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Nisaba 17, 058 (P374186)

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 093698

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 3(gesz2) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. gurusz 1(disz)-e 7(disz) sila3-ta
5. sze-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3
(and erasure)
6. kiszib3 ba-zi dumu na-silim
reverse
1. 1(asz) [...] gur#
(erasure after 1)
2. kiszib3 ARAD2-mu dumu lugal-nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)
blank space
3. szunigin 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 gur
4. zi-ga
5. diri# 1(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 sze
6. nig2-ka9-ak
7. gu3-de2-a ab-ba-iri
8. mu sza?-asz-ru{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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 17, 58

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 093698
Accession No.: 1901-04-15, nn

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2016-10-20 at 10:10:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-12 at 17:31:17	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-03-13 at 12:55:13	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-04-12 at 18:56:46	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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“Nisaba 17, 058 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186.

Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry (No. P374186). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186},
}

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“Nisaba 17, 058 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186.

Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry (No. P374186). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 17, 058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374186},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2025/3/16/
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ER  -

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