Nisaba 09, 099 (P208563)

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 108028

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of a deficit of 330 l of barley, which was delivered to Ur. Seal: Ur-{d}Li9-si4 ensi2 Umma{ki} Lu2-kal-la ds.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 sze uri5{ki}-sze3 zi-ga
3. mu lugal-sipa u3 e2-ki-sze3
reverse
1. ki la-ni-mu-ta
2. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
3. iti dal
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4. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2 umma{ki}
3. lu2-kal-la
4. dub-sar
5. ARAD2-[zu]

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of a deficit of 330 l of barley, which was delivered to Ur. Seal: Ur-{d}Li9-si4 ensi2 Umma{ki} Lu2-kal-la ds.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 9, 99

    [Molina2005Nisaba9] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts in the British Museum. Nisaba 9. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Museum No.: BM 108028
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2860

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.05.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2016-07-28 at 15:43:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:30:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:39:30 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:38:28 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005075 (composite) (P457785) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.37.00.00, Šulgi.40.05.00

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 09, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208563.
Nisaba 09, 099 artifact entry (No. P208563). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208563 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 09, 099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208563 (Accessed: September 18, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208563},
}


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