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 1909.05.381Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread and oil given to persons en route from ur.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
31.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 14.0 mm
| Genre(s) | Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread and oil given to persons en route from ur.) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced |
00.00.04.00
Undated
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| Accounting Period |
| CDLI number | P406500 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P406500 |
| 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 1909.05.381 |
| Accession Number | 06545 (smcat:1450) |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 174575 |
primary: Nisaba 22, 133
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2017-02-28 at 17:16:34 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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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 2026-10-29]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {Nisaba 22, 133 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P406500},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406500},
}
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