Nisaba 18, 081 (P374637)

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 093906

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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tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 3(u) gu2 gi-zi
2. ku3-bar-tam
3. 3(gesz2) 5(u) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
4. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) lu2#-nimgir
5. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) szesz-kal#-la
6. ug3-IL2-me
7. 5(u)# 3(disz) ur-saman4
8. [...] lu2#-dingir-ra esz3 didli
9. [...] x ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
10. [...] nam#-mah-{d}ba-[ba6] e2-sukkal
reverse
1. [...] ki na-sa6-ta
2. sza3 e2 ur-dun
3. 5(u) ki na-sa6-ta
4. ma2-a gar-ra
  blank space
5. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) gu2 gi-zi na-gab2-tum
6. gurusz-e 2(asz) gu2-ta
7. udu gibil-a
8. iti mu-szu-du7
9. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: Nisaba 18, 81

    [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 093906
  • Accession No.: 1901-06-10, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-09-16 at 18:19:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 18, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374637.
Nisaba 18, 081 artifact entry (No. P374637). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374637 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374637 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374637},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374637},
}


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