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Nisaba 23, 070 (P376318)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 070
ID	P376318
Museum no.	BM 110367
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	[1(szar2)] 4(gesz'u)# 2(u) sa gi# gu# nigin2-ba 1(u) 5(disz) sa-ta	170 bundles of reeds, total: 15 bundles each
2	gu-nigin2-bi 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz)	their total: 461 1/3
3	1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 6(disz) sa-ta	165 bundles of reed, total: 16 bundles each;
4	gu-nigin2-bi 7(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) 5/6(disz)	total: 767 5/6 (shekels)
5	1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 3(u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 7(disz) sa-ta	170 bundles of reed, total: 17 bundles each;
6	gu-nigin2-bi 5(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz)	its total: 154,
7	3(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 2(u) sa-ta	390,10 bundles of reed, total: 20 bundles each
8	gu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1/2(disz)	total: 610 1/2
9	4(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 2(disz) sa-ta	420,717 bundles of reeds, total: 12 bundles each;
10	gu-nigin2-bi 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz)? 1(u) 5(disz) gin2	total: 288(?) 15 shekels
obverse col 2
1	ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta	from Ur-Šulpae
2	7(szar2) 3(gesz'u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 2(u) sa-ta	420 bundles of reed, total: 20 bundles each;
3	gu-nigin2-bi 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u)	its gu-nig-in: 420,
4	sze-bi 4(u) 5(asz) gur	its barley: 45 gur
5	ki ARAD2-ta	from ARAD
6	2(gesz'u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 2(u) sa-ta	180 bundles of reed, trimmed at 20 bundles each,
7	gu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz2)	its total: 60
8	ku3-bi 2(u) gin2	its silver: 20 shekels;
9	ki ur-{d}szara2-ta	from Ur-Šara
10	5(asz) gu2 gi-ru-usz	5 talents of reed
11	ki ARAD2-ta	from ARAD
12	2(gesz'u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 2(u) sa-ta	180 bundles of reed, trimmed at 20 bundles each,
13	gu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz2)	its total: 60
14	ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2	its silver: 2 shekels;
15	ki ur-{d}szara2-ta	from Ur-Šara
16	5(asz) gu2 gi-ru-usz	5 talents of reed
17	ki da-tum-ta	from Datum
18	2(szar2) 3(gesz'u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta	170 bundles of reed, trimmed at 10 bundles each,
19	gu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz'u) 5(disz)	its gu-nig-in: 15
20	gi nig2-du8-a umma{ki}-ta bala-sze3 de6-a	reeds of the nigduŋ-offerings from Umma transported to the bala;
reverse col 1
1	1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) sa {gesz}ma-nu gu-nigin2-ba 3(disz) sa-ta	900 bundles of manu-wood, guniginba, at 3 bundles each
2	gu-nigin2-bi 6(gesz2) 2(u)	total: 420,
3	1(u) 2(disz) {gesz}dal	12 beams
4	ki ur-{d}szara2 dumu lu5-lu5-ni-ta	from Ur-Šara, son of Lu-luni
5	4(szar2) sa {gesz}ma-nu gu-nigin2-ba 2(u) sa-ta	4 car sa, a manu-wood, its gunigin-barge 20 sata
6	gu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2)	its gu-niŋin: 900
7	3(u) {gesz}dal	30 bolts
8	ma2-la2-a	a boat
9	6(szar2) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 3(disz) sa-ta	6 car reed bundles at 13 bundles each,
10	gu-nigin2-bi 3(gesz'u)	its gu-nig-in: 900,
reverse col 2
1	sag-nig2-gur11-ra	the debits
2	2(szar2)# {gesz}ma-nu	240 manu-wood
3	[x x]-ka-bi	... its ...
4	[x x]-ne-ni	...-neni
5	[x]

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