Nisaba 24, 06 (P201747)

Plan or Drawing 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 104801

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing) 1912 7-6 65 no dte. areas of field and barley for sowing, habalugge engar)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) mer
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) kur
3. 2(bur3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 bar 5(ban2) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)!? ki
4. a-sza3-bi 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)!? GAN2
  calculation: (70 × 100) = 3b 16i + 2b 1 1/2i = 5b 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2i (?)
  (publication: 1(asz) 4(disz) in front of next 5 lines written vertically)
5. ($ blank space $) 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/4(iku)!? bar sze 1(ban2) bar su3
6. ($ blank space $) 1(esze3) su3 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)!? ki
7. ($ blank space $) 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku)!? lugal-a2-mu
8. ($ blank space $) 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku)!? GAN2 nigar-ki-du10
9. ($ blank space $) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 du-u2-a-ni
  (publication: 1(asz) 4(disz) in front of next 3 lines written vertically)
10. ($ blank space $) 1(esze3) 4(iku) su3 1(ban2) bar sze 3(iku) ki
11. ($ blank space $) 2(esze3) 3(iku) diri-a 2(ban2) bar su3
12. ($ blank space $) 1(iku) GAN2 gig 2(ban2) GAN2 ziz2
  blank space
13. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku)!? GAN2 2(asz) 2(barig)-ta
14. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku)!? GAN2 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
15. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 3(asz) 2(barig)-ta
16. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) 2(barig)-ta
17. 2(iku) GAN2 ziz2 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
18. 1(iku) GAN2 gig 1(asz) 4(ban2)-ta
reverse
1. 1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 su3
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2. szunigin 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze
3. szunigin 2(iku) GAN2 ziz2
4. szunigin 1(iku) GAN2 gig
5. sze-bi 3(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
6. ziz2-bi 5(asz)! 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur
7. gig-bi 1(asz) 4(ban2) gur
8. ha!-ba-lu5-ge2 engar
9. a-sza3 {d}szara2-ur-gu
  blank space
left
1a. 1(gesz2) 1(u)
1b. 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(disz) sila3
1c. 1(ban2) 5(disz)
1d. 3(u) 3(barig) 3(u) 5(asz)
1e. 3(u) 5(asz)

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATU 4 = Nisaba 24, 6

    [al-Rawi2009NATU4] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, Franco d’Agostino, and Jonathan Taylor. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part Four (NATU IV). Nisaba 24. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Museum No.: BM 104801
  • Accession No.: 1912-07-06, 0065

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-06-29 at 14:38:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20100103 englund: field calculations

Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 24, 06 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P201747.
Nisaba 24, 06 artifact entry (No. P201747). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P201747 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 24, 06 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P201747 (Accessed: December 22, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P201747},
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