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Nisaba 23, 095 (P376395)

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 110497

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz u4 2(u) 4(disz)-sze3
2. {gesz}tukul lugal us2-sa
3. giri3 ukken-ne2
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
seal impression
reverse
1. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da e2-a-na a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
blank space
seal 1
1. ukken-ne2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir

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
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: NATU 3 = Nisaba 23, 95

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 110497
Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 0563

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.36.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2015-12-29 at 08:46:47	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-04-12 at 18:56:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (069386) (069386)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.110497) (BM.110497)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-563) (W_1914-0404-563)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004330 (composite) (P457040)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.33.07.00, Ibbi-Suen.01.02.00

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 23, 095 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376395.

Nisaba 23, 095 artifact entry (No. P376395). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376395 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 23, 095 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376395 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376395},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 23, 095 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376395.

Nisaba 23, 095 artifact entry (No. P376395). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376395 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 23, 095 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376395 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 23, 095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376395},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376395},
}

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