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Nisaba 22, 008 (P318893)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P318893 |
| Museum no. | BM 019480 |
| 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 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 3 | szu-{d}iszkur lu2 kas4 | Šū-Addu, the messenger, |
| 4 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 5 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 6 | igi-a-a lu2 kas4 | before Aya, the messenger |
| 7 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 8 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 9 | la-gi-ip2 lu2 kas4 | Lagip, the messenger |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na | to Susa went, |
| 2 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 3 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 4 | ku3-a-a lu2 kas4 | of silver, the messenger |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 7 | {d}iszkur-ba-ni lu2 kas4 | Iškur-bani, the messenger |
| 8 | zi-ga a-kal-la | booked out of Akalla |
| 9 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 10 | mu en ga-esz ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of the assembly was installed. |
Sources & licences
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- 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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