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Nisaba 18, 040 (P374719)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 18, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P374719 |
| Museum no. | BM 094018 |
| 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 | 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 1(barig) sze lugal-ta | 16 female laborers, 1 barig barley each, |
| 2 | 2(disz) geme2 5(ban2)-ta | 2 female workers, 5 ban2 (= 50 sila3) each |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) geme2 4(ban2)#-ta | 92 female workers, 4 ban2 (= 40 sila3) each |
| 4 | 4(u) 3(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta | 43 female workers, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 5 | 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 2(ban2)-ta | 11 female laborers, half-labor, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| 6 | 1(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 3(ban2) | 1 female slave, šugi, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) |
| 7 | 3(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2) | 3 šugi female workers, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 4(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta | 24 children, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| 2 | 2(u) 6(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz)-ta sila3-ta | 26 children, 1 ban2 5 sila3 each |
| 3 | 3(u) 2(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta | 32 children, 1 ban2 (= 100 sila3) each |
| 4 | sze-bi 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur lugal | its barley: 25 gur 2 barig 2 ban2, royal (measure); |
| 5 | sze-ba geme2 usz-bar-me | barley rations of female weavers |
| 6 | ugula ur-{d}da-mu | foreman: Ur-Damu; |
| 7 | iti amar-a-a-si | month: “Amar-asi, |
| 8 | [mu] bad3# ma#-da# ba-du3 | year: "The wall of the land was erected." |
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