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Nisaba 22, 033 (P319827)

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 022148

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger text (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 [ninda]
2. 4(disz) gin2 i3# [...]
3. szu-{d}nin-szubur
4. [n] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 4(disz) gin2 i3
6. [x]-gu4-a sukkal
7. [n] sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. [n] gin2# i3
2. [{d}]suen#?-i3-li2-szu sukkal
3. 5(disz)#? sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
4. 4(disz) gin2 i3
5. en-um-mi-i3-li2
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi#
7. mu sza-asz-ru{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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text Messenger text (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 22, 33

[Notizia2009Nisaba22] Notizia, Palmiro. 2009. I Testi Dei Messageri Da Ĝirsu-Lagaš Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur. Nisaba 22. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: CBT 2, BM 022148 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022148
Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0253

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2012-06-24 at 21:12:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042614) (042614)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22148) (BM.22148)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-253) (W_1896-0409-253)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 22, 033 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319827.

Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry (No. P319827). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319827 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319827 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319827},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 22, 033 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319827.

Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry (No. P319827). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319827 (Original work published 2006)

Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319827 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319827},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P319827
M1  - 2026/3/13/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319827
ER  -