JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

Nisaba 07, 50 (P283854)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026356

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

61.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u)# [1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur]
2. ki# a-kal-la-ta
blank space
seal impression
3. szunigin 4(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
4. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. 3(asz) gur sze-bi#
2. iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
3. sze-bi 3(u) 6(asz)# gur
blank space
4. szunigin 3(u) 6(asz) gur
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-gir2-[su]
2. en-zi-an-[na]
3. en-me-ni-na
4. dumu na-a-a lu2-x
5. ARAD2-zu

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 61.0 high × 49.0 wide × 22.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 7, 50

[d'Agostino2005Nisaba7] Agostino, Franco d’, and Francesco Pomponio. 2005. Ša₃-Bi-Ta Texts from Girsu Kept in the British Museum. Nisaba 7. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

barley -
history: QNAR 1, BM 26356

[Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

(seal)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026356
Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0174

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-10-13 at 15:03:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:47:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-01-16 at 07:41:12	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2005-11-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054444) (054444)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26356) (BM.26356)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-174) (W_1898-0514-174)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005219 (composite) (P457929)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 07, 50 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283854.

Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry (No. P283854). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283854 (Original work published 2005)

Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283854 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283854},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283854},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P283854
LB  - CDLI:P283854
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283854
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 07, 50 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283854.

Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry (No. P283854). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283854 (Original work published 2005)

Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283854 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283854},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283854},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P283854
LB  - CDLI:P283854
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - Nisaba 07, 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283854
ER  -