Nisaba 23, 009 (P376020)

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 110156

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(disz) ... x-{d}]szara2# 2(ban2)
2. 1(disz) ur#-[...]
3. 1(disz) [...]
4. 1(disz) [...] dumu
5. 1(disz) [...]
6. 1(disz) lugal#-[...]
7. 1(disz) UN#-[...]
8. usz2 gesz-[...]
9. 1(disz) tir#-[gu]
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul#-[...]
11. 1(disz) ur-{d}[x]
12. 1(disz)! inim-nimgir#
13. 1(disz) ab-ba-[x]
14. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu lu2-eb-gal
15. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen gudu4
16. 1(disz) lu2-du10-ga
17. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2#
18. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
19. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-{d}a-szar2
20. 1(disz) szesz-a-ni
column 2
1. 1(disz) szu#-[...]
2. 1(disz) lu2#-{d}szara2#
3. [1(disz)] lu2#-im?-sze3
4. 1(disz) lugal#-ma2-gur8-re
5. 1(disz) ur-gu2-de3-na
6. 1(disz) di-ni-mu
7. 1(disz) lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
8. 1(disz) HAR-ba-a
9. [1(disz)] ur#-gu2-de3-na
10. [1(disz)] lu2#-{d}szara2
11. [1(disz)] lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
12. 1(disz)# szu-esz18-dar dumu lugal-a-kisal-ki
13. x szesz-a-ni-sze3
  thus copy
14. azlag2-me
15. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-ur4-ra
16. 1(disz) {d}li9-si4-na
17. 1(disz) a-kal-la
18. 1(disz) ur4#-sza3-ki-du10
19. 1(disz) lum-ma
20. 1(disz) li-bur-be-li2?
21. 1(disz) {gesz}guzza-ni tu-ra
22. ug3-IL2-me
23. szunigin 1(barig) 2(ban2)
24. szunigin 2(u) 6(disz) dumu azlag2 [x]
25. szunigin 6(disz)! ug3-IL2-me
26. ugula lu2-{d}szara2
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) lu2-{d}da-ni
2. 1(disz) lu2-saga
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}utu
4. 1(disz) ur-sukkal dumu u2-a-ti
5. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra szum2-ma
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}ma-mi
7. u3!? ur-{gesz}gigir
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
9. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir 2(disz)-kam
10. azlag2 nam-ha-ni
11. 1(disz) lu2-da-ga
12. 1(disz) ma-an-[szum2]
13. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen
14. 1(disz) ur-e2-sag-[il]-la
15. 1(disz) lu2-{d}utu
16. 1(disz) lugal-ni2-te?-na#
17. usz2 ur-{gesz}gigir
18. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
19. 1(disz) ur-{d}nun?-gal NUN? KA?
  thus copy
20. 1(disz) an-ne2-ba#-[ab-du7]
21. 1(disz) du-du-[mu]
22. 1(disz) lugal-[...]
column 2
1. 1(disz) kar
2. mu ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|) ki 2(disz)-sze3
  blank space
3. azlag2-me
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}ma-isz-ti2-su!
5. 1(disz) lu2-me-lam2
6. gudu4? dingir inim-{d}szara2
7. 1(disz) e2-gesztin
8. usz2 ti-al-ba-ni-du11
9. usz2 lugal-ezem
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da
11. 1(disz) giri3-ni
12. 1(disz) nig2-gur11-{d}szara2
13. 1(disz) {d}szara2-an-dul3
14. 1(disz) lugal-e-in-zu
15. ug3-IL2-me
  blank space
16. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(disz)
17. szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz) dumu azlag2
18. szunigin 8(disz) ug3-IL2
19. sza3-bi-ta
20. 1(u) engar <sza3>-gu4 diri-ga-me
21. kiszib3 ur-e11-e
22. ugula lu2-{d}da-ni

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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
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  • primary: NATU 3 = Nisaba 23, 9

    [al-Rawi2009NATU3] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Three (NATU III). Nisaba 23. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Museum No.: BM 110156
  • Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 0222

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 23, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376020.
Nisaba 23, 009 artifact entry (No. P376020). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376020 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 23, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376020 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 23, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376020},
}


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