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Nisaba 22, 020 (P381655)

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 085427

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) dabin lugal
2. 1(ban2) esza
3. ki di-ku5-ta
blank space
seal impression
4. kiszib3 ensi2
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
blank space
seal impression
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an [ub-da limmu2-ba]
5. ur-{d}lamma#
6. sza3#-tam#
7. ARAD2-[zu]

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
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 22, 20

[Notizia2009Nisaba22] Notizia, Palmiro. 2009. I Testi Dei Messageri Da Ĝirsu-Lagaš Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur. Nisaba 22. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: QNAR 1, BM 85427

[Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

(seal)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 085427
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.10.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-10-13 at 15:03:19	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2013-07-18 at 17:32:47	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2012-06-24 at 21:12:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005719 (composite) (P458429)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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“Nisaba 22, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381655.

Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry (No. P381655). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381655 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381655 (Accessed: June 14, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381655},
}

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“Nisaba 22, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381655.

Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry (No. P381655). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381655 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381655 (Accessed: June 14, 2025).

@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381655},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2025/6/14/
TI  - Nisaba 22, 020 artifact entry
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ER  -

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