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Nisaba 22, 002 (P204730)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026043

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet; half broken)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz
2. 2(disz) sila3 ninda
3. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
4. e-szu-qur-ad lu2 kas4
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. |PU3.KA|# lu2# {gesz}tukul-gu-la
2'. szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
3'. zi-ga a-kal-la
4'. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
5'. mu en-unu6-gal#-an-na {d}inanna ba-hun

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
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Seal information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet; half broken)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 22, 2

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026043
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2016-04-02 at 08:46:27	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2012-06-24 at 21:12:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (054249) (054249)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26043) (BM.26043)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1097) (W_1898-0216-1097)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 22, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204730.

Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry (No. P204730). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204730 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204730 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204730},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204730},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 22, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204730.

Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry (No. P204730). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204730 (Original work published 2002)

Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204730 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204730},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204730},
}

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