Nisaba 25, 18 (P449005)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x AMAR
 en: ...
2'. 1(N01)# , udu amar-e2-gal#
 en: 1 sheep: Amar-egal
3'. [...] udu#
 en: ... sheep
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. nannax(|SZESZ.NA|)#-du10-gen7
 en: Nanna-du-gen
2'. 1(N01)# masz2 ama-e2-si
 en: 1 billy goat: Ama-esi
3'. 1(N01) , udu# ud5# |SU3-SU3-UN|-gi4#
 en: 1 sheep nanny (?): SU-SU-UN-gi
  rest broken

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Consult sign list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Consult word list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ATFU = Nisaba 25, 18

    [Lecompte2013ATFU] Lecompte, Camille. 2013. Archaic Tablets and Fragments from Ur (ATFU) from L. Woolley’s Excavations at the Royal Cemetery. Edited by Lorenzo Verderame. Nisaba 25. Messina: DiCAM.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 30735
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-11-11 at 17:12:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Lecompte, Camille CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 25, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449005.
Nisaba 25, 18 artifact entry (No. P449005). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449005 (Original work published 2013)
Nisaba 25, 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449005 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {Nisaba 25, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449005},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449005},
}


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DA  - 2023/6/28/
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M1  - 2025/3/13/
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