Nisaba 09, 290 (P209063)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
As ATF As JTFLinked annotations
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 108234Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Account of cattle and fodder)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
26.0 mm × 24.0 mm × 11.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) gu4 niga saga
2. 5(disz) sila3 sze-ta
3. 2(ban2) duh saga-ta
4. 5(disz) gu4 niga us2
5. 2(ban2) duh du-ta
6. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. szunigin 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) duh saga gur
3. szunigin 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) duh du gur
4. iti dal
5. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
obverse
1. 5(disz) gu4 niga saga
2. 5(disz) sila3 sze-ta
3. 2(ban2) duh saga-ta
4. 5(disz) gu4 niga us2
5. 2(ban2) duh du-ta
6. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. szunigin 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) duh saga gur
3. szunigin 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) duh du gur
4. iti dal
5. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 26.0 high × 24.0 wide × 11.0 thick
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Account of cattle and fodder)
- Language(s): Sumerian
-
primary: Nisaba 9, 290
[Molina2005Nisaba9] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts in the British Museum. Nisaba 9. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 108234
- Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 3066
- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.05.00 (us2 year)
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| 2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2011-07-22 at 14:37:05 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2009-06-03 at 11:33:06 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2008-01-03 at 20:42:27 | 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 |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (060456) (060456)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.108234) (BM.108234)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-3066) (W_1913-0416-3066)
General Notes:
-
CDLI Notes:
-
Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 09, 290 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209063.
Nisaba 09, 290 artifact entry (No. P209063). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209063 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 09, 290 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209063 (Accessed: August 24, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-24]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {Nisaba 09, 290 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P209063},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209063},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/8/19/ PY - 2023 ID - P209063 LB - CDLI:P209063 M1 - 2025/8/24/ TI - Nisaba 09, 290 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P209063 ER -