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Nisaba 13, 039 (P355954)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 13, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355954 |
| Museum no. | BM 098157 |
| 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)
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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 | 6(asz) 2(barig) sze gur# lugal# | 6 gur 2 barig barley, royal (measure) |
| 2 | sze ur5-ra engar nu#-banda3#-gu4# | barley rations of the plowmen and managers of oxen |
| 3 | e2 {d}nin-mar{ki} | the temple of Ninmar |
| 4 | ugula ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6 | foreman: Ur-Šuša-Baba; |
| 5 | sze szuku-ra ensi2 | barley rations of the governor |
| 6 | i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-lu2-{d}ku3-nun-ta | from the depot of Ninḫursaglu-Kunun |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta | from Ur-nigar; |
| 2 | kiszib3 lugal-sa6-ga nu-banda3-gu4 | under seal of Lugal-saga, manager of oxen; |
| 3 | iti amar-a-a-si | month: “Amar-asi, |
| 4 | mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} | year after: “Kimaš. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-sa6#-ga# | Lugal-saga |
| 2 | dumu nam-mah | son of Nammah, |
Sources & licences
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