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Nisaba 31/2, 115 (P377037)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 111260

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 7(asz) 1(barig)#? n sze# gur lugal
2. bar-ta gal2-la
3. 5(u) 4(asz) gur sze-ba bahar3 ma-da
4. 5(asz) sze-numun gur [kiszib3] ur#-{gesz}gigir
5. 5(asz) sze-numun gur [kiszib3] [x]-sa6
6. 6(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 szesz#-kal#-la
7. 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-numun gur kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah
8. 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-numun gur kiszib3 lu2-giri17-zal
9. 5(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
10. 5(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 lugal-nesag-e
11. 5(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 lugal-[...]
12. 5(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 da-du-[mu]
reverse
1. 4(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 da-a#-da#
2. 4(asz) sze-numun gur kiszib3 a2-[...]
blank space
3. szunigin 1(szar2) sze gur
erasure after 1(szar2)
blank space
4. 1(gesz2) sze-ba-a ad-da
5. 4(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> igi-{d}szara2-sze3 2(ban2) bi2-du11-ga
6. guru7-ta e3-a
7. ki-su7 gu-la a-sza3 la2-mah-ta
8. giri3 lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra
9. mu en# eridu#{ki} ba-hun

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: Nisaba 31/2, 115

[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 111260
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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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 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2020-11-07 at 02:29:54	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (070145) (070145)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111260) (BM.111260)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1326) (W_1914-0404-1326)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 31/2, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377037.

Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry (No. P377037). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377037 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377037 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

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	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377037},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 31/2, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377037.

Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry (No. P377037). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377037 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377037 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377037},
}

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