Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1909.05.376Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread & oil to named persons.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
37.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 16.0 mm
| Genre(s) | Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread & oil to named persons.) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced |
00.00.06.00
Undated
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| Accounting Period |
| CDLI number | P406495 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P406495 |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Museum Number | SM 1909.05.376 |
| Accession Number | 06540 (smcat:1445) |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 174570 |
primary: Nisaba 22, 128
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2016-07-28 at 15:45:47 | CDLI, CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2012-06-23 at 12:22:45 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2010Nisaba,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {Nisaba 22, 128 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P406495},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406495},
}
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