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Nisaba 23, 008 (P376019)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376019 |
| Museum no. | BM 110155 |
| 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 | 9(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 96 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | a-da gub-ba u3 e-bi szu ur3#-ra | The one stationed at the water's edge and its water drained |
| 3 | a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti | field Ukunuti, |
| 4 | a-sza3 GAN2 ur-gu | field Urgu; |
| 5 | a-sza3 {d}szara2 a-sza3 la2-mah | field Šara, field Lamaḫ; |
| 6 | a-sza3 a-gu2-<na> a-sza3 GAN2-{gesz}szinig | field Aguna, field GAN-gešinig, |
| 7 | u3 e a-sza3 lugal-da-ab#-zu# | and the field Lugaldabzu |
| 8 | 3(u) gurusz gu4-e-us2-sa | 30 male laborers, oxen-drivers, |
| 9 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz tu-ra | 18 young male laborers, |
| 10 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 24 male laborer workdays |
| 11 | sze bala-a ma2 sze gid2-da | barley transferred, barge with barley punted; |
| 12 | ki-su7 a-ba-gal-ta umma{ki} | from the Kisu of Abagal to Umma |
| 13 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 11 male laborer workdays, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-su7 uku2-nu-ti sze bala u3 guru7-a im-ur3-ra | at the threshing floor of Ukunuti barley from the bala and silo piled up. |
| 2 | 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 6 male laborer workdays, |
| 3 | ki-su7 a-ga-an-du-ul umma{ki}-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga | to the threshing floor of Agāndul in Umma barley loaded into a barge |
| 4 | 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 umma{ki}-ta | 2 male laborers for 1 day from Umma, |
| 5 | an-za-gar3 i7 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 ma2 gid2-da | to the Anzagar canal to Girsu barge punted; |
| 6 | 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 du6-{gesz}ab-ba gub-ba | 8 workdays, male laborers stationed at the “kisu of the threshing floor’, |
| 7 | ugula ur-lugal | foreman: Ur-lugal; |
| 8 | kiszib3 szesz-a-ni | under seal of Šešani |
| 9 | mu ma-da [za]-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul | year: “The land of Zabšali was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-a-ni | his brother |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu da-da | son of Dada |
Sources & licences
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