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Nisaba 23, 013 (P376070)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376070 |
| Museum no. | BM 110209 |
| 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 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 2(u) 1(disz)-sze3 | 24 male laborers for 21 days |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 8(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) | its labor: 184 days; |
| 3 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 4 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ma2 kesz2-ra2 | 24 workdays, male laborers, barge bound, |
| 5 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la | 24 workdays, male laborers, barge unloaded; |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 115 workdays, male laborers, |
| 7 | gi-zi ga6-ga2 | reed bundle carried; |
| 8 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 24 male laborer workdays |
| 9 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) la2 2(disz) | its labor: 420 less 2 days; |
| 10 | ma2 gid2-da | barge punted |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szunigin 6(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | total: 61 workdays, male laborers |
| 2 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 3 | la2-ia3 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) gurusz | Deficit: 133 male laborers |
| 4 | nig2-ka9-ak lugal-iti-da dumu usz-mu | account of Lugal-itida, son of Ušmu |
| 5 | sza3 bala-a | in the bala |
| 6 | mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫarši was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-iti-da | Lugal-itida |
| 2 | nu-banda3-gu4 | oxen manager |
| 3 | dumu giri3-ni | son of Girini, |
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