Nisaba 18, 103 (P374648)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093921

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)

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) [...]
2'. 1(u) 1(disz)? [...]
3'. {gesz}[kiri6 ...]
reverse
  broken
envelope
obverse
1. [n] sze lugal
2. 3(disz) SIG7-a 1(barig)
3. 1(disz) du3-a-ku5
4. gub-ba sze-ka
5. {gesz}kiri6 ki-sur-ra{ki}-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-{d}li9-si4
  blank space
  seal impression
2. [iti] ezem#-{d}szul-gi
3. [mu ki]-masz#{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-ra
2. dumu ur-{d}li9-si4

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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    sealed

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  • primary: Nisaba 18, 103

    [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 093921
  • Accession No.: 1901-06-10, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002798 (composite) (P455508) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 18, 103 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374648.
Nisaba 18, 103 artifact entry (No. P374648). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374648 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 103 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374648 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 103 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374648},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374648},
}

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