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Nisaba 18, 018 (P374368)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093436

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) ma-na siki <tug2> us2 szar3
2. 1(u) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
3. [n] 2(disz)# ma#-na 4(disz)# gin2#
4. [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. lugal-sukkal#
3'. szu ba-ti
4'. iti GAN2-masz
5'. mu us2-sa-a en eridu{ki} 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:
unsealed
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 18, 18

[Anastasi2009Nisaba18] Anastasi, Andrea, Francesco Pomponio, and Stefania Altavilla. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Ĝirsu Texts of Various Content Kept in the British Museum. Nisaba 18. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 093436
Accession No.: 1901-02-09, nn

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.01.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-09-16 at 18:19:07	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 (066281) (066281)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93436) (BM.93436)
British Museum Collection (W_1901-0209-1053) (W_1901-0209-1053)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374368.

Nisaba 18, 018 artifact entry (No. P374368). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374368 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374368 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374368},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374368.

Nisaba 18, 018 artifact entry (No. P374368). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374368 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374368 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374368},
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