Nisaba 18, 123 (P374469)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 093590APeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
(unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 2(u) la2 1(barig) sze gur lugal
blank space
seal impression
2. giri3 lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
3. ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-usz-gi-na#
reverse
1. u3# ur#-{d#}ba#-ba6# simug#?
blank space
seal impression
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna masz2 i3-pa3
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)
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Artifact type:
Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
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Seal information:
sealed
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Nisaba 18, 123
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 093590A
- Accession No.: 1901-04-15, 0067
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-11-08 at 14:53:04 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-07-26 at 18:27:56 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2021-07-26 at 18:25:36 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2013-09-16 at 18:19:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (066407) (066407)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93590) (BM.93590)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1901-0415-67) (W_1901-0415-67)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
year = {2025},
month = {nov 8},
title = {Nisaba 18, 123 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P374469},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374469},
}
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