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Nisaba 31/2, 148 (P377072)

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 111296

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) {gi}kid szer7-ru-um
2. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
3. ma2 zi3 sig15-ka ba-a-dul9
4. ki a-gu-[ta]
reverse
1. kiszib3 a-kal-la gu-za-la2
2. iti szu-numun
blank space
seal impression
3. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki
seal 1
illegible

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
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
illegible
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 31/2, 148

[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 111296
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.06.00 (us2 year)
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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
2020-11-08 at 04:32:04	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 (070180) (070180)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111296) (BM.111296)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1362) (W_1914-0404-1362)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 31/2, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377072.

Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry (No. P377072). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377072 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377072 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377072},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 31/2, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377072.

Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry (No. P377072). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377072 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377072 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 31/2, 148 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377072},
}

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