Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 093928Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
|---|---|
| Dates Referenced | Šulgi.46.08.00 (us2 year) |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P374212 |
|---|---|
| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P374212 |
unopened envelope
| Artifact type |
Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience |
Girsu (mod. Tello) Purchased from I Élias Géjou in 1901.
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
|---|---|
| Museum Number | BM 093928 |
| Accession Number | 1901-06-10, nn |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 167560 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.93928 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1901-0610-107 |
primary: Nisaba 17, 84
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-07-22 at 13:28:31 | Cross, Aidan | Artifact metadata | Cross, Aidan | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 15:04:28 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-04-12 at 18:56:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
year = {2026},
month = {jul 23},
title = {Nisaba 17, 084 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P374212},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374212},
}
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