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Nisaba 23, 117 (P376422)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 23, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376422 |
| Museum no. | BM 110524 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 2(gesz2) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 125 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra | šār tabba-soapwort spread over the hand, |
| 3 | a-sza3 muru13 u3 a-sza3 amar-kiszi17 | field Uru and field Amar-kiši; |
| 4 | 7(disz) gurusz musz-bi-an-na-ta umma{ki}-sze3 gen-na | From the 7 men of Mušbiana to Umma went |
| 5 | ugula lugal-ku3-zu | foreman: Lugal-kuzu; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-ku3-zu | under seal of Lugal-kuzu; |
| 2 | giri3 ur-ge6-par4 | via Ur-gepar |
| 3 | x x x | |
| 4 | mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Simanum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-ku3-zu | Lugal-kuzu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3 | son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager |
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