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Nisaba 22, 043 (P317879)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317879 |
| Museum no. | BM 018185 |
| 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 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila2 bread, |
| 2 | 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 4 shekels sesame oil |
| 3 | pu3-zu2-i3-li2 sukkal | Puzu-ili, the messenger |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila2 bread, |
| 5 | 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 4 shekels sesame oil |
| 6 | ARAD2-{d}nanna sukkal | Warad-Nanna, vizier |
| 7 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 8 | 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 4 shekels sesame oil |
| 9 | sza-lim-{d}suen lu2 kas4 | Šalim-Sin, the messenger |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 2 | 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 4 shekels sesame oil |
| 3 | lu2-{d}nanna sukkal | Lu-Nanna, the messenger; |
| 4 | iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 | extra month: “Harvest, |
| 5 | mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫarši and Ḫurti were destroyed. |
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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