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Nisaba 13, 133 (P356048)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 13, 133
ID	P356048
Museum no.	BM 094114
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	7(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3	7 sheep, 2 sila3
2	2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	122 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
3	sze-bi 4(barig) 2(ban2) lu2-ma2-gan<{ki}>	its barley: 4 barig 2 ban2, Lu-Magan;
4	7(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3	7 sheep, 2 sila3
5	2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	144 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 (per day)
6	sze-bi 4(barig) 2(ban2) lu2-dingir-<ra>	its barley: 4 barig 2 ban2, Lu-dingira;
7	1(u) 1(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3	11 rams, 2 sila3
8	2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	121 sheep, 1 1/2 sila3 (= 60 sila3)
9	sze-bi 4(barig) 2(ban2) an-ne2	its barley: 4 barig 2 ban2; An
reverse
1	1(u) 2(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3	12 rams, 2 sila3
2	2(gesz2) 4(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	240 sheep, 1 1/2 sila3
3	sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2) {d}nanna-<si-sa2>	its barley: 4 barig 3 ban2, Nanna-sisa;
4	szunigin 3(u) 7(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3	total: 37 rams, 2 sila3
5	szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(u) 7(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	total: 87 rams, 1 1/2 sila3
6	sze-bi 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur	its barley: 3 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
7	u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam	17th day,
8	iti sze-il2-la	month: “Barley carried,’
9	mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3	year: “The en-priestess of Inanna by goat was chosen;’

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