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Nisaba 23, 087 (P376369)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 087
ID	P376369
Museum no.	BM 110468
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	1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a#	11 bur3 1 1/2 iku surface, barley rations
2	4(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 zar3# [tab-ba]	4 bur3 1 eše3 1 1/2 iku field area, spread out in a single layer
3	5(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur sze gesz [ra]-ra	351 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 barley, threshed
4	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
5	1(esze3) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a gur4-sa3-an muhaldim?	1 eše3 field area: barley rations of Gursan the cook
6	1(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku)! GAN2 zar3 tab-ba ugula i3-kal-la	1 bur3 2 eše3 2 1/4 iku field area: ..., foreman: Ikalla;
7	2(u) gur lu2-tur-tur	20 gur, Lu-turtur
8	3(iku) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba	3 iku field area, barley rations, 3 [iku] field area: sheaves piled up;
9	lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 mun	Lu-Enlila mun
10	1(iku) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a 1(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba 3(asz) gur	1 iku field area: barley rations, 1 <iku₃> field area cultivated, 3 gur
11	inim-{d}szara2 dumu giri3-ni	Inim-Šara, son of Girini
12	3(iku) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba 6(asz) gur	3 iku field area: barley rations, 3 <iku& field area>: sheaves piled up, 6 gur
13	lu2-{d}inanna ugula lu2 hun-ga2	Lu-Inanna, foreman of hirelings
14	2(u) gur lu2-gi-na	20 gur, Lugina
15	1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur lu2-bala-saga nar#	11 gur 2 barig 3 ban2, Lu-bala-saga, the musician
16	1(u) gur a-du munu4-mu2	10 gur together with malt,
17	[...] gur bi2-du11-ga	... that he had sworn
1'	1(asz) [n] gur [x]	1 gur ...
2'	2(u) gur# [...]	20 gur
3'	4(u) 5(asz) gur [x]	45 gur ...
4'	szunigin 1(bur3) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a	total: 1 bur3 field area, barley rations,
5'	szunigin 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku)! zar3 tab-ba	total: 2 bur3 1 eše3 2 1/4 iku shekels tabba,
6'	szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur	total: 197 gur 2 barig 3 ban2
7'	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
8'	la2-ia3 1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-[a]	deficit: 1 bur3 1 iku field, barley rations
9'	2(bur3) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba	2 bur3 field area: sheaves piled up;
10'	2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) sze gesz ra-ra gur	184 gur of barley, threshed,
11'	la2-ia3-am3	deficit.
12'	nig2-ka9-ak sze gurx(\|SZE.KIN\|)-a zar3 tab-ba u3 sze [gesz] ra-ra	accounts of barley remitted, grain heaped up and barley harvested
13'	giri3 i3-kal-la	via Ikalla
14'	mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-[hul]	year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.‭

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