Nisaba 12/4, 6 = Nisaba 19, 261 (P381986)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

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-

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Annotation unreviewed

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. esz8?-tar2#?-[...]
2'. la?-x-[...]
3'. in-ne#?-[...]
4'. [u4]-kur2-sze3 mar#?-[za-bi?-sze3?]
reverse
1. mu lugal-bi in-[pa3]
2. igi lu2-{d}dumu#?-[zi-da?]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. [qi2]-isz-[tum]
2. {d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni
3. dumu-[me-esz ur-{d}nin-gir2-su]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 12, IV. 6

    [Spada2007Nisaba12] Spada, Gabriella. 2007. Testi Economici Da Ur Di Periodo Paleo-Babilonese. Nisaba 12. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: Nisaba 19, 261

    [Black2008Nisaba19] Black, Jeremy A., and Gabriella Spada. 2008. Texts from Ur Kept in the Iraq Museum and in the British Museum. Nisaba 19. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 31343
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-20 at 08:06:56 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Deloucas, Andrew; Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Willighagen, Lars Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-14 at 07:17:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Foxvog, Daniel A.; Spada, Gabriella Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2008-01-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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previously erroneously registered as Nisaba 12/4, 10 = Nisaba 19, 261, same error in Nisaba 19

Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 12/4, 6 = Nisaba 19, 261 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P381986.
Nisaba 12/4, 6 = Nisaba 19, 261 artifact entry (No. P381986). (2023, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P381986 (Original work published 2008)
Nisaba 12/4, 6 = Nisaba 19, 261 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P381986 (Accessed: March 30, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Nisaba 12/4, 6 = {Nisaba} 19, 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P381986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P381986},
}


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