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Nisaba 18, 019 (P374572)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093795

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) tug2 guz-za-kam us2
2. ki lu2 dam-gar3
3. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
reverse
1. di-mi
2. szu ba-ti
blank space
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. mu en {d}nanna kar#-zi-da 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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 18, 19

[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 093795
Accession No.: 1901-05-11, nn

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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 (066567) (066567)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93795) (BM.93795)
British Museum Collection (W_1901-0511-50) (W_1901-0511-50)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374572.

Nisaba 18, 019 artifact entry (No. P374572). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374572 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 019 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374572 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374572},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374572.

Nisaba 18, 019 artifact entry (No. P374572). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374572 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 019 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374572 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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