Nisaba 25, 60 (P449047)

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]-nannax(|SZESZ.NA|)
3. [...] ur-x
4. [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...] GAN2 HU?
2. 5(N01) , lu-ga
3. 1(N01) , ama-{d}anzux(|IM.MI|)
4. 1(N01) , ama si E3 |IGI+GU4|
5. [...] amar#-GAN2#?
6. [...] x
  rest broken
column 4
1. 5(N14) , TE
2. |GAN2xHI|-ak
3. 2(N01) , ama-e2-nun-si
4. 4(N01) , nam2
5. 3(N01) , nannax(|SZESZ.NA|)-ur-sag
6. 2(N01) 1(N08) , SZAM2 GI MUD# x
  rest broken
column 5
1. 4(N01)? abzu-ta
2. 4(N01) , igi-gi-gi#
3. 3(N01) 1(N08) , SI NAM2#?
4. 5(N01) , lu-x
5. 4(N01) , PA-EREN2 UET2_163 KI
6. [...] AB# PA#
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] AB# [...]
2'. SZIM#?
3'. [...] KIB#? NUN MUD
4'. [...] UR#?
5'. 1(N01) , ki-nu-gi4 [...]
6'. 1(N01) , MA SAR#
7'. ur-sag
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] SZE#?
2'. 1(N01) , nin#-[...]-KA#
3'. SAR# [...]
4'. 2(N01) 2(N08)# nannax(|SZESZ.NA|)#-szesz#-du10
column 3
  beginning broken
  blank space
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] TE#
2'. [...] LI#? LU2#
3'. [...] GI# EN#
4'. [...] GU4 AMA GI [...] IGI
5. [...] |ASZ+GU2|
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Consult word list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ATFU = Nisaba 25, 60

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 18382
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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
2014-11-13 at 16:03:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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, 60 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449047.
Nisaba 25, 60 artifact entry (No. P449047). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449047 (Original work published 2013)
Nisaba 25, 60 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449047 (Accessed: December 3, 2024).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {Nisaba 25, 60 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P449047},
}


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