Nisaba 17, 002 (P374120)

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 093287 & UM 29-15-958 & UM 29-15-962 (casts)

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(asz) sze gur
2. sze-numun-sze3
3. i3-dub e2-gibil-le-ta
4. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. igi-sa6-sa6
2. dumu ba#-a#-a#
3. szu ba-ti
4. iti mu-szu-du7
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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: Nisaba 17, 2

    [Pomponio2007Nisaba17] Pomponio, Francesco, Lorenzo Verderame, and Stefania Altavilla. 2007. Neo-Sumerian Ĝirsu Texts of Barley and Cereal Products, Kept in the British Museum ; Cylinder Seal Impressions. Nisaba 17. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: NATN, 679 (UM 29-15-958) & p. 47 (UM 29-15-962)

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

    Two identical casts

  • citation: CDLN 2015/010

    [Firth2015CDLN10] Firth, Richard. 2015. “On the ‘Joys of Cooking in Ur III Babylonia.’” Cuneiform Digital Library Notes.

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  • Museum No.: BM 093287 & UM 29-15-958 & UM 29-15-962 (casts)
  • Accession No.: 1901-02-09, 0904

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

20130628 englund: original and casts recognized by R. Firth (after Pomponio, Francesco, Fs. Fales notes that these are casts of the same tablet, but includes BM 093387 (error?))

Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 17, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374120.
Nisaba 17, 002 artifact entry (No. P374120). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374120 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 17, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374120 (Accessed: September 14, 2024).
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