Nisaba 18, 059 (P374963)

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 094467

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
  (unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 2(disz) gu4 szu-gi4#
  blank space
  seal impression
2. kiszib3 lugal-za3-ge-si
3. dub-sar gu4 apin
reverse
1. iti gu4-[ra2-bi2]-mu2-mu2
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz#[{ki}] ba-hul#
seal 1
1. lugal-za3-ge-si
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-ba#-[a]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal information:

    sealed

  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: Nisaba 18, 59

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 094467
  • Accession No.: 1901-10-12, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.02.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2021-07-26 at 18:27:56 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2021-07-26 at 18:25:36 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003742 (composite) (P456452) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 18, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P374963.
Nisaba 18, 059 artifact entry (No. P374963). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374963 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 18, 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374963 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 18, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374963},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374963},
}


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