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Nisaba 31/2, 040 (P376962)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 31/2, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376962 |
| Museum no. | BM 111184 |
| 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 | 1(disz) sila4 ki nin-sze3 | 1 lamb, for the lady, |
| 2 | 1(disz) sila4 ki lugal-sze3 | 1 lamb for the royal place, |
| 3 | ku3-sig17-da ku4-ra | brought in gold |
| 4 | giri3 nin-hi-li2-a | via Ninhilīya |
| 5 | 1(disz) sila4 i3-gara2-da ku4-ra | 1 lamb brought by Igarada, |
| 6 | iti {d}li9-si4 | month: “Lisi,’ |
| 7 | 1(disz) sila4 ku6 nisi-da ku4-ra | 1 lamb, fish brought in a basket, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza3 nibru{ki} | in Nippur |
| 2 | iti pa4-u2-e | month: “Pa’ue, |
| 3 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 4 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [{d}szu-{d}suen] | Šu-Suen |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub#-da# limmu2#-ba# | king of the four world quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-a-kal-la | Ayakalla |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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