Nisaba 25, 52 (P449039)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(N01@f) , kasz sag me-NAGA
 en: 2 units of high quality beer for Me-eresz-<si>
2. ugula maszkim
 en: the supervisor
3. 1(N01@f) , amar SZAGAN
 en: 1 Š-container for Amar
4. 1(N01@f) , ak SZAGAN
 en: 1 Š-container for Ak
5. 1(N01@f) , ninda tur ak sagi
 en: 1 “small” bread for Ak, the cup-bearer
reverse
1. 1(N01@f) , |PA.MUNSUB|#-ansze
 en: 1 (bread?) , for the herdsman of donkeys
2. 1(N01@f) , engiz
 en: 1 (bread?) , for the cook
  blank space

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Consult word list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ATFU = Nisaba 25, 52

    [Lecompte2013ATFU] Lecompte, Camille. 2013. Archaic Tablets and Fragments from Ur (ATFU) from L. Woolley’s Excavations at the Royal Cemetery. Edited by Lorenzo Verderame. Nisaba 25. Messina: DiCAM.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 18374
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-11-11 at 17:13:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Lecompte, Camille CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 25, 52 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449039.
Nisaba 25, 52 artifact entry (No. P449039). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449039 (Original work published 2013)
Nisaba 25, 52 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449039 (Accessed: February 6, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {Nisaba 25, 52 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449039},
}


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