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Nisaba 32, 249 (P328750)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 32, 249 |
|---|---|
| ID | P328750 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 52-20-051 |
| 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)
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(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 1(disz)-kam 1(esze3) GAN2-ta | 2 bur3 2 eše3 surface area, harrowing, for the 1st time, at (an average) rate of 1 ikû per (day), |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz) | its labor: 24 days; |
| 3 | 3(bur3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 x-kam 1(bur3) GAN2-ta | 3 bur3 field area: ..., at 1 bur3 each; |
| 4 | a2-bi [u4] 5(u) 4(disz) | its labor: 54 days |
| 5 | 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2# [tug2]-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) [a-ra2 n-kam] [n] GAN2#-ta# | 2 eše3 3 iku field area, textiles, for n days, at n (gin2) field area each |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 1(disz)#? | its labor: 41 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [ugula ab-ba]-gi-na | foreman: Abbagina |
| 2' | mu sza-asz-ru-um a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul | year: “Šašrum for the 2nd time was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | nig2-u2-rum | |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu {d}nanna-i3-zu | son of Nanna-izu |
Sources & licences
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