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Nisaba 31/2, 052 (P376974)

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 111197

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(disz) gu4 gesz su-su
2. ur-nigar{gar} engar
3. 1(disz) ab2 mah2 su-su-dam
4. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su
5. lugal-e2-mah-e engar
6. 1(disz) gu4 mu 3(disz) su-su-dam
7. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su
8. gi-na-mu engar
reverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su-dam
2. 1(disz) ab2 mah2
3. 1(disz) gu4 gesz
4. u2-gu de2-a su-su
5. ur-mes engar
6. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su-dam
7. ARAD2-mu engar
8. gu4 ab2 su-su engar-e-ne
9. kiszib3 lugal-iti-da
10. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. lugal-iti-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e2-an-na

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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, 52

[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.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 111197
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00 (us2 year)
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Accounting Period: 0

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
2020-11-04 at 11:40:54	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003535.2 (composite) (P533717)	-	-

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“Nisaba 31/2, 052 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376974.

Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry (No. P376974). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376974 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376974 (Accessed: June 12, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376974},
}

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“Nisaba 31/2, 052 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376974.

Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry (No. P376974). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376974 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376974 (Accessed: June 12, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 052 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P376974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P376974},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2025/6/12/
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