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Nisaba 17, 012 (P374141)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 17, 012
ID	P374141
Museum no.	BM 093536
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
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 col 1
1	1(gesz2) 9(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal	69 gur 5 ban2 barley, royal (measure),
2	si-i3-tum nig2-ka9	account of
3	mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}	year after: “Kimaš.‭
4	1(u) 8(asz) gur	18 gur
5	ma2-lah5-me	are boatmen.
6	2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) si-i3-tum	23 (gur) 2 barig of sītum flour
7	kiszib3 na-ba-sa6	under seal of Nabasa
8	ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-ta	from Lu-Igimaše
9	2(u) 5(asz) ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta	25, from Lu-Ninšubur;
10	2(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) gur	22 gur 3 barig
11	ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ta	from Lu-Ningirsu
12	7(disz) udu siki-bi 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na	7 sheep whose wool is 14 minas
13	6(disz) masz2	6 billy goats
14	2(asz) gu2 5(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki	2 talents 56 mana wool,
15	1(u) 2(disz) tug2? iri?	12 textiles (for) Iri
16	ku3#-bi 1/3(disz){sza} 9(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1/3 (mana) 9 1/3 shekels
obverse col 2
1	szunigin 2(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 5(ban2)	total: 198,5 ban2
2	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
3	1(barig) gur	1 barig gur
4	ugu2 na-ba-sa6 ba-a-gar	on top of Nabasa he placed
5	1(gesz2) 1(u) gur lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu i3-kal-la	70 gur, Lu-Ningirsu, son of Ikalla
6	1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) sze nig2-ar3-ra	11 gur 2 barig barley, grain-fed,
7	a-ma-nu-ta	from the amanu
8	2(disz) {ansze}kunga2	2 k-equids
9	ku3-bi 1/3(disz){sza} 4(disz) gin2	its silver: 1/3 (mana) 4 shekels;
10	7(disz) udu siki-bi 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na	7 sheep whose wool is 42 minas
11	ku3-bi 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz)	its silver: 6 1/2 shekels, 18
12	4(asz) a2 hun-ga2 a-sza3 tir-gaba-gid2-<da>	4 laborers, hirelings, field Tiram-gida;
13	7(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur	7 gur 4 barig 4 ban2
14	lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3	to Lu-Igima
15	4(asz) 2(barig) a2 hun-ga2 en-nu-lum#-ma#-x	4 gur 2 barig, labor of hirelings, Ennulumma-x
16	kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da	under seal of Ur-Ningešzida
reverse col 1
1	szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) 4(barig)# 4(ban2)# gur	total: 77 gur 4 barig 4 ban2
2	szunigin 1/2(disz) ma-na 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze	total: 1/2 mana 1/2 shekel 18 grains
3	zi-ga	booked out
4	la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur	deficit: 62 gur 2 barig 1 ban2
5	diri 1(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 3(disz) sze	surplus: 1 1/4 shekels 3 grains
reverse col 2
1	nig2-ka9-ak	accounts
2	di til-la	a final verdict
3	ki na-ba-sa6 dumu a-tu	from Nabasa, son of Atu
4	ur-dun maszkim	Ur-Dun, responsible official;

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