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Nisaba 13, 014 (P355929)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 13, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355929 |
| Museum no. | BM 098132 |
| 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 | 1(gesz2) la2 2(disz@t) gurusz 2(ban2) sze lugal-ta | 60 less 2 male laborers, 2 ban2 barley (per day) at the rate of the king |
| 2 | sze-bi 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur | its barley: 3 gur 4 barig 2 ban2; |
| 3 | e2-sukkal-me | the Esukkalmu |
| 4 | ugula ma2-gur8-re | foreman: Magure; |
| 5 | nu-banda3 a-hu-a | the overseer Aḫua |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sze ur5-ra | barley rations |
| 2 | i3-dub sipa-da-ri2-ta | from the depot of the shepherds |
| 3 | iti sze-il2-la | month: “Barley carried,’ |
| 4 | mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul | year: “Urbilum was destroyed. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [ugula] ma2-gur8-re# | foreman: Magure |
| 5 | [nu]-banda3 a-hu#-a# | the overseer: Ahua |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim# | under seal of Ur-Igalim |
| 2 | dumu ma2-gur8-re# | son of Magure |
| 3 | [iti] sze-il2-la# | month "Barley carried" |
| 4 | [mu] ur#-[bi2-lum{ki} ba]-hul# | year: “Urbilum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}[ig]-alim# | Ur-Igalim |
| 2 | dumu ma2-gur8-re | son of Magure |
Sources & licences
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