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Nisaba 23, 010 (P376021)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376021 |
| Museum no. | BM 110157 |
| 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(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 198 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | ki-su7 pu2-si4!(SZE3)-mu gub-ba | stationed at the threshing floor, |
| 3 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 15 male laborer workdays, |
| 4 | ma2 ku6 gid2-da ma2 gur-ra | barge with fish punted, barge returned |
| 5 | 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 8 male laborer workdays, |
| 6 | ma2-gur8 umma{ki}-ka gid2-da | the barge of Umma punted, |
| 7 | 3(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 34 workdays, male laborers |
| 8 | guru7 a-pi4-sal4{ki} | the silo of Apisal, |
| 9 | ka sze bala-a guru7-a im-ur3-ra | the barley rations of the bala-festival, in the silos piled up, |
| 10 | 2(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 nig2-gu2!-na ba-al-la | 20 workdays, male laborers, rations disbursed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | su-nam GAN2 {gesz}har lugal-ka umma{ki}-sze3 il2-la | Su-nam, the field of the king’s har, raised to Umma |
| 2 | 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a#-bi2-dingir GAN2-mah szu ur3-ra | 5 workdays, male laborers, Abī-ilum, GAN-maḫ received |
| 3 | 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-da gub#-ba a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3 | 6 workdays, male laborers stationed at the side of the Emaḫ field |
| 4 | 5(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 292 workdays, male laborers, |
| 5 | a-da gub-ba kun u3-dag-ga | standing in the water, a tail of udag cows |
| 6 | ugula lu2#-{d}szara2 dumu dingir-ba-an# | foreman: Lu-Šara, son of Dingir-ban |
| 7 | kiszib3 da-a-ga | under seal of Da’aga |
| 8 | mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | da-a-ga | Da'aga, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-gesz-sza3-ga | son of Ur-geššaga, |
Sources & licences
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