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Nisaba 18, 119 (P374615)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 18, 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P374615 |
| Museum no. | BM 093858 & BM 093858A |
| 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 | 3(barig) sze lugal | 3 barig barley, royal (measure), |
| 2 | lu2-me-lam2 | Lu-melam |
| 3 | 2(barig) e2-e-si | 2 barig E’esi |
| 4 | 2(barig) ur-{d}lamma | 2 barig Ur-Lamma |
| 5 | 2(barig) ur-{d}hendur-sag | 2 barig, Ur-Ḫendursag |
| 6 | 2(barig) lu2-ga | 2 barig Luga |
| 7 | i3-du8-me | they are gatekeepers |
| 8 | 2(disz) lu2-kisal 1(barig)-ta | 2 (mana wool for) Lu-kisal at 1 barig each |
| 9 | 2(barig) ba-zi | 2 barig, bazi |
| 10 | 2(barig) ur-{d}e2-un?-ka | 2 barig, Ur-Eunka |
| 11 | 2(barig) ur-nig2 | 2 barig, Ur-nig |
| 12 | aga3-us2-me | our soldiers |
| 1 | 3(barig) sze lugal | 3 barig barley, royal (measure), |
| 2 | lu2-me-lam2 | Lu-melam |
| 3 | 4(disz)# i3-du8 2(barig)-ta | 4 doorkeepers, 2 barig each |
| 4 | 2(disz) lu2-kisal 1(barig)-ta | 2 (mana wool for) Lu-kisal at 1 barig each |
| 5 | 3(disz)# aga3-us2 2(barig)-ta | 3 soldiers, 2 barig (= 20 sila3) each |
| 6 | 2(disz) ad-kup4 1(barig)-ta | 2 tray(s), 1 barig each, |
| 7 | 2(disz) gudu4 bala 2(barig)-ta | 2 gudu4-priests, bala: 2 barig each |
| 9 | sze# ur5#-ra i3-dub i3-he-gal2-ta | barley rations from the depot Iḫegal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta | from the temple administrator of Ninmar |
| 2 | kiszib3 lu2-me-lam2 | under seal of Lu-melam; |
| 3 | iti amar-a-a-si | month: “Amar-asi, |
| 4 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal | year: “Amar-Suen is king. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-me-lam2 | Lu-melam |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{d}lamma | son of Ur-Lamma, |
| 4 | ugula bur-sag | foreman: Bursag; |
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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