4(asz) 3(ban2) ha-ba-lu5-ge2 dumu {d}utu-mu
13. 7(asz) 2(barig) igi-sa6-sa6-mu ab-ba-iri
14. 7(asz) gur ur-e2-an-na szesz ki-ag2
15. 2(barig) 1(ban2) en-ga-ga nu-{gesz}kiri6
16. 2(asz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da gesz2-<da>
17. 3(barig) sag-sza3-du6
18. 9(asz) lugal-ku3-zu dumu ha-ba-lu5-ge2
19. 2(asz) 1(barig) szesz-a-ni [...]
20. [...]
21. [...]
column 5
1. 1(u) 2(asz) ziz2 gur bar-ra-e11-de3 lu2 inim-{d}szara2
2. 2(asz)? gur
3. da-a-ti dumu lugal-sa6
4. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. e2-balag-e
6. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi2#-[na]
7. 3(asz) ku3-{d}szara2
8. 2(asz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re kasz-a gub-ba
9. 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) <sila3> lugal-iti-da dumu ur-e2-diri
10. 4(barig) 3(ban2) da-gi
11. 3(asz) 2(barig) inim-{d}szara2 dumu ur-sukkal PI
12. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) zi3 gur
13. szesz-kal-la dumu ba-sa2
14. 1(asz) du-du-ru muhaldim
15. 1(u) 5(asz) ur-{d}nun-gal szesz a-ab-ba
16. 2(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur engar
17. 1(barig) ba-zi ma2-lah6
18. lu2-{d}nin-szubur i3-dab5
19. 3(barig) a-da-lal3 ugula
20. 1(barig) zi3 ur-{d}ba-ba6# gudu4 {d}en#-[lil2-la2]
21. [...]
22. [...]
23. [...]
column 6
1. 4(barig) i3-li2-mu
2. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur szesz-kal-la dumu szesz-saga
3. 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) zi3 gur
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
5. a-tu nu-banda3
6. 2(barig) zi3 an-gu-gu
7. 2(asz) zi3 ur-gu2-edin-na dumu nig2-lagar-e
8. [...] zi3# ur-sipa-da
9. [...] zi3 gur
10. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
11. ur-{gesz}gigir dumu bar-ra-an
12. 3(barig) zi3 ab-ba nagar
13. 2(asz) zi3 ur-nigar#{gar} [szusz3]
14. 2(asz) 2(barig) ur-{d}[...]
15. 9(asz) gur# [...]
16. 1(asz) 4(barig) en-ab#-[zu]
17. 3(asz) lugal-ezem# dumu ku-[li]
18. 3(asz) nigar{gar}-[ki-du10 dumu] lu2-du6 [ad-kup4]
19. 1(asz) zi3 ur#-[...]
20. 3(asz) 2(barig) [...]-e [dumu ...]
21. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) gur [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [... x] zi3 [...]
2'. [... ur-e2]-nun#-[na dumu?] lu2#-{d}[...]
3'. [...] zi3
4'. 5(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3 gur]
5'. lugal-{gesz}gigir-[re ...]
6'. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze# [gur]
7'. lu2-{d}utu [...]
8'. 1(u) 1(asz) sze gur#
9'. ur-e2-nun#-na# dumu# zi-zi
10'. [...] zi3
11'. [...]-e ma2?-lah5
12'. [...] da-da dumu e2-ur2
13'. 2(barig) zi3
14'. ur-{gesz}gigir lu2 gi-gi
15'. 1(asz) zi3 gur
16'. da-a-ga nu-banda3-gu4
17'. 2(asz) sze gur
18'. ur-ab-ba-saga
19'. 1(barig) zi3
20'. 2(barig) sze
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 4(barig) [...]
2'. usz-[...]
3'. 3(asz) gur [...]
n lines broken
4'. ur#-[...]
5'. 1(asz) 2(barig) [...]
6'. 2(asz) 2(barig) sze# gur
7'. {gesz}guzza-ni ne
8'. 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur
erasure before gur
9'. a-kal-la unu{ki}
10'. 1(asz) sze gur
11'. ur-{d}asznan dumu ur-{d}a-szar2
12'. 3(barig) sze
13'. e2-ki#-[bi]
14'. 5(asz) 4(barig) [...]
15'. lugal-iri-[...]
16'. [n] sze [gur]
17'. sza3-kal-la
18'. 2(barig) sze
19'. szu-u2-u2 tug2 ansze ku-ku
20'. 2(asz) 1(ban2) sze gur
21'. nam-ha-ni nagar
22'. 2(barig) sze
23'. ur-saga dumu ur-gal
24'. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
25'. a-kal-la dumu lu2-bulug3-ga2
26'. 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
column 3
1. [...]
2. lugal-[...] szesz a-ab-ba
3. 1(asz) sze gur
4. 4(barig) zi3
5. nam-x x x maszkim
6. 1(u) 2(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
7. 1(asz) 2(barig) zi3 gur
8. ur-am3-ma gudu4#
9. 1(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur#
10. an-igi-du-nam#?-a-zi
11. 4(asz) 4(barig) sze [gur]
12. er3-e-ib dumu gi-il-ha-ab#
13. 3(barig) zi3
14. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
15. lu2-{d}utu gar3 lagab
16. 1(barig) zi3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
17. 1(barig) zi3 ur-{u2}gug4 tug2
18. 1(barig) zi3 u2-li
19. giri17-dab5!-me
20. 3(asz) 1(barig) zi3 gur
21. da-da-ga
22. 2(barig) zi3 lu2-{d}inanna
23. 1(barig) zi3 gu-za-an ma2-lah5
24. 1(u) zi3 ur-{d}nin-tu
25. 1(asz) sze gur
26. ur-MUSZ2 bahar3
27. 1(barig) sze
28. inim-{d}szara2 tug2-du8
29. 9(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
30. ma2-gur8-re dumu ur4-sa2-ki-du10
di
31. 3(barig) sze
32. geme2-{d}nin-tu
33. 1(asz) sze gur
column 4
1. [...]
2. 2(u) 2(asz) [...] sze gur
3. lugal-e2-mah-e szesz lugal-{gesz}kiri6
