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Nisaba 07, 14 (P283818)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 07, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283818 |
| Museum no. | BM 020006 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 3(u) sze gur lugal | 30 gur of barley, royal (measure), |
| 2 | i3-dub tir ma#-nu | the depot of the forest, manu |
| 3 | ki ur-{d}da-mu-ta# | from Ur-Damu |
| 4 | 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur# a-ra2 1(disz)-kam | 53 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 for 1 day |
| 5 | 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur a-ra2 2(disz)-kam | 10 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 for the 2nd time |
| 6 | ki ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6-ta | from Ur-Šuša-Baba; |
| 7 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) gur | total: 104 gur |
| 8 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 9 | 1(u) 2(asz) ur-im-nun | 12, Ur-imnun; |
| 10 | 1(u) 2(asz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a | 12, Lu-Narua; |
| 11 | 1(u) 2(asz) ba-zi-ge | 12 (gur) of Bazige |
| 12 | a-sza3 u18-ni | field U’uni, |
| 13 | 8(asz) szesz-kal-la | 8, Šeškalla; |
| 14 | 8(asz) a-a-u4-su13-sze3 | 8 (gur) Aya-usu |
| 15 | ugula ad-da | foreman: Adda; |
| 16 | 8(asz) {d}utu-ba-e3 | 8, Utu-ba’e; |
| 17 | 8(asz) lugal-u2-szim-e | 8, Lugal-ušime; |
| 18 | ugula lu2-har#-sa-ra | foreman: Lu-Harsara |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) 2(asz) szuku 2(asz) dah-u3 | 12 šuku, 2 daḫu, |
| 2 | ur-mes | Ur-mes, |
| 3 | 1(u) 2(asz) {d}utu-di-de3 | 12, Utu-dide, |
| 4 | a-sza3 u18-ni | field U’uni, |
| 5 | ugula lu2-har-sa-ra | foreman: Lu-Harsara; |
| 6 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) gur | total: 104 gur |
| 7 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 8 | sze szuku-ra engar-e bala-a | barley for the šukura loan of the farmer in bala, |
| 9 | lu2-{d}na-ru2-a i3-dab5 | Lu-Narua accepted; |
| 10 | ugula lu2-iri-sag | foreman: Lu-irisag |
| 11 | e2 {d}nin-mar{ki} | the temple of Ninmar |
| 12 | mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal | year following: “Amar-Suen (is) king. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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