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Nisaba 17, 029 (P374158)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 17, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P374158 |
| Museum no. | BM 093602 & BM 093602A |
| 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)
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(asz) bappir2 gur lugal | 5 gur beer, royal (measure), |
| 2 | 8(asz)?# 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur | 8 gur 3 ban2 1 sila3 fine nig-ar3 flour |
| 3 | 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3 ra du gur# | 1 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 2 sila3 nig-ar3 flour, regular (quality) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki lu2-{d}na-ru2-a [dumu na]-ba-sa6 | from Lu-Narua son of Nabasa |
| 2 | [ur-{d}]lamma dumu ur-[x-x] lu2 lunga | Ur-Lamma, son of Ur-..., brewer |
| 3 | [szu ba]-ti | received |
| 4 | iti [sze]-il2#-la | month "Barley carried" |
| 5 | [mu us2]-sa gu-za [{d}en-lil2]-la2 ba-dim2 | year following: “The throne of Enlil was fashioned. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 5(asz) [bappir2 gur lugal] | 5 gur beer, royal (measure) |
| 2 | 8(asz)# [3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur] | 8 gur 3 ban2 1 sila3 fine nig-arra flour |
| 3 | 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) [2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra du gur] | 1 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 2 sila3 barley-fed, regular (quality) |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}lamma | Ur-Lamma, |
| 2 | dumu ur-[mes?] | son of Ur-mes |
| 3 | lu2 lunga | brewer |
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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