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Nisaba 13, 117 (P356032)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 13, 117
ID	P356032
Museum no.	BM 098237
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	1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	91 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
2	1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3	122 sheep, 1 sila3
3	sze-bi 3(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3	its barley: 3 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3;
4	nig2-kal-la	a valuable thing
5	1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	115 sheep, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
6	1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3	104 sheep, 1 sila3
7	sze-bi 3(barig) 5(ban2)	its barley: 3 barig 5 ban2;
8	lu2-kal-la	Lukalla
9	1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	115 sheep, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
10	1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3	91 sheep, 1 sila3
11	sze-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) sila3	its barley: 3 barig 4 ban2 sila3
12	an-ne2	An
13	1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	68 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
14	1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3	98 sheep, 1 sila3
15	sze-bi 3(barig) 5(ban2)	its barley: 3 barig 5 ban2;
16	lu2-{d}nin-szubur	Lu-Ninšubur
reverse
1	2(gesz2) 3(u) udu 1(disz) sila3	190 sheep, 1 sila3
2	sze-bi 2(barig) 3(ban2)	its barley: 2 barig 3 ban2;
3	a2-na-mu	Anamu
4	1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3	105 sheep, 1 sila3
5	sze-bi [1(barig) 4(ban2)] 5(disz) sila3	its barley: 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3
6	4(u) 2(disz) sila4 diri 1/2(disz) sila3	42 extra lambs, 1/2 sila3
7	sze-bi 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3	its barley: 2 ban2 1 sila3;
8	1(u) gu4 8(disz) sila3	10 bulls, 8 sila3
9	1(u) 5(disz) gu4 6(disz) sila3	15 oxen, 6 sila3
10	sze#-bi# 2(barig) 5(ban2)	its barley: 2 barig 5 ban2
11	5(disz) sila3 szeg9-bar	5 sila3 barley-fed,
12	iti szu-numun	month: “Sowing,’
13	u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam	16th day,

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