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Nisaba 31/2, 004 (P376926)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 31/2, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376926 |
| Museum no. | BM 111146 |
| 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(disz) gurusz iti 1(disz) u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3 | 1 male laborer for 1 month, 12 days |
| 2 | im#-du8# e2 udu-sze3 | brick mould for sheep's house |
| 3 | gu2 idigna#? | bank of the Tigris |
| 4 | a2#-bi# u4 4(u) 2(disz)-kam | its labor: 42 days |
| 5 | iti pa4#-u2#-e# u4# 1(disz)-ta | from month: “Pa'ue,’ 1 day, |
| 6 | iti {d}dumu-zi u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3 | for the month “Dumuzi,’ 12th day, |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 15 male laborer workdays, |
| 8 | im-du8-a e2 udu niga kam-sal4-la ak | In the storehouse, the house where grain-fed sheep is tended, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborer workdays |
| 2 | idigna-ta e2 udu | from the Tigris to the sheep house |
| 3 | kam-sal4-la-sze3 gesz ur3 u3 gi-zi ga6-ga2 | To the kamsala, reed-beds and ŊiZizi are carried. |
| 4 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 tul2 ba-al-la | 10 workdays, male laborers, “the water-vessel was cleared, |
| 5 | ugula gu2-tar | foreman: Gutar; |
| 6 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lu2-{d}suen | under seal of the administrator Lu-Suen |
| 7 | mu us2-sa {d}szu#-{d#}suen# lugal-e bad3 [mar-tu] mu-du3 | year after: “Šū-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [lu2-{d}suen] | Lu-Suen |
| 2 | [dub-sar] | scribe |
| 3 | [dumu ur-nigar{gar}] | son of Ur-nigar |
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