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Nisaba 33, 955 (P361989)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 33, 955 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361989 |
| Museum no. | PUL Ex 0410 |
| Collection | Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
| 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(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3 ninda-ta | 13 male laborers, 1 sila3 bread each |
| 2 | nu-banda3 gu3-de2-a dumu ur-{d}utu | the overseer Gudea, son of Ur-Utu |
| 3 | 2(u) 5(disz) e2 sukkal-me | 25, house of the viziers; |
| 4 | 5(u) e2 kuruszda-me | 50 kurušda-houses, |
| 5 | 1(u) e2 gu-za-la2-me | 10 houses of throne bearers |
| 6 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz | total: 98 male laborers |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | 2(u) e2 udu | 20 sheep-pen, |
| 2' | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) ri? | (total:) 97, |
| 3' | giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal | via Ur-Nungal; |
| 4' | szunigin 3(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3 ninda-ta | total: 187 male laborers, 1 sila3 bread each |
| 5' | ninda-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda | its bread: 3 barig 2 ban2 7 sila3 bread; |
| 6' | erin2 a-sza3? x x x ur3? x u3 erin2-didli-me | labor-troops of the field ..., ... and labor-duty workers |
| left | ||
| 1 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 2 | iti mu-szu-du7 | month: “mušudu, |
Sources & licences
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