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Nisaba 10, 060 (P203277)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026069

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of barley for érin from Ma-ni to Lú-dUtu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

30.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
2. sze ur5-ra
3. mu erin2-na-sze3
4. ki ma-ni-ta
5. lu2-{d}utu-ke4
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
2. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul

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): 30.0 high × 35.0 wide × 12.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Loan of barley for érin from Ma-ni to Lú-dUtu)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 10, 60

[Paoletti2005Nisaba10] Paoletti, Paola, and Gabriella Spada. 2005. Testi Še-Ur₅-Ra Da Girsu Conservati al British Museum. Nisaba 10. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026069
Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 1123

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:34:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-04-10 at 08:34:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054275) (054275)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26069) (BM.26069)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1123) (W_1898-0216-1123)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 10, 060 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203277.

Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry (No. P203277). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203277 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203277 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203277},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 10, 060 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203277.

Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry (No. P203277). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203277 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203277 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 10, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203277},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/18/
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