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Nisaba 32, 259 (P328890)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 32, 259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P328890 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 53-02-031 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin gur | 9 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 4 1/2 sila3 dabin flour, |
| 2 | 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur | 9 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 barley, |
| 3 | kiszib3 tab-sza!-la | under seal of Tabšala |
| 4 | 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur la2-ia3 sze zi-ga | 3 gur 2 barig 2 sila3 deficit barley, booked out; |
| 5 | kiszib3 {d}szara2-a-mu | under seal of Šara-amu; |
| 6 | 5(asz) 8(disz) sila3 gur | 5 gur 8 sila3 |
| 7 | kiszib3 a-a-kal-la | under seal of Ayakalla |
| 8 | 8(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) [sila3 x gur] | 8 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 7 sila3 ... |
| 9 | 2(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [x gur] | 2 gur 1 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 10 | x x [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | la2-ia3 nig2-ka9#-[ak u3] la2-ia3 sze zi-[ga] | deficit of the account and deficit of barley booked out; |
| 2' | szunigin 2(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) [n?] n sila3 sze gur# | total: 27 gur 4 barig n sila3 barley |
| 3' | la2-ia3 sze gub-ba | deficit of barley stationed, |
| 4' | szunigin 3(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 [n] gin2 gur | total: 36 gur 2 barig 6 sila3 n shekels |
| 5' | la2-ia3 ninda nig2-gal2-[la] | deficit of bread of the possessions |
| 6' | sze-bi 5(gesz2) 2(u) [n ...] x [...] | its barley: 420 ... ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | sze ur5-ra sila-a tak4#-[a] | barley rations in the street deposited |
| 2' | giri3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e dumu ur-e2-nun-na | via Lugal-nig-lagare, son of Ur-Enuna; |
| 3' | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3 | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected. |
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