Nisaba 26, 071 (P376095)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 110235

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze lugal
2. ba-li-a dumu lugal-szu-nir-re#
3. 2(barig) nin9-kal-la dam asz2-de3-ni-e
4. 3(barig) a2-zi-da
5. dumu suluhu2 szu-ku6
6. 2(barig) geme2-{d}suen#
7. dam nig2-gu-du#?
reverse
1. 2(barig) nin-zabala5{ki}
  (rest of rev. mostly covered by envelope)
2. dam [...]-da#
3. [...]-ga-szu
4. [...]-mah-sze3
5. [...]-la
6. [...] kal#-ga
7. [...]-gu
8. [...]
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [...]
left
1. sze [...]
2. dumu suluhu2 szu ba-ti mu x
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
1. sze ur5-ra [...]
2. ki ur-{d}nin#-[...]
3. a2-zi-da#
4. dumu suluhu2 szu [ba-ti]
5. [...]
seal 1
1. a2-zi-da
2. dumu suluhu2!?
  <SIG2>.SUD

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006159 (composite) (P478028) S006159 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P376095

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 110235
Accession Number 1914-04-04, 0301

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 069183
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.110235
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-301

References

  • primary: NATU 5 = Nisaba 26, 71

    [al-Rawi2013NATU5] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, Francesca Gorello, and Palmiro Notizia. 2013. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Five (NATU V). Nisaba 26. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

    Rations for workers - sze lugal, szu-ku6, szu ba-ti Seal: A2-zi-da - dumu Zuluhu2

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-11-06 at 12:43:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 26, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376095.
Nisaba 26, 071 artifact entry (No. P376095). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376095 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 26, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376095 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376095},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 26, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376095.
Nisaba 26, 071 artifact entry (No. P376095). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376095 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 26, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376095 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376095},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376095},
}


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