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Nisaba 23, 025 (P376100)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376100 |
| Museum no. | BM 110240 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x] 4(u) 5(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta | ... 45 sar, hoed at 6 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 7(disz) | its labor: 207 days; |
| 3 | 5(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) sar 5(disz) sar-ta | 420 sar at 5 sarta (a day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) | its labor: 900 days; |
| 5 | 2(gesz'u) 4(u) 8(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta | 188 sar, hoed at 4 sarta (per day), |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) | its labor: 142 days; |
| 7 | [n] 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta | n 7 1/2 sar, hoed at 3 sarta (per day) |
| 8 | [a2]-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 92 1/2 days |
| 9 | [n] 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 2(disz) sar-ta | n+5 1/2 sar, hoed at 2 sara (per day) |
| 10 | [a2]-bi u4 2(gesz'u)# 3(gesz2)# 1(u)# | its labor: 420 days |
| 11 | [n] 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 4(u) sar | n+1840 sar |
| 12 | [x] zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta | x ... at 20 sar (per day) |
| 13 | [a2]-bi u4 4(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) | its labor: 199 days |
| 14 | [n] 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar | n + 615 sar |
| 15 | zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | piled up at 15 sar (a day), |
| 16 | [a2]-bi u4 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) | its labor: 195 days |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) sar | 1 (šar2) 3 (sixties) 220 sar |
| 2 | gi ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta | cut reeds at 20 sar (per day) |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 4(u) | its labor: 420 days |
| 4 | 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar | 105 (volume-)sar |
| 5 | gi ku5-a 2(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | cut reeds at 25 sar (per day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 4(u) la2 1(disz) | its labor: 39 days; |
| 7 | 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar | 1 (šar) 295 (sar) |
| 8 | gi ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | cut reeds at 15 sar (per day) |
| 9 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) | its labor: 157 days; |
| 10 | 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sar | 385 (volume-)sar |
| 11 | {gesz}dih3 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | a shovel 15 sar (weight) each, |
| 12 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) | its labor: 195 days; |
| 13 | 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2)! sar {gesz}dih3 | 1860 sar of diḫu-wood |
| 14 | 2(u) sar-ta | 20 sar |
| 15 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) | its labor: 98 days; |
| 16 | 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(u) sar {gesz}gaz 3(u) sar-ta | 1060 sar, a trapezoid at 30 sara (per day) |
| 17 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 3(disz) | its labor: 33 days; |
| 18 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar {gesz}gaz | 720 sar of tamarisk, |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x] | |
| 2 | 1(gesz2)# 2(u)# 5(disz)# [{gesz}]gaz | 105 arrowheads |
| 3 | 3(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 35 sar (= 15 sila3) each |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 5(disz) | its labor: 25 days; |
| 5 | 8(gesz2) 2(u) sar {gesz}hirinx(KWU318)?-na zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta | 220 sar, ḫirinnu-juniper, cut at 20 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 8(disz) | its labor: 28 days; |
| 7 | 5(u) [sar] gi ku5-a | 50 sar, cut reed |
| 8 | 5(u)# sar-ta | 50 sar (a day) |
| 9 | a2#-bi# u4# 5(disz) | its labor: 5 days |
| 10 | 2(gesz2)# 5(u)# 5(disz)!# sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 7(disz) sar-ta | 185 sar, reeds plucked, at 17 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| 11 | a2-bi u4 1(u)# 5(disz)# | its labor: 15 days |
| 12 | 2(disz) sar gi ku5-a 1(u) 2(disz)! sar-ta | 2 sar, cut reeds, 12 sarta (per day) |
| 13 | a2-bi u4 1(u) | its labor: 10 days; |
| 14 | 3(disz) sar nig2-gul ak 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta | 3 sar, niggul-offerings, at 12 (volume-)sar each, |
| 15 | a2-bi u4 1(u) [5(disz)] | its labor: 15 days |
| 16 | 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 [1(disz)-sze3] | 107 workdays, male laborers |
| 17 | gi kesz2-ra2 u3 | reed bundles and |
| 18 | gi sig4 ansze-sze3 nu2-a | reeds lying on the ground for the donkeys, |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 5(gesz'u) 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 141 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | a-sza3-ge kin ak | work on the field |
| 3 | a-sza3 {d}szara2 u3 | field Šara and |
| 4 | a-sza3 la2-mah | field Lamah; |
| 5 | ugula lugal-nig2!-lagar!-e | foreman: Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 6 | szesz-tab-ba-sze3! | to Šeštaba |
| 7 | kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 8 | mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫarši was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-e2-mah-e | Lugal-emaḫe, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni | son of Lugal-kugani, |
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