Nisaba 22, 025 (P203250)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026041

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Rations for messengers ú im-shi-gin-na)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) kasz sila3
2. 5(disz) sila3 ninda
3. lu2 kin-gi4-a u2 im-szi-du-a
4. giri3 ur-mes
5. iti GAN2-masz
  blank space
reverse
1. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um <lu>-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-asz ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text Rations for messengers ú im-shi-gin-na)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203250

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026041
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Nisaba 22, 25

    [Notizia2009Nisaba22] Notizia, Palmiro. 2009. I Testi Dei Messageri Da Ĝirsu-Lagaš Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur. Nisaba 22. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: PPAC 5, 361

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:59:00 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-06-24 at 21:12:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 22, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203250.
Nisaba 22, 025 artifact entry (No. P203250). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203250 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 22, 025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203250 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203250},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 22, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203250.
Nisaba 22, 025 artifact entry (No. P203250). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203250 (Original work published 2002)
Nisaba 22, 025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203250 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203250},
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PY  - 2024
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