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Nisaba 18, 173 (P374645)

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

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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 093917A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
(unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
beginning broken
blank space
seal impression
1'. [...] x
2'. [ki x]-{d#}suen#-ta
3'. [kiszib3 szesz-kal-la dumu] lugal#-a2-zi-da
reverse
1. ma2-a gar-ra nibru{ki}-sze3
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
blank space
seal impression
3. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-a2-zi-[da]

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 18, 173

[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 093917A
Accession No.: 1901-06-10, 0096

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: Šulgi.46.03.00 (us2 year)
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Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-08 at 15:52:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2021-07-26 at 18:27:56	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2021-07-26 at 18:25:36	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	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 (167553) (167553)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93917) (BM.93917)
British Museum Collection (W_1901-0610-96) (W_1901-0610-96)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004111 (composite) (P456821)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P374645.

Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry (No. P374645). (2025, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374645 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374645 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374645},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 18, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P374645.

Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry (No. P374645). (2025, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374645 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374645 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2025Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374645},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/3/
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