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Nisaba 23, 051 (P376172)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376172 |
| Museum no. | BM 110324 |
| 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 2 | ||
| 1 | 8(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 185 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day), |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz)-kam | its labor: 91 days; |
| 3 | 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sar al 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 105 sar of hoeing at 15 sarta (a day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz) | its labor: 91 days; |
| 5 | 9(gesz2) sar al 1(u)! sar-ta | 9(geš₂) sar hoeing at 10 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 5(u) 4(disz) | its labor: 54 days; |
| 7 | 5(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta | 52 1/2 sar, hoed at 7 1/2 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 7(disz) | its labor: 7 days; |
| 9 | 6(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) sar al 8(disz) sar-ta | 424 sar, hoed at 8 sarta (per day), |
| 10 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 8(disz) | its labor: 48 days; |
| 11 | 7(disz) sar al 7(disz) sar-ta | 7 sar of hoeing at 7 (volume-)sar per (day) |
| 12 | a2-bi u4 1(disz) | its labor: 1 day; |
| 13 | 9(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta | 96 sar, hoed at 6 sarta (per day), |
| 14 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) | its labor: 96 days; |
| 15 | 4(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta | 188 1/2 sar, hoed at 5 1/2 mušara each, |
| 16 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 7(disz) | its labor: 47 days; |
| 17 | 5(gesz2) sar {gesz}dih3! ku5-ra2 [1(u) 5(disz) sar]-ta# | 450 sar, cut with a shovel at 15 sara (per day) |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | a2-bi u4 2(u) | its labor: 20 days; |
| 2 | 8(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sar {gesz}dih3! 1(u) 6(disz) sar-ta | 186 sar, a bitumen at 16 sara (per day) |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 1(disz) | its labor: 31 days; |
| 4 | 7(gesz2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar al 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta | 626 2/3 sar, hoed at 6 1/2 sara (per day), |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 105 1/2 days; |
| 6 | 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) sar {gesz}dih3! 1(u) sar-ta | 1080 sar, diḫu-wood at 10 sara (a day), |
| 7 | a2#-bi# u4 [1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz)] | its labor: 92 days |
| 8 | 1(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 a-ra2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 gub-ba | 17 1/3 male laborers, oxen-drivers, for 1 day stationed, |
| 9 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta | labor of hirelings: 6 sila3 each |
| 10 | 5(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-ra2 gub-ba | 5 male laborers, oxen-drivers, for 1 day at the rate of service stationed, |
| 11 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta | 98 sar, hoed at 6 saar (per day), |
| 12 | a2-bi u4 1(u) 3(disz) | its labor: 13 days; |
| 13 | 3(u) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 30 sar, hoed at 5 sara (per day), |
| 14 | a2-bi u4 6(disz) | its labor: 6 days; |
| 15 | a2 sza3 iti 1(disz)-sze3 | labor of 1 month, |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | a2 gesz ur3-ra u3 a-sza3-ge kin ak | labor of harvesting and harvesting of the field, |
| 2 | a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra | the field Ninura, |
| 3 | a-sza3 sza-ra-hu-um x x | field Šaraḫum |
| 4 | u3 a-sza3 a-ta | and the field from the water |
| 5 | ki lugal-nesag-e-<ta> | from Lugal-nesage |
| 6 | kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 7 | mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun | year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed. |
| 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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