Nisaba 18, 020 (P374671)

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 093965

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. 1(disz) tug2 aktum szar3#
2. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2 szar3#?
3. 3(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
4. 2(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)#-kam us2
5. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)#-kam us2
6. 4(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
7. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za us2
8. ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta
reverse
1. 3(disz)# tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
2. 3(u)#? tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
3. ($ blank space $) tug2 usz-bar
4. ki ni#-zu-ta
5. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
6. lu2-na szu ba-ti
7. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
8. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: Nisaba 18, 20

    [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 093965
  • 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.01.02.00
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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
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, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374671.
Nisaba 18, 020 artifact entry (No. P374671). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374671 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374671 (Accessed: June 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374671},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374671},
}

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