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Nisaba 33, 1058 (P362097)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 33, 1058
ID	P362097
Museum no.	PUL Ex 0628
Collection	Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

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(disz)] ninda gid2 1(disz) ninda dagal [... kusz3 bur3]	6 ninda length, 1 nida bread area, ... cubits depth
2	kin#-bi 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2	its work: 6 2/3 volume-sar 5 shekels
3	kun-zi-da gibil4-ta	from the new reservoir
4	kun-zi-da sumun-sze3	to the old kunzida
5	1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) kusz3 bur3	12 1/2 ninda the length, 1/2 (shekel) the breadth, 1 cubit the depth,
6	kin-bi 6(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2	its work: 6 sar 15 shekels;
7	za3 lu2 i3-kasz-sze3	to the side of the man who drinks;
8	4(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/3(disz) kusz3 bur3	4 1/2 ninda length, 1 1/3 cubit depth,
9	kin-bi 6(disz) sar	its work: 6 sar;
10	za3 nu-banda3 a2 sikil-la-sze3	to the side of the overseer at the pure side,
11	5(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 bur3	50 ninda length 2 cubits depth,
12	kin-bi 1(gesz2) 4(u) sar	its work: 100 sar;
13	za3 nu-{gesz}kiri6-sze3	to the edge of the orchard
14	6(disz) ninda gid2 nu-tuku	6 ninda length not having
15	5(u) la2 1(disz@t) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3	50 less 1 ninda length at 1 1/2 cubits depth,
16	kin-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sar	its work: 93 1/2 volume-sar;
17	5(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2! 2/3(disz) kusz3 bur3	53 1/2 ninda length 2/3 cubit depth,
18	kin-bi 3(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sar	its work: 34 2/3 sar;
reverse
1	za3 lu2-kal-la sipa? sukkal	at the side of Lukalla, the shepherd, the messenger;
2	2(gesz2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 bur3	187 1/2 ninda length at 2 cubits depth,
3	kin-bi 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar	its work: 215 sar;
4	za3 a-zu-sze3	to the side of the Azu
5	4(u) 6(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/3(disz) kusz3 bur3	46 ninda the length, 1 1/3 cubits the depth
6	kin-bi 1(gesz2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar	its work: 61 1/3 volume-sar;
7	za3 ra-szi-be-li2-sze3	to the side of Raši-beli
8	2(u) ninda gid2 nu-tuku	20 ninda length not having
9	5(u) la2 2(disz@t) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3	50 less 2 ninda length, 1/2 cubit depth,
10	kin-bi 2(u) 4(disz) sar	its work: 24 sar;
11	2(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) kusz3 bur3	20 ninda length, 1 nida width, 1 cubit depth,
12	kin-bi 2(u) sar	its work: 20 sar;
13	[...] 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda x [...]	... 21 1/2 ninda
14	[kin]-bi 1(gesz'u) 4(u) 2(disz) [sar]	its work: 942 sar
15	[...] sze3 [...]	... to ...
seal 1
1	ur-e11-e	Ur-Ee,
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu ur-nigar{+gar#} [szusz3]	son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager

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