Nisaba 18, 170 (P374673)

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 093971

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 3(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
2. 3(barig) 1(ban2) esza
3. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-gu
4. 4(disz) dug dida saga
5. 4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz saga
6. 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du gur
7. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze sa gu2-gal
8. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze sa gu2-tur
9. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze sa gig
10. 1(barig)# 2(ban2)# sze sa sze
reverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 gu2-gal ar3#-ra
2. 6(disz) sila3 gu2-tur us2-sa
3. 6(disz)# sila3 ar-za-na saga
4. 6(disz)# sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga
5. 1(disz)# sila3 {u2}gamun2 gazx(KUM)
6. 1(disz) sila3 sze-lu2-gum
7. 1(disz) sila3 gazi-gum
8. 2(disz) sila3 mun
9. 3(gesz2) sa gi 9(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
10. siskur2 sza3 e2-gal ha-ar-szi-tum
11. en-um-i3-li2 ra2-gaba maszkim
12. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim
13. u3 lugal-hi-li-an-na
14. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
left
1. iti szu-numun
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2. mu ma2-dara3

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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, 170

    [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 093971
  • 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.02.04.15
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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, 170 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374673.
Nisaba 18, 170 artifact entry (No. P374673). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374673 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 170 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374673 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 170 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374673},
}

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