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Nisaba 17, 018 (P374147)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093583A

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) 3(barig) dabin gur
2. zi3 e2 {d}nin-gir2#-su#
3. ki ur-{d}lamma-ta
4. ma2 ARAD2 dumu nig2-sa6-ga
5. kiszib3 ma-an-szum2#-na
seal impression
reverse
1. [iti GAN2]-masz
2. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2 ba-dim2
blank space
seal 1
1. ma-an-szum2-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-giri17-zal

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 17, 18

[Pomponio2007Nisaba17] Pomponio, Francesco, Lorenzo Verderame, and Stefania Altavilla. 2007. Neo-Sumerian Ĝirsu Texts of Barley and Cereal Products, Kept in the British Museum ; Cylinder Seal Impressions. Nisaba 17. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 093583A
Accession No.: 1901-04-15, nn

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: Amar-Suen.03.01.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-04-12 at 18:56:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (167501) (167501)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003772 (composite) (P456482)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 17, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374147.

Nisaba 17, 018 artifact entry (No. P374147). (2023, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374147 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374147 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374147},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 17, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374147.

Nisaba 17, 018 artifact entry (No. P374147). (2023, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374147 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374147 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 19},
	title = {Nisaba 17, 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374147},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374147},
}

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