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Nisaba 32, 053 (P323149)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Nisaba 32, 053
ID	P323149
Museum no.	CUNES 48-11-005
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

Transliteration (ATF)

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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	[...] geme2 3(ban2)#	... female laborers: 3 ban2
2	[n] 3(disz)#? geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	n 3? female laborers, half-labor, 3 ban2 (monthly rations each)
3	iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra	month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’
4	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
5	8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	8 female laborers, half-labor, 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
6	iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la	month: “Barley at the granary,’
7	5(u) geme2 3(ban2)	50 female laborers, 3 ban2 (per month)
8	8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	8 female laborers, half-labor, 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
9	iti nesag	month: “nesag festival,{š}
10	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
11	8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	8 female laborers, half-labor, 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
12	iti dal	month: “Flight,‭
13	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
14	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
15	iti szu-numun-na	month: “Sowing,’
16	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
17	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
18	iti min3-esz3	month: “Mineš,’
reverse
1	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
2	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
3	iti e2-iti-6(disz)	month: "House-month-6,"
4	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
5	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
6	iti {d}li9-si4	month: “Lisi,’
7	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
8	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
9	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi	month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’
10	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
11	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
12	iti pa4-u2-e	month: “Pa’ue,
13	5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)	51 female laborers, 3 ban2 (years)
14	7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	7 female laborers, 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (monthly rations each),
15	iti {d}dumu-zi	month: “Dumuzi,’
left
1	[...] usz#-bar sze-ba-ta [...]-ke4 mu-ge-en6	... from the barley rations ... established

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