Unread Atlas
Nisaba 26, 077 (P376104)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nisaba 26, 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376104 |
| Museum no. | BM 110244 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 4(bur3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 1(u)-ta# | 4 bur3 5 1/4 iku surface area at 10 each |
| 2 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gur | its barley: 122 gur |
| 3 | ur-nigar{gar} engar | Ur-nigar, the plowman; |
| 4 | a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu | field Manu, |
| 5 | 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 2 bur3 2 eše3 5 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 6 | 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-ta | 1 bur3 2 eše3 4 3/4 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each |
| 7 | sze-bi 3(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) gur | its barley: 198 gur 2 barig; |
| 8 | ur-nigar{gar} engar | Ur-nigar, the plowman; |
| 9 | {gesz}kiri6! gu-la | the great orchard |
| 10 | 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 1 bur3 2 eše3 1 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 11 | sze-bi 5(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur | its barley: 52 gur 1 barig; |
| 12 | a-ra2 2(disz@t)?-kam | it is the second time. |
| 13 | ur-nigar{gar} dumu du10-ga | Ur-nigar, son of Duga |
| 14 | a-sza3 la2-mah# | field Lamah; |
| 15 | ugula lugal-{gesz}[gigir]-re | foreman: Lugal-gigire |
| 16 | 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku)? GAN2 1(u)-ta | 1 bur3 2 eše3 5 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 17 | 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u)-[ta] | 2 bur3 2 eše3 1 iku surface area at 10 each |
| 18 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) 1(u) [8(asz) gur] | its barley: 188 gur |
| 19 | ur-nigar#[{gar} engar] | Ur-nigar, the ploughman |
| 20 | a-sza3 [...] | field |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 3(bur3) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 1(u)-ta | 3 bur3 1/4 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 2 | sze-bi 3(gesz2) 6(asz) gur | its barley: 126 gur |
| 3 | a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu | field Manu, |
| 4 | ugula lu2-gi-na | foreman: Lugina; |
| 5 | 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 5 bur3 2 eše3 5 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 6 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) gur | its barley: 122 gur |
| 7 | a-sza3 la2-mah | field Lamah; |
| 8 | ur-{d}nin-zu engar | Ur-Ninzu, the plowman; |
| 9 | 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 1(u)-ta | 3 bur3 2 eše3 4 3/4 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 10 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur | its barley: 122 gur 4 ban2, |
| 11 | ba-zi u3 ku-li engar | Bazi and Kuli, the plowman; |
| 12 | a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu | field Manu, |
| 13 | ugula da-du-mu | foreman: Dadumu; |
| 14 | 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 5 bur3 2 eše3 4 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 15 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) gur | its barley: 121 gur |
| 16 | lugal-gu2-en-e engar | Lugal-guene, the plowman; |
| 17 | a-sza3 la2-mah | field Lamah; |
| 18 | 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-ta | 5 bur3 1 eše3 4 1/4 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each |
| 19 | sze-bi 3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) gur | its barley: 142 gur |
| 20 | x x-[...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) [GAN2 1(u)-ta] | 2 bur3 2 eše3 5 iku surface area at 10 each |
| 2 | 2(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2# [1(u)-ta] | 2 bur3 5 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each |
| 3 | sza3-ba 1(barig) 3(ban2) [...] | therefrom: 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 4 | a-da-du-mu# [...] | Adadumu ... |
| 5 | sze-bi 3(gesz2) 1(asz) gur | its barley: 121 gur |
| 6 | lugal-{gesz}gigir-re engar | Lugal-gigirre, the plowman; |
| 7 | a-sza3 la2-mah | field Lamah; |
| 8 | ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni | foreman: Lugal-kugani; |
| 9 | 2(asz) 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta <<GAN2 1(u)-ta>> | 2 gur 2 eše3 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each, 10 each |
| 10 | 4(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) [...]-ta | 4 bur3 1 eše3 4 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 11 | sze-bi 3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) gur | its barley: 121 gur |
| 12 | ugula a-gu-gu | foreman: Agugu |
| 13 | a-sza3 la2-mah | field Lamah; |
| 14 | 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 2 bur3 2 eše3 1 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 15 | sze-bi 2(gesz2) gur | its barley: 120 gur |
| 16 | ur-{d}szara2 engar | Ur-Šara, the plowman; |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 4(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta | 4 bur3 1 iku surface area at 10 each, |
| 2 | sze-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur | its barley: 91 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 |
| 3 | lugal-szu-nir-re engar | Lugal-šunire, the plowman; |
| 4 | ugula da-a-ga | foreman: Da'aga; |
| 5 | szunigin 5(u) 7(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 | total: 57 bur3 2 eše3 4 1/2 iku surface |
| 6 | sze-bi 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(ban2) gur | its barley: 216 gur 3 ban2, |
| 7 | GAN2-gu4 da-umma{ki} | oxen field of Dadumma |
| 8 | mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.