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Nisaba 11, 48 (P208938)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 104786

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

102.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 siskur2 [ki-su7] gaba i7 sal4-[la{ki}]
2. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 {gesz}asal2-du3-a
3. 1(disz) masz2 a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti bala-a-ri
4. 1(disz) masz2 a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti gu-la
5. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga a-sza3 la2-mah
6. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga a-sza3 a-gesztin
7. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga a-sza3 i3-szum2
8. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
9. 1(disz) masz2 a-sza3 {d}szara2
10. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga a-sza3 la2-tur
11. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 a-sza3 la2-mah gu-la
12. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 GAN2 ur-gu
13. 1(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 i3-szum2
14. 3(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
15. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
16. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 {d}amar-{d}suen {d}szara2-ki-ag2
reverse
1. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2
2. ki-su7 zalag-ga-a-gesztin
3. 2(disz) udu bar-gal2
4. ki-su7 du6-gesz-i3-ka
5. ki usz-mu-ta
6. kiszib3 da-da-ga
7. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

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
Measurements (mm): 102.0 high × 48.0 wide × 24.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: NATU 2 = Nisaba 11, 48

[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.

Distribuzione di caprovini come offerte cultuali (siskur2) per vari campi (a-sza3) e aie (ki-sura12) da parte di Uszgu. Responsabile della sigillatura (kiszib) e Dadaga. Cf. TCS 333

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 104786
Accession No.: 1912-07-06, 0050

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:36:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-04-10 at 08:39:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		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 (057447) (057447)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.104786) (BM.104786)
British Museum Collection (W_1912-0706-50) (W_1912-0706-50)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 11, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208938.

Nisaba 11, 48 artifact entry (No. P208938). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208938 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 11, 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208938 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208938},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 11, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208938.

Nisaba 11, 48 artifact entry (No. P208938). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208938 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 11, 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208938 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 48 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208938},
}

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