Nisaba 08, 023 (P320497)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 103401

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

100.0 mm × 129.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
broken
column 2
broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...]-x
3'. [...]-x
4'. [...]-x
5'. [...]-x
6'. [...]-x
7'. [...]-x
8'. [...]-x
column 4
1. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
2. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
3. ARAD2-mu maszkim
4. 1(u) udu
5. u4 3(disz)-kam
6. 1(disz) ab2 u2
7. 2(disz) udu u2
8. 2(disz) sila4
9. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
10. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
11. ARAD2-mu maszkim
12. 1(disz) gu4 4(disz) udu
13. u4 6(disz)-kam
14. 2(disz) u8 u2
15. 2(disz) ud5 u2
16. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
17. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
18. ARAD2#-mu maszkim
column 5
1. [mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4]-ne#-sze3#
2. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
3. ARAD2-mu maszkim
4. 1(u) 8(disz) udu
5. u4 1(u)-kam
6. 5(disz) masz2-gal u2
7. mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
8. 4(disz) udu u2
9. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
10. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
11. ARAD2-mu maszkim
12. 1(u) 9(disz) udu
13. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
14. 2(u) udu u2
15. mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
16. 1(u) udu u2
17. [1(disz)?] masz2-gal u2
18. 9(disz) masz2
19. mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
column 6
1. uzu a bala
2. siskur2 gu-la
3. lugal ku4?-ra
4. 5(disz) udu u2
5. 5(disz) masz2
6. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
7. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
8. ARAD2-mu maszkim
9. 4(u) 7(disz) udu
10. u4 1(u) 8(disz)#-kam
11. 1(u) 2(disz) [3(disz) udu] u2
12. 5(disz) [masz2]-gal
13. 6(disz) masz2
14. szu-gid2 e2#-muhaldim
15. mu aga3-us2#-e-ne-sze3
16. ARAD2-mu# maszkim
17. 2(u) 6(disz)# udu
18. u4 2(u)-kam#
19. 6(disz) udu u2
20. 4(disz) masz2
21. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
22. mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
23. ARAD2-mu maszkim
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u) udu
2. u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
3. 2(disz) ab2 mu 3(disz)
4. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
5. mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
6. ARAD2-mu maszkim
7. 2(disz) gu4
8. u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
9. 4(disz) gu4 u2
10. 2(u) 3(disz) udu u2
11. 1(u) 6(disz) masz2-gal u2
12. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
13. mu aga3-us2 iri-sa12-rig7{ki}-ta
14. ma2 lugal gid2-da-ne#-sze3
15. ARAD2?-mu maszkim
16. 4(disz) gu4 3(u) 9(disz) udu
17. u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
18. 5(disz) udu u2
19. mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
20. 3(disz) udu u2
21. 4(disz) masz2-gal u2
22. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
23. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
24. ARAD2-mu maszkim
25. 1(u) 2(disz) udu
26. u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
27. 5(disz) udu u2
28. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
29. mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
30. ARAD2-mu maszkim
column 2
1. 5(disz) udu
2. u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
3. 7(disz) udu u2
4. 3(disz) masz2-gal u2
5. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
6. mu aga3-us2 a-tu5#-a-ka e2-gal#-[la] ku4?-ra-ne-sze3
7. ARAD2-mu maszkim
8. 1(u) udu#
9. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
10. 5(disz) udu u2
11. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
12. mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3
13. szu-e2-a sukkal maszkim
14. 5(disz) udu
15. u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
16. szunigin 4(disz) gu4 u2
17. szunigin 1(disz) ab2 u2
18. szunigin 2(disz) ab mu 3(disz)
19. szunigin# 2(gesz2) 2(u) udu u2
20. szunigin# 2(u) 5(disz) u8 u2
21. szunigin# 4(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal u2
22. szunigin# 2(u) 3(disz) ud5 u2
23. szunigin# 2(disz) sila4
24. szunigin# 3(u) masz2
column 3
1. szunigin2 7(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
2. szunigin2 4(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
rest broken

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): 100.0 high × 129.0 wide × 26.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 23

[Politi2005DTBM] Politi, Janet, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2005. The Drehem Texts in the British Museum (DTBM). Nisaba 8. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 103401
Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0091

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	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 14:51:43	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:41:03	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (167376) (167376)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.103401) (BM.103401)
The British Museum Collection (W_1911-0408-91) (W_1911-0408-91)

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 08, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320497.

Nisaba 08, 023 artifact entry (No. P320497). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320497 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 08, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320497 (Accessed: September 16, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320497},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 08, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320497.

Nisaba 08, 023 artifact entry (No. P320497). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320497 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 08, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320497 (Accessed: September 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320497},
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