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Nisaba 23, 150 (P376523)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 150
ID	P376523
Museum no.	BM 110627
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	6(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 kin	6 sar 7 1/2 shekels work,
2	sahar gurusz-e 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta	the dust of the lad at 7 1/2 shekels each,
3	a2-bi u4 5(u) la2 1(disz)-kam	its labor: 49 days;
4	pa4 a-da-ga a-sza3	canal of Adaga, field
5	muru13 ba-al-la	in the midst of a flood,
6	ugula ab-ba-saga	foreman: Abbasaga
reverse
1	kiszib3 a-du-mu	under seal of Adumu
2	mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8	year: “The boat of Enki was caulked.‭
seal 1
1	ur-{d}suen	Ur-Suen
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu ur-{gesz}gigir	son of Ur-gigir,
4	sza3-tam	the heart

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