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Nisaba 23, 006 (P376012)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 006
ID	P376012
Museum no.	BM 110148
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

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	5(u)# 5(disz) gurusz ab-sin2-ta la-ag ri-ri-ga 1(disz) sar-ta	55 male laborers from the furrows at 1 sar (per day)
2	[3(gesz2)] 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta	131 male laborers, harvesters, at 20 sar (per day)
3	[n] 5(disz) gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta	n+5 male laborers on a ladder at 10 sar (per day)
4	[n] 2(disz) gurusz UN# 3(disz) sar-ta	n+2 male laborers, UN, 3 sar (a day)
5	[a]-sza3 i7 lugal	field of the royal canal
6	[n] 2(u) gurusz {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta	n 20 male laborers, harvesters, 20 sar (per day)
7	2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta	144 laborers, nigul-tools at 10 sar (a day),
8	1(gesz2) 2(u) gurusz ab-sin2-ta la-ag ri-ri-ga 1(disz) sar-ta	60 male laborers, from the furrows at 1 sar (a day),
9	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz al 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta	155 male laborers, hoed at 2 1/2 sar (per day),
10	3(u) 2(disz) gurusz al 2(disz) sar-ta	32 male laborers, hoed at 2 sar (per day),
11	a-sza3 muru13 giri3 ur-gu2-edin-na	field muru, via Ur-gu-edina;
12	4(u) gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta	40 male laborers, nigul tasks at 10 sar (per day)
13	2(u) gurusz gi ku5-ta 1(u) sar-ta	20 male laborers, reed cut at 10 sar (per day),
14	4(u)# gurusz al 4(disz) sar-ta	40 male laborers, hoed at 4 sar (per day)
15	[a]-sza3 muru13 ugula lugal-{gesz}gigir-re	field muru, foreman: Lugal-gigire
16	[n] 5(disz) gurusz gi ku5-ta 1(u) sar-ta a-sza3 muru13	n+5 male laborers, reed cut at 10 sar per day, field muru
17	[n] 1(disz) gurusz {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta a-sza3 i7 lugal	n 1 male laborers, harvesters, 10 sar (per day), field of the royal canal
18	[ugula] ha-ba-lu5-[ge2 ...]	foreman Habaluge
19	[n] 5(u)# 8(disz)? gurusz al 3(disz)#? [...]	n+58(?) male laborers, hoed, 3(?)
20	[...] kin2 AN [...]	... work ...
21	[x gurusz] al [...]	... young man ...
reverse
1	[x gurusz] gi zex(SIG7)-a 3(u) sar-ta	x male laborers, reed bundles stretched out at 30 sar (per day)
2	[x] gurusz# {gesz}nig2-gul 8(disz) sar-ta	x male laborers, a scepter of 8 sar (a day)
3	[x] gurusz# ab-sin2-ta la-ag ri-[ri-ga] 1(disz) sar-ta	... male laborers from the furrows, ... 1 sar each
4	[n] 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz a2 lu2 hun-ga2	n+180 male laborers, labor of hirelings
5	[n] 1(u) gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta a2 sza3-gu4	n male laborers, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ at 10 sar per day, labor of oxen drivers
6	[a]-sza3 sag-du3 GAN2 gu-gu!(GEME2)-a	a field with a head, field of Gugua
7	[5(u)?] gurusz al 4(disz) sar-ta	50? male laborers, hoed at 4 sar (per day)
8	[a]-sza3 i7 lugal	field of the royal canal
9	3(u) 5(disz) gurusz al 3(disz) sar-ta	35 male laborers, hoed at 3 sar (per day),
10	a-sza3 muru13 a2 sza3-gu4-ka	field muru, labor of oxen drivers;
11	ugula lugal-{gesz}gigir-re	foreman: Lugal-gigirre
12	5(u) gurusz u2 gu2-ba ga2-ra	50 workmen, grass-fed, ready to eat
13	3(u) gurusz {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta	30 male laborers, harvesters, 10 sar (per day)
14	2(u) gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 5(disz) sar-ta	20 male laborers on a ladder of 5 sar (a day),
15	a2 lu2 gu4 du8-a	labor of a man who an ox rented
16	2(u)# 2(disz)# gurusz {gesz}nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta	22 male laborers, hoed at 10 sar (per day)
17	[x] gurusz al 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta	x male laborers, hoed at 2 1/2 sar (per day)
18	[a]-sza3 muru13	field muru
19	[n] 8(disz) gurusz al 3(disz) sar-ta	n+8 male laborers, hoed at 3 sar (per day)
20	[a]-sza3 i7 lugal	field of the royal canal
21	[n] gurusz al 3(disz) sar-ta a-sza3 sag-du3	n male laborers, hoed at 3 sar per day, field “Sagdu’
22	a2 sza3 sahar-ra ugula ur-mes	labor of the sahara field, foreman: Ur-mes
23	szunigin# 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz a2 lu2 hun-ga2 5(u) 6(disz) sila3-ta	total: 315 male laborers, labor of hirelings, 56 sila3 (= 50 sila3) each
24	[szunigin] 3(gesz2) 5(disz) gurusz a2 sza3-gu4-ka	total: 165 male laborers, labor of oxen-drivers
25	[szunigin n] 1(disz) a2 sza3 sahar ugula ur-mes	total: n + 1 labor-troops in the earth, foreman: Urmes
26	[szunigin n] 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-sza3-ge kin-sze3	total: 900 workdays, male laborers at the work site
27	[a-sza3] musz#-bi-an-na	field Mušbiana
28	[u3 i7] {d}en-lil2-la2-ka	and the Enlil canal
29	nam#-sza3-tam a-kal-la	for the life of Akalla
left
1	[mu us2-sa si-mu-ru]-um{ki} lu-lu-bu-um[{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul]	year after: “Simurum and Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed.
seal 1
1	[a]-kal-la	Akalla
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu lugal-e2-mah-e	son of Lugal-emaḫe,

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