4. 5(asz) sze gur
5. da-da szabra
6. 1(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
7. nig2-lagar-e szabra
8. 8(asz) sze gur
9. dingir-ra ugula usz-bar
10. 1(asz) sze gur
11. ma-ma
12. 6(asz) sze gur
13. lu2-{d}szara2 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3
14. 2(asz) 2(barig) zi3 gur
15. ur-kun nagar
16. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
17. lugal-ma2-gur8-re muhaldim
18. 4(asz) sze gur
19. giri3-ni sipa
20. 3(u) sze gur
21. na-ba-sa6 er2-du8
22. 4(asz) sze gur
23. 1(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
24. ma2-gur8-re sukkal
25. 6(asz) sze gur
26. lugal-ma2-gur8-re tibira
27. 1(u) 5(asz) sze gur
28. szesz-kal-la lu2 ni-bi
29. 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur
30. a-ab-ba-ni gudu4
31. 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze gur
32. ur-nigar{gar} dumu lugal-ka
33. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
column 5
1. [...]
2. 4(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [sze gur]
3. ur-{d}nin-su sa12-du5
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
5. gu2-tar nu-banda3-gu4
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6. la2-ia3 ki lu2-sa6-i3-zu-ta
7. diri 3(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze
8. lugal-nesag-e sza13-dub-<ba>
9. 1(asz) sze gur
10. ur-{d}suen ugula
11. mu la-ni-mu-sze3
12. 3(barig) sze
13. e2-ki-bi
14. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
15. mu bi2-du11-ga-sze3
16. ki ARAD2-ta
17. 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) zi3 gur
18. ki gu3-de2-a-ta
blank space
19. sze didli diri-sze3 mu-kux(DU)
20. [mu e2] puzur4-isz-{d#}da-gan# ba-du3
blank space
blank space
column 6
1. [szunigin n] 6(gesz2) 5(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 dabin gur
2. [szunigin n] 6(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3] sze gur
3. [szunigin n] ziz2 gur
4. [szunigin n] 2(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
5. [...] x du-a
6. [...]-a-kam
7. [...] lugal#-sa6-i3-zu
8. [mu e2] puzur4#-[isz-{d}da]-gan# ba-du3
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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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (884 12 columns. account of barley and emmer wheat. Puzur-∂Da-gan, lu2-åa6-i3-zu)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.39.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P208561
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P208561

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 106052
Accession Number	1913-04-16, 0884

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	057978
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.106052
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1913-0416-884

References

primary: NATU 4 = Nisaba 24, 12

[al-Rawi2009NATU4] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, Franco d’Agostino, and Jonathan Taylor. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Four (NATU IV). Nisaba 24. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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
2022-02-01 at 15:11:59	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2022-01-23 at 15:24:33	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-09-05 at 16:48:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-04-17 at 17:20:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-02-23 at 11:17:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-12-05 at 21:26:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 15:46:01	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-07-15 at 18:24:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2012-06-29 at 14:38:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 24, 12 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208561.

Nisaba 24, 12 artifact entry (No. P208561). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208561 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 24, 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208561 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 24, 12 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208561.

Nisaba 24, 12 artifact entry (No. P208561). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208561 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 24, 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208561 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208561},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208561},
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