Nisaba 11, 12 (P209228)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 104746

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

132.0 mm × 78.0 mm × 34.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
  ( broken)
1. 2(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
2. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gesz 1(ban2)
3. 1(u) 5(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
4. 5(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
5. 2(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
6. 8(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
7. 8(disz) gesz 2(disz) <sila3>
8. zu2-lum-bi 4(asz) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3
9. 3(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu <<gur>>
10. lugal-ma2-gur8-re
11. 6(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
12. 3(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
13. 5(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
14. 5(disz) gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
15. 3(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
16. 2(u) gesz 5(disz) sila3
17. 1(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
18. 2(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
19. zu2-lum-bi 2(asz) gur
20. 1(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
21. apin-la2 ur-dun
22. 3(u) n 2(disz) gesz# 1(ban2)
23. 1(u) n 5(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
24. 2(disz) gesz 3(disz) sila3
25. 3(u) n 6(disz) gesz sza3-su3
26. 2(u) n 5(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
27. 2(disz) gesz 1(barig)
28. 1(disz) gesz 5(ban2)
29. 1(u) n 8(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
30. 2(u) n 6(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
31. 7(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
column 2
1. [4(u) 5(disz)? gesz] 5(disz) <sila3>
2. [zu2]-lum#-bi 9(asz) gur
3. 3(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
4. da-du
5. 4(u) 3(disz) n gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
6. 1(u) gesz sza3-su3
7. 1(disz) gesz 1(disz) sila3
8. 3(u) 2(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
9. 6(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
10. 1(u) 8(disz) gesz 5(disz) <sila3>
11. 5(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
12. 3(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
13. 4(disz) gesz 3(disz) sila3
14. 1(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
15. zu2-lum-bi 4(asz) 2(barig) 8(disz) sila3 gur
16. 2(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
17. lugal-uszum-gal
18. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3>
19. 2(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
20. 7(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
21. 2(gesz2) x la2 1(disz@t) gesz 1(ban2)
22. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gesz 5(disz) sila3
23. 7(disz) gesz 3(disz) sila3
24. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gesz 2(ban2)
25. zu2-lum-bi 7(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
26. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gesztin had2
27. 2(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-<er-gu>
28. na-ba-sa6
reverse
column 1
1. ($ blank space $) gesz
2. ($ blank space $) gesz
3. ($ blank space $) gesz
4. ($ blank space $) gesz
5. ($ blank space $) gesz
6. ($ blank space $) gesz
7. ($ blank space $) gesz
8. ($ blank space $) gesz
9. ($ blank space $) gesz
10. ($ blank space $) gesz
11. ($ blank space $) gesz
column 2
1. 1(u) <gur>
  rest of the line erased
2. [{gesz}]kiri6 kab2 du11-ga
3. e2 {d}szara2 e2 {d}nin-ur4-ra [...]

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): 132.0 high × 78.0 wide × 34.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: NATU 2 = Nisaba 11, 12

    [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.

    Testo di "ispezione" (kab2 du11-ga) delle coltivazioni ortofrutticole ({gisz}kiri6) dai possedimenti dei templi di Szara e Ninurra, relativo a palme da dattero e fichi.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 104746
  • Accession No.: 1912-07-06, 0010

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

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 View
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 View
2015-05-05 at 09:58:47 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:37:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:39:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 11, 12 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209228.
Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry (No. P209228). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209228 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209228 (Accessed: October 31, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209228},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P209228
LB  - CDLI:P209228
M1  - 2025/10/31/
TI  - Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209228
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 11, 12 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209228.
Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry (No. P209228). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209228 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209228 (Accessed: October 31, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209228},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P209228
LB  - CDLI:P209228
M1  - 2025/10/31/
TI  - Nisaba 11, 12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209228
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.