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Nisaba 16, 013 (P362927)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 16, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P362927 |
| Museum no. | BM 112705 |
| 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 | [5(disz) sila3 kasz] saga | 5 sila3 fine beer |
| 2 | [3(disz) sila3] ninda | 3 sila3 bread |
| 3 | [2(disz) gin2] i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 4 | 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 fish, 1 bundle onions, |
| 5 | za-ri2-iq sukkal gaba-ta | Zāriq, the messenger, from the frontier |
| 6 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 2 | 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 fish, 1 bundle onions, |
| 3 | lu2-{d}en-ki gaba-ta | Lu-Enki, from the frontier |
| 4 | szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 3(disz) sila3 kasz du | total: 5 sila3 fine beer; total: 3 sila3, regular beer; |
| 5 | szunigin 5(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 4(disz) gin2 i3 | total: 5 sila3 bread; total: 4 shekels oil; |
| 6 | szunigin 4(disz) gin2 naga | total: 4 shekels alkali-plant |
| 7 | [szunigin] 2(disz) ku6 2(disz) sa szum2 | total: 2 fish, 2 bundles onions |
| 8 | [u4 n] 3(disz)-kam | 3rd day |
| 9 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
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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