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Nisaba 18, 081 (P374637)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 18, 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P374637 |
| Museum no. | BM 093906 |
| 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 | 4(gesz2) 3(u) gu2 gi-zi | 240 talents of reed |
| 2 | ku3-bar-tam | a kind of silver |
| 3 | 3(gesz2) 5(u) lu2-{d}nin-szubur | 210, Lu-Ninšubur |
| 4 | 4(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) lu2#-nimgir | 188, the nimgir-official |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 4(disz) szesz-kal#-la | 64 Šeškalla |
| 6 | ug3-IL2-me | the porters |
| 7 | 5(u)# 3(disz) ur-saman4 | 53, Ur-saman |
| 8 | [...] lu2#-dingir-ra esz3 didli | ... for Lu-dingira, the many shrines |
| 9 | [...] x ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 | ... foreman: Ur-Baba |
| 10 | [...] nam#-mah-{d}ba-[ba6] e2-sukkal | ... Nammaḫ-Baba, the Esukkal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] ki na-sa6-ta | ... from Nasa |
| 2 | sza3 e2 ur-dun | in the house of Ur-Dun |
| 3 | 5(u) ki na-sa6-ta | 50 from Nasa |
| 4 | ma2-a gar-ra | stationed on the barge, |
| 5 | szunigin 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) gu2 gi-zi na-gab2-tum | total: 768 talents of reed bundles for the nagabtum-festival; |
| 6 | gurusz-e 2(asz) gu2-ta | the lad at 2 talents each, |
| 7 | udu gibil-a | new sheep |
| 8 | iti mu-szu-du7 | month: “mušudu, |
| 9 | mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3 | year: “Great-Stele was erected. |
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