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Nisaba 31/2, 129 (P377052)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 31/2, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P377052 |
| Museum no. | BM 111276 |
| 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(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3 | 13 male laborers for 3 days |
| 2 | kar umma{ki}-ta | from the port of Umma |
| 3 | kam-sal4-la-sze3 ma2 gid2-da | to Kamsala barge punted |
| 4 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze bala-a u3 sze ma2-a si-ga | for 2 workdays barley transferred and barley loaded into a barge |
| 5 | u4 3(disz)-sze3 kam-sal4-la-ta | from Kamsala for 3 days |
| 6 | kar umma{ki}-sze3 | to the port of Umma |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ma2] gid2-da u3 [NAG?]-su{ki}-a | a long boat, and Nagsua |
| 2 | [ma2] bala# ak | boat of the bala performed |
| 3 | ugula x-la | foreman: ...la |
| 4 | kiszib3 a-du-mu | under seal of Adumu |
| 5 | 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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