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Nisaba 17, 085 (P374213)

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 093951

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. 6(asz)#? 4(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur lugal
seal impression
2. zi3 KA-sze3
3. ki lu2-du10-ga-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 e2#?-zi-mu#
blank space
2. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
blank space
seal 1
illegible

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, 85

[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 093951
Accession No.: 1901-06-10, 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: Šulgi.37.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-04-12 at 18:56:47	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (066672) (066672)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93951) (BM.93951)
The British Museum Collection (W_1901-0610-130) (W_1901-0610-130)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 17, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374213.

Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry (No. P374213). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374213 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374213 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374213},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 17, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374213.

Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry (No. P374213). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374213 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374213 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 17, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374213},
}

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M1  - 2025/12/27/
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