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Nisaba 09, 003 (P208697)

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 107928

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of dead (ri-ri-ga) sheeps and goats received from Kas4.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) udu bar-gal2
2. 7(disz) sila4 bar-gal2
3. 1(u) 5(disz) masz2
4. giri3 ur#-{d}utu
5. 1(disz) [x] bar-gal2
6. giri3 lu2-dingir-ra
7. 1(disz) sila4 bar-gal2
reverse
1. 1(disz) ud5
2. giri3 du-du-ha-ma-ti
3. 1(disz) gu4 giri3 lu2-he2-gal2
4. ri-ri-ga
5. ki kas4-ta
6. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
7. mu ku3 gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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 dead (ri-ri-ga) sheeps and goats received from Kas4.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 9, 3

[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 107928
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2760

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 14:36:35	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:30:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:36	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:39:42	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (060169) (060169)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107928) (BM.107928)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2760) (W_1913-0416-2760)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 09, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208697.

Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry (No. P208697). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208697 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208697 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208697},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 09, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208697.

Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry (No. P208697). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208697 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208697 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 09, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208697},
}

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