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Nisaba 16, 003 (P362918)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 16, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P362918 |
| Museum no. | BM 111653 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(disz) kasz dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 wort-beer, 5 sila3 fine beer, |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 3 | 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 | 3 fish, 3 bundles onions |
| 4 | e#-su2!#-i3-li2 | Esu-ili |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila2 bread, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) | 2 shekels oil, 2 |
| 7 | gin2 naga | shekel of alkali-plant |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 fish, 1 bundle onions, |
| 2 | ur-lugal sukkal | Ur-lugal, the messenger; |
| 3 | szunigin 1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) | total: 1 wort-beer, 1 ban2 |
| 4 | szunigin 1(ban2) kasz saga szunigin 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda | Total: 1 ban2 fine beer; total: 1ban2 3 sila3 bread |
| 5 | szunigin 4(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 4(disz) gin2 naga | total: 4 shekels oil; total:4 shekeln alkali-plant; |
| 6 | szunigin 4(disz) ku6 kun#-zi | total: 4 kunzi fish |
| 7 | szunigin 4(disz) sa szum2 | total: 4 bundles onions |
| 8 | u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam | the 9th day, |
| left | ||
| 1 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 2 | mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Eridu was installed. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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