Nisaba 17, 080 (P374208)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 093916

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) sze# gur# lugal#
2. la2-ia3 su-ga x-x-x
  blank space
  seal impression
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4#
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2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
  blank space
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-du10-ga
4. ka-guru7-ka

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: Nisaba 17, 80

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 093916
  • Accession No.: 1901-06-10, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.03.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:04:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-12 at 18:56:46 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005154 (composite) (P457864) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 17, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374208.
Nisaba 17, 080 artifact entry (No. P374208). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374208 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 17, 080 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374208 (Accessed: September 13, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 17, 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374208},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374208},
}


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