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Nisaba 31/2, 118 (P377040)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 31/2, 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P377040 |
| Museum no. | BM 111263 |
| 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 | 4(disz) ma2 1(u) gur | 4 boats of 10 gur capacity |
| 2 | a2 u4 1(disz)-bi 5(disz) sila3-ta | labor of 1 day: 5 sila3 each, |
| 3 | u4 6(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 2(barig) sze lugal | for 6 days, its barley: 2 barig, royal (measure), |
| 4 | a-u2-da-ta kun-zi-da i7 du-du-ka-sze3 | from the A’uda canal to the Dudu canal |
| 5 | u2-HAR-an ib2-la2 | he shall carry a ... |
| 6 | giri3 ur-{d}suen dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6 | via Ur-Suen, son of Ur-Baba; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) ma2 2(u) gur | 1 boat of 20 gur, |
| 2 | a2 u4 1(disz)-a-bi 5(disz)# sila3-ta | its labor of 1 day: 5 sila3 each |
| 3 | u4 6(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 3(ban2) | for 6 days, its barley: 3 ban2 |
| 4 | a-pi4-sal4#{ki}-ta | from Apisal |
| 5 | kun-zi-da masz-kan2{ki}-sze3 ib2#-[la2] | to Kunzida and Maškan he carried |
| 6 | giri3 sza3-ku3-ge | via Šakuge |
| 7 | kiszib3 lu2-du10-ga | under seal of Lu-duga |
| 8 | iti {d}li9-si4 | month: “Lisi,’ |
| 9 | mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} [ba]-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi | year after: “Kimaš was destroyed,{struction of the year after that} |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-[...] | son of Ur- |
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