Nisaba 09, 132 (P208959)

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 108061

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Too destroyed for translation. Seal: Ur-[...] ds d. dumu Ur-{d}Åara2 åa13-dub-ba.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  (obverse illegible, covered by salt)
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
1. iti szu-esz5-sza
2. mu en {d}nanna ga-esz5[{ki}]
seal 1
1. ur-[{d}nun-gal]
2. dub#-[sar]
3. dumu ur#-[{d}]szara2#
4. sza13#-dub-ba#

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Too destroyed for translation. Seal: Ur-[...] ds d. dumu Ur-{d}Åara2 åa13-dub-ba.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: Nisaba 9, 132

    [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 108061
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 2893

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.08.00 (Reichskalender)
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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
2017-10-13 at 15:03:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:32:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:41:31 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 000493.1 (composite) (P430589) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.04.00.00, Šū-Suen.07.02.00

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 09, 132 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208959.
Nisaba 09, 132 artifact entry (No. P208959). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208959 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 09, 132 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208959 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208959},
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