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Nisaba 22, 138 (P406506)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406506 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.387 |
| 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)
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 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 2 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 3 | puