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Nisaba 09, 034 (P208585)

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 107960

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of wool received by Ur-Nintu from Lugal-ezem.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki kur-ra
2. 5(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki-gi
3. 1(asz) gu2 siki ge6
4. ki lugal-ezem-ta
reverse
1. ur-{d}nin-tu
2. szu ba-ti
double ruling
3. mu en {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3

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 (Receipt of wool received by Ur-Nintu from Lugal-ezem.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 9, 34

[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 107960
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2792

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.43.00.00
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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
2018-10-10 at 08:44:22	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	McGrath, William		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-15 at 20:03:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-15 at 19:32:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:36:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:30:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:38:39	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 (060200) (060200)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107960) (BM.107960)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2792) (W_1913-0416-2792)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 034 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208585.

Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry (No. P208585). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208585 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208585 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208585},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208585},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 09, 034 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208585.

Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry (No. P208585). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208585 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208585 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208585},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208585},
}

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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/3/28/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208585
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