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Nisaba 33, 1013 (P362048)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 33, 1013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P362048 |
| Museum no. | PUL Ex 0490 |
| 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 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz [2(disz) sila3 ninda] | 2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 [i3] | 2 shekels oil |
| 3 | a-bu-ni lu2# [kas4] | Abūni, the messenger |
| 4 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread |
| 5 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 6 | nu-ur2-a-su2 sukkal | Nūr-asu, the messenger, |
| 7 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 i3 | 1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, bread, 1/3 sila3 oil, |
| 8 | elam hu-li2-bar | Elam is destroyed |
| 9 | giri3 [nu]-ur2!-[a-su2] sukkal! | via Nur-Asu, the messenger |
| 10 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 11 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 12 | [...] x x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [2(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 3 | sza-i3-li2 sukkal | Ša-ilī, the messenger |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila2 bread, |
| 5 | 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu | 2 shekels of oil |
| 6 | ad-da | the father |
| 7 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 8 | lu2-dingir-ra sza3 en-nu | Lu-dingira, in the prison |
| 9 | zi-ga u4 1(disz)-kam | booked out, 1st day |
| 10 | iti ezem-{d}[...] | month: “Festival-of-...,’ |
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