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Nisaba 16, 187 (P363101)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 16, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363101 |
| Museum no. | BM 113819 |
| 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) an-ne2-ki-mu | 1 Ane-kimu, |
| 2 | 1(disz) [...]-mu | 1 ...-mu |
| 3 | 1(disz) lugal-an-ne2 | 1 Lugal-ane, |
| 4 | 1(disz) puzur4-i3-li2 | 1 Puzur-ilī |
| 5 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 6 | 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6 | 1 Lu-Baba, |
| 7 | 1(disz) a-da-lal3 | 1 Adalal, |
| 8 | sukkal-me-esz2 | the ministers |
| 9 | 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze | 1 Ur-Nanše |
| 10 | 1(disz) kal-la-mu | 1 Kallamu, |
| 11 | 1(disz) ta#?-x | 1 Ta-x |
| 12 | 1(disz) x-nu-um | 1 -num, |
| 13 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 14 | lu2 maszkim#-me-esz2 | the guarantors |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 5(disz) gin2 szum2 ($ blank space $) | 3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant, 5 shekel] onions, |
| 2 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda lu2-gi-na# | 1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, bread of Lugina |
| 3 | szunigin 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 1(ban2) kasz du | total: 3 ban2 7 sila3 fine beer; total: 1 ban2 regular beer; |
| 4 | szunigin 5(disz) sila3 ninda saga? szunigin 3(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 ninda du | total: 5 sila3 fine bread; total: 3 ban2 less 1 sila3, regular bread; |
| 5 | szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz | total: 2/3 sila3 of sesame oil |
| 6 | szunigin [1/3(disz)] sila3 naga szunigin 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | total: 1/3 sila3 alkali-plant; total: 1 sila 3 5 shekels onions |
| 7 | u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam | 15th day, |
| 8 | iti {d}li9-si4 | month: “Lisi,’ |
| 9 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3 | year: “The high-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by goat was chosen. |
Sources & licences
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- 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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