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Nisaba 31/2, 086 (P377008)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 31/2, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P377008 |
| Museum no. | BM 111231 |
| 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(gesz2) 4(disz) udu niga saga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-ta | 64 sheep, grain-fed, fine, 1 1/2 sila3 barley each, |
| 2 | 1(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2! duh saga-ta | 1 sila3 2 shekels fine bran each, |
| 3 | 8(disz) udu niga us2 1(disz) sila3 sze-ta | 8 grain-fed sheep, length 1 sila3 barley each, |
| 4 | sze-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 | its barley: 1 barig 4 ban2 4 sila3; |
| 5 | duh saga-bi 1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 8(disz) gin2 | its fine bran: 1 barig 6 sila 8 shekels |
| 6 | u4 1(disz)-kam | 1st day, |
| 7 | u4 1(u)# 3(disz)#?-sze3 | for 13 days |
| 8 | sze [...] | barley |
| 9 | [...] gur | ... gur |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] SZE3 [x] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] sila3 gur | ... gur of sila3 |
| 3' | duh saga-bi 2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur | its fine bran: 2 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 4' | szunigin 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur | total: 9 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 8 sila3 barley, |
| 5' | szunigin 7(asz) 5(ban2) duh saga gur | total: 7 gur 5 ban2 fine bran |
| 6' | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 7' | mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d} |
Sources & licences
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- 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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