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Nisaba 11, 04 (P208831)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 104508

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

55.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
2. 1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
3. lu2-{d}utu engar
4. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
5. 1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
6. nimgir-he2-du7 engar
7. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
8. 1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
9. engar-zi engar
10. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
reverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
2. ba-la engar
3. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
4. 1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
5. {d}szara2-mu-tum2 engar
6. a2 u4 2(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
7. a-sza3 me-en-kar2
8. iti min-esz3
9. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} 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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 55.0 high × 37.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATU 2 = Nisaba 11, 4

[al-Rawi2006NATU2] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2006. Documenti Amministrativi Neo-Sumerici Da Umma Conservati al British Museum (NATU II). Nisaba 11. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Computo del totale dei lavori agricoli (gisz ur3-ra) in cinque lotti del campo Me'enkar per il giorno 19. // AOS 32 I 5, L 3 - BCT 2 59 - BIN 5 270 - DoCu EPHE 271 - MCS 4 19 13 - SACT 2 122 , 123 - SANTAG 6 174.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 104508
Accession No.: 1912-05-11, 0023

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.07.19
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2015-05-05 at 09:58:46	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:36:43	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:39:03	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

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“Nisaba 11, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208831.

Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry (No. P208831). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208831 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208831 (Accessed: June 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208831},
}

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“Nisaba 11, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208831.

Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry (No. P208831). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208831 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208831 (Accessed: June 16, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208831},
}

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