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Nisaba 07, 44 (P283848)

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 025192

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

73.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) sze gur i3-dub sag-nig2-<gur11>-ra-kam
2. sza3-bi-ta 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
3. la2-ia3 3(asz) 3(barig) gur ugula ab-ba-kal-la
4. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) gur sza3-bi-ta
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) gur mu-kux(DU)
6. la2-ia3 3(asz) 3(barig) gur ur-{d}a-szar2
7. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) gur sza3-bi-ta
8. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) gur mu-kux(DU)
9. la2-ia3 1(u) 7(asz) gur ugula a-li2
10. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) gur sza3-bi-ta
11. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 3(barig) mu-kux(DU)
12. la2-ia3 1(asz) 3(barig) gur ugula ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur sza3-bi-ta
2. sza3-bi-ta 5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
3. la2-ia3 5(asz) 3(barig) gur ugula ur-an-dul3
4. 5(u) 4(asz) gur sza3-bi-ta
5. 2(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) gur mu-kux(DU)
6. la2-ia3 3(barig) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
  blank space
7. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
8. sza3-bi 7(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz)# 3(barig) sze gur i3-dub mu-kux(DU)
9. la2-ia3 3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
  erasure after barig
10. nu-banda3 lugal-ku3-zu

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 73.0 high × 45.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • primary: Nisaba 7, 44

    [d'Agostino2005Nisaba7] Agostino, Franco d’, and Francesco Pomponio. 2005. Ša₃-Bi-Ta Texts from Girsu Kept in the British Museum. Nisaba 7. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

    barley - sag-nig2-gur11<-ra>-kam, mu-DU, la2-ia3

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025192
  • Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 0246

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-01-16 at 07:41:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-11-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 07, 44 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283848.
Nisaba 07, 44 artifact entry (No. P283848). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283848 (Original work published 2005)
Nisaba 07, 44 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283848 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 07, 44 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283848},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283848},
}


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