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Nisaba 31/2, 020 (P376942)

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 111163

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) sar al 7(disz) sar#-ta#
2. a2-bi u4 3(u) 4(disz)
3. 2(gesz2) 3(u) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 2(u) 5(disz)
5. 2(gesz2) 5(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 2(u) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 8(disz) 1/2(disz)
reverse
1. szu-nigin2 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. a2 6(disz) sila3-ta
3. sze-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
4. a-sza3-ge kin ak
5. a-sza3 me-en-kar2#
6. nu#-banda3 gu4 lugal-e2-mah-e
7. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
8. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu tir-gu]

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 31/2, 20

[Alivernini2019Nisaba31/2] Alivernini, Sergio, and Angela Greco. 2019. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the Géjou Collection Kept in the British Museum. Nisaba 31. Messina: DICAM.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 111163
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2020-11-03 at 02:19:44	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		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 (070048) (070048)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111163) (BM.111163)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1229) (W_1914-0404-1229)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004119 (composite) (P456829)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“Nisaba 31/2, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376942.

Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry (No. P376942). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376942 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376942 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376942},
}

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“Nisaba 31/2, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376942.

Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry (No. P376942). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376942 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376942 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376942},
}

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