Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1909.05.386Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, oil and flour given to persons going to/ from the sea, from Anšan, from Susa, to Adamdun, from kimaš)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
48.0 mm × 24.0 mm × 16.0 mm
| Genre(s) | Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, oil and flour given to persons going to/ from the sea, from Anšan, from Susa, to Adamdun, from kimaš) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced |
00.00.05.00
Undated
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| CDLI number | P406505 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P406505 |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Museum Number | SM 1909.05.386 |
| Accession Number | 06550 (smcat:1455) |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 174579 |
primary: Nisaba 22, 137
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2012-11-26 at 12:22:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2012-06-23 at 12:22:45 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2010Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {Nisaba 22, 137 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P406505},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406505},
}
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