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Nisaba 17, 089 (P374217)

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

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DesignationNisaba 17, 089
IDP374217
Museum no.BM 093964
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageSumerian
PeriodUr III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
GenreAdministrative
Find spotGirsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates31.5591, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
13(barig) sze lugal3 barig barley, royal (measure),
2sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2chief of the k-equids
3sze-ba u2-IL2 {ansze}kunga2barley rations, equids, and brewers
4ki inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5-tafrom Inim-Baba-idab,
reverse
1kiszib3 ur-sag-ub3#{ki}under seal of Ur-sag-Ub
2sze sumun-ta#from the old barley
3iti amar-a-a-simonth: “Amar-asi,
4mu [...]year ...
seal 1
1geme2#-{d}lammaGeme-Lamma
2nin#-dingir {d}ba-ba6the lady of Baba
3ur#-sag-ub3{ki}Ursag-Ub
4sipa# ansze ARAD2#-[zu]herdsman of donkeys, your servant

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