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Nisaba 13, 025 (P355940)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098143

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 4(barig) dabin gur lugal
2. 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ar-za-na
3. 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze
4. ki lu2-{d}na-ru2-a-ta
reverse
1. lu2-gu-la
2. szu ba-ti
3. mu ha#-ar-szi u3 hu#-ur5-ti <ba>-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 2(u) 4(barig) dabin gur lugal
2. 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ar#-za-na
3. 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze
4. ki lu2-{d}na-ru2-a-ta dumu na-ba-sa6
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-gu#-la# dub#-sar#
seal impression
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
1. lu2-gu-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}[igi-zi-bar-ra?]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 34.0 wide × 16.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 13, 25

[Notizia2006Nisaba13] Notizia, Palmiro. 2006. Testi Amministrativi Neo-Sumerici Da G̃irsu Nel British Museum (BM 98119 - BM 98240). Nisaba 13. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 098143
Accession No.: 1903-10-13, 0074

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2013-06-14 at 12:27:36	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:03:20	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:52:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-01-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002902 (composite) (P455612)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

P355940 leadP355940 lead

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“Nisaba 13, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P355940.

Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry (No. P355940). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355940 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355940 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355940},
}

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“Nisaba 13, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P355940.

Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry (No. P355940). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355940 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355940 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 13, 025 artifact entry},
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