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Nisaba 23, 048 (P376166)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 048
ID	P376166
Museum no.	BM 110318
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'	[x] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz)	... 96
2'	[x] gesz a-ra2 [x] GAN2#-ta	from x threshing-floors to x field area
3'	[a2] erin2#-na#-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)	its labor-troops: 195 days
4'	GAN2-gu4	oxen field
5'	1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	1 eše3 2 iku field area, harrowing, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each,
6'	a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(u) 2/3(disz)	its troops’ labor: 12 1/3 days;
7'	szuku engar	Šuku, the plowman
8'	a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti	field Ukunuti,
9'	3(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	3 bur3 5 iku field area, harrowing 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
10'	a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz)	labor of the troops: 98 2/3 workdays;
11'	GAN2-gu4	oxen field
12'	4(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	4 iku field area: harrowing, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
obverse col 2
1	[a2 erin2]-na#-bi u4 5(disz) 1/3(disz)	the labor of its troops: 5 1/3 days
2	[szuku] engar	Šuku, the plowman
3	[a-sza3 a]-ba-gal {d}en-lil2-la2	field Abagal of Enlil
4	giri3 a-a-kal-la dumu ma-an-ba	via Ayakalla, son of Manba
5	1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	1 bur3 1 eše3 3/4 iku surface area, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu surface area each,
6	[a2 erin2]-na#-bi u4 3(u) 6(disz)	its troops’ labor: 36 days
7	a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3	to the field before Emaḫ;
8	7(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	7 bur3 1 eše3 3/4 iku field area, logs, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
9	a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)	its troops’ labor: 195 days;
10	GAN2-gu4	oxen field
11	2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	2 eše3 3 iku field area, harrowing, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
12	a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(u)	its troops’ labor: 20 days
13	szuku engar	Šuku, the plowman
14	a-sza3 gi-apin-ku5-ra2	field Gi-apin-kura,
15	giri3 {d}szara2-kam dumu da-da	via Šarakam, son of Dada
16	1(bur3) GAN2 tug2-gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	1 bur3 field area: textiles, 3/4 iku field area, trees, 3 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
reverse col 1
1	a2 erin2-na#-[bi] u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz)	its troops’ labor: 98 days
2	6(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	6 bur3 1 iku field area, harrowing, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each;
3	a2 erin2-na#-[bi] u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz)	labor of the troops: 165 1/3 workdays
4	GAN2-gu4	oxen field
5	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	1 eše3 3 iku field area, harrowing, 2 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each,
6	a2 erin2-na#-[bi] u4 1(u) 2(disz)	its troops’ labor: 12 days
7	szuku engar	Šuku, the plowman
8	a-sza3 muru13	field muru;
9	kiszib3# ur#-dun	under seal of Ur-Dun
10	3(bur3) GAN2# [a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku)] 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	3 bur3 surface area, 2 times, 4 1/2 iku surface area each
11	a2 erin2#-[na-bi n] 8(disz)	the labor of the troops: n + 8
12	3(bur3) [GAN2 a-ra2] 2(disz) [4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2]-ta	3 bur3 surface area, 2 times, 4 1/2 iku surface area each
13	a2 [erin2-na-bi n] 5(disz) 1/3(disz)	its labor-troop: n + 5 1/3 (workdays)
14	GAN2-[gu4]	oxen field
15	[x] GAN2 [a-ra2 2(disz)] 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	x iku field area, 2 times, 4 1/2 icu field area each
16	a2#-erin2#-na#-[bi] u4 2(disz)	its labor-troops: 2 days
17	[szuku] engar	Šuku, the plowman
18	a#-sza3# la2#-mah	field Lamaḫ
19	[x x]-du10-ga	...-duga
reverse col 2
1	[x] GAN2 tug2-gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 [gesz] a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	x iku field area, threshing floor, 3/4 icu field area: 3 times, at 4 1/2 ik field area each;
2	a2# erin2-na-bi u4 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz)	its troops’ labor: 166 days
3	4(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	4 bur3 2 eše3 5 1/2 iku surface, harrowing, 3 times, at 4 1/2 Iku surface area each,
4	a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz)	its troops’ labor: 189 days;
5	a-sza3 sza-ra-hu-um-ma	field Šarahumma
6	giri3 nimgir-an-ne2	via Nimgir-ane
7	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta	1 eše3 3 iku field area, harrowing, 3 times, at 4 1/2 icu field area each,
8	[GAN2]-gu4	oxen field
9	[x GAN2 gesz] a#-ra2# 3(disz) [4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2]-ta	x hectares of arable land, 3 4 1/2 iku each,
seal 1
1	sza3-nin-ga2	of my heart
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu lugal-uszurx(\|LAL2.TUG2\|)	son of Lugal-ušur

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