Nisaba 22, 037 (P317639)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 016403

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger text (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 [kasz]
2. 3(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3#
3. er3-ra-ba-ni#
4. 1(ban2) kasz [x x] lugal#
5. 1(disz) dug dida 2(ban2) du
6. elam-e-ne hu#-ur5-ti{ki}-ke4-ne
7. szu ba-ti
8. giri3 er3-ra-ba-ni lu2-{gesz}tukul
9. 5(disz)# sila3 kasz#
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 4(disz) gin2# i3#
3. i3-dub-szi-na#? lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la szu ba-ti
4. 2(disz) dug dida
5. 3(ban2) dabin
6. elam gi-sza{ki}-ke4#-ne szu ba-ti#
7. giri3 i3-dub-szi-na#?
8. iti amar-a-<a>-si-sze3
9. mu sza-asz#-ru#-um{ki} ba-hul#

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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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  • primary: Nisaba 22, 37

    [Notizia2009Nisaba22] Notizia, Palmiro. 2009. I Testi Dei Messageri Da Ĝirsu-Lagaš Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur. Nisaba 22. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: CBT 2, BM 016403 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 016403
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-13, 0031

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-12-21 at 09:20:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:24:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-24 at 21:12:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 22, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317639.
Nisaba 22, 037 artifact entry (No. P317639). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317639 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 22, 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317639 (Accessed: January 30, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317639},
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