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Nisaba 17, 038 (P374167)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 17, 038
ID	P374167
Museum no.	BM 093614
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
1	2(asz)# sze# [gur lugal]	2 gur barley, royal (measure)
2	la2#-i3# su#-ga#	deficit of oil
3	lu2#-bala#-sa6#-ga#	Lu-bala-saga
4	kiszib3 ku-li dumu ki-ag2-ga2-mu#	under seal of Kulli, my beloved son
1	2(asz) sze gur lugal	2 gur of barley, royal (measure),
2	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
3	lu2-bala-sa6-ga	Lu-bala-saga,
4	ku-li szu ba-ti	... received.
reverse
1	giri3 nig2-u2-rum	via Niĝ-urum
2	mu us2-sa-bi ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-bi	year after: “Kimaš,’ year after that,

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