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Nisaba 13, 039 (P355954)

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 098157

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

50.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 28.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 2(barig) sze gur# lugal#
2. sze ur5-ra engar nu#-banda3#-gu4#
3. e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
4. ugula ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
blank space
5. sze szuku-ra ensi2
6. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-lu2-{d}ku3-nun-ta
reverse
1. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
2. kiszib3 lugal-sa6-ga nu-banda3-gu4
blank space
3. iti amar-a-a-si
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
seal 1
1. lugal-sa6#-ga#
2. dumu nam-mah

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 50.0 high × 42.0 wide × 28.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 13, 39

[Notizia2006Nisaba13] Notizia, Palmiro. 2006. Testi Amministrativi Neo-Sumerici Da G̃irsu Nel British Museum (BM 98119 - BM 98240). Nisaba 13. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 098157
Accession No.: 1903-10-13, 0088

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
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
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2013-06-07 at 13:25:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:03:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:52:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-01-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (169287)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.98157)
The British Museum Collection (W_1903-1013-88)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003664 (composite) (P456374)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

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“Nisaba 13, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954.

Nisaba 13, 039 artifact entry (No. P355954). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 13, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954 (Accessed: May 6, 2024).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954},
}

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“Nisaba 13, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954.

Nisaba 13, 039 artifact entry (No. P355954). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954 (Original work published 2007)

Nisaba 13, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355954 (Accessed: May 6, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
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