Nisaba 23, 068 (P376201)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376201 |
| Museum no. | BM 110357 |
| 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 | la2-ia3 lugal-ku3-zu sukkal | deficit of Lugal-kuzu, the messenger; |
| 2 | 1(disz) engar-zi | 1: Engarzi |
| 3 | 1(disz) da-ga dumu gu3-de2-a | 1 Daga, son of Gudea |
| 4 | 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2 | 1 Lugal-ḫegal, |
| 5 | 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur dumu u3-ma-ni gudu4 {d}nanna | 1 Ur-Iškur, son of Umani, gudug priest of Nanna |
| 6 | 1(disz) u3-ma-ni gudu4 {d}nam-tar | 1: Umani, gudu-priest of Namtar |
| 7 | 1(disz) inim-ma-ni-zi nu-{gesz}kiri6 | 1 Inimmanizi, gardener |
| 8 | 1(disz) ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab giri17-dab5 | 1 Ur-Urbartab, giridab, |
| 9 | 1(disz) a-ab-ba | 1 Abba |
| 10 | 1(disz) i7 pa-e3 | 1 canal: Pa'e; |
| 11 | 1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu da-da | 1 Šeškalla, son of Dada |
| 12 | 1(disz) ur-e2-si | 1 Ur-esi, |
| 13 | 1(disz) i3-ba-bi dumu ur-ab-ba | 1 Ibabi, son of Ur-abba, |
| 14 | 1(disz) a-ra2-mu dub-sar | 1: Aramu, the scribe |
| 15 | 1(disz) lugal-uszum-gal bahar3 {d}anzu{muszen} | 1 Lugal-ušumgal, potter, Anzu, |
| 16 | 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir | 1 Lu-Šara, son of Ur-gigir |
| 17 | [1(disz)] ur-gu2-edin-na giri17-dab5 | 1 Ur-gu-edina, giridab |
| 18 | [1(disz)] dumu lugal-ma2#-[gur8-re] | 1 son of Lugal-magure |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [1(disz) dumu {d}szara2]-mu#-tum2# nu-{gesz}kiri6 | 1 son of Šara-mutum, gardener |
| 2 | 1(disz) bu3-lu5-lu5 | 1 Bululu, |
| 3 | 1(disz) ur-{d}asznan | 1 Ur-Ašnan, |
| 4 | 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-mes | 1 Lu-dingira, son of Ur-mes, |
| 5 | 1(disz) lu2-eb-gal nu-{gesz}kiri6 | 1: Lu-ebgal, gardener; |
| 6 | 1(disz) e2-gal-e-si dumu a-ab-ba | 1 Egal-esi, son of Ayabba |
| 7 | 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu he2-ma-du | 1 Lu-dingira, son of Hemadu |
| 8 | 2(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu an-dul3-mu | 2: Ur-Šulpa’e, son of Andulmu; |
| 9 | szunigin 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 35 male laborers |
| 10 | la2-ia3-am3 sza3 bala-a | deficit of the bala; |
| 11 | sza3 gu2-edin-na u3! musz-bi-an-na | In the Gu’edena and Mušbiana |
| 12 | kiszib3 lugal-za-e3 | under seal of Lugalzage; |
| 13 | mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-za-e3 | Lugal-za-e |
| 2 | dumu ur-ab-bi | son of Ur-abbi, |
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