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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 093858 & BM 093858APeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.01.10.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 002970 (composite) (P455680) | S002970 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation | Fragmented |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Written In | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 093858 & BM 093858A |
| Accession Number | 1901-06-10, 0037 & 1901-06-10, 0037A |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 167542 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.93858 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1901-0610-37 |
primary: Nisaba 18, 119
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-11-08 at 15:52:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | 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 metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2013-09-16 at 18:19:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
year = {2025},
month = {nov 8},
title = {Nisaba 18, 119 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P374615},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374615},
}
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