Nisaba 18, 066 (P374432)

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 093542

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
column 1
1. [n] ab2-mah2
2. 5(disz) gu4-gesz
3. gub-ba-am3
4. ur-mes engar
5. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
6. 6(disz) gu4-gesz
7. 1(disz) ab2 amar-ga
8. ur3-re-ba-du7 engar
9. 1(disz) ansze
10. 7(disz) dur3
11. 1(disz) ansze amar-ga
12. lu2#-{d#}ur-asar engar
13. [n] ansze#
14. [n] dur3#
15. [...]-ub
16. [...] x
17. [n] ansze# [...]
column 2
1. 2(disz) dur3
2. 4(disz) dur3 amar-ga
3. la2-ia3 1(disz) ansze ba-usz2
4. lu2-nin-ga2 engar
  blank space
5. ur-{d}nin-pirig nu-banda3-gu4
6. 2(disz) ab2-mah2
7. 4(disz) gu4-gesz
8. 1(disz) ab2 1(asz)
9. 1(disz) ab2 amar-ga
10. lugal-za3-ge-si engar
11. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
12. 4(disz) gu4-gesz
13. la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4-gesz ba-usz2
14. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 engar
15. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
reverse
column 1
1. 2(disz) gu4#-gesz
2. la2-ia3 4(disz) gu4-gesz ba-usz2
3. lugal-sipa engar
4. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
5. 2(disz) gu4-gesz
6. 1(disz) gu4 amar-ga
7. {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka engar
8. 1(disz) eme3
9. 4(disz) dur3
10. la2-ia3 1(disz) dur3 ba-usz2
11. ur-mes engar
  blank space
12. gu-u2-gu nu-banda3-gu4
  blank space
13. szunigin 3(u) 3(disz) ab2-mah2 gu4-gesz
14. szunigin 4(disz) gu4 amar-ga
column 2
1. [szunigin n] 1(u) 4(disz) ansze hi-a
2. [szunigin n] amar#-ga
3. [gub-ba]-am3
4. [...] gu4
5. [...] ansze#
6. [...] ba-usz2
  blank space
7. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
  blank space
8. mu {gesz}gu-za-mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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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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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: Nisaba 18, 66

    [Anastasi2009Nisaba18] Anastasi, Andrea, Francesco Pomponio, and Stefania Altavilla. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Ĝirsu Texts of Various Content Kept in the British Museum. Nisaba 18. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 093542
  • Accession No.: 1901-04-15, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-09-16 at 18:19:07 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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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 18, 066 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374432.
Nisaba 18, 066 artifact entry (No. P374432). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374432 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 066 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374432 (Accessed: February 17, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {Nisaba 18, 066 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P374432},
}

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