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Nisaba 22, 120 (P406483)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406483 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.363 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 2 | 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 3 | na-bi2-li2-szu lu2 {gesz}tukul | Nabi-lišu, the man with weapons |
| 4 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Susa went, |
| 5 | [2(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread |
| 6 | 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 sza3-iri | 1 Idgur, oil of the inner city, |
| 7 | 1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3 zi3 | 1 jug of wort, 5 sila3 of flour, |
| 8 | ki-ni-a-ti lu2 {gesz}tukul | the true ones, the man with weapons |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Susa went, |
| 2 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 3 | 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 4 | u2-u2!-a lu2 {gesz}tukul | a man with weapons |
| 5 | sa-bu-um du-ni | the sabum priest of Duni |
| 6 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 7 | 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 sza3-iri | 1 Idgur, oil of the inner city, |
| 8 | 1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3 zi3 | 1 jug of wort, 5 sila3 of flour, |
| 9 | li-ni-ni lu2 {gesz}[tukul] | may he be a man of weapons |
| 10 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Susa went, |
| 11 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
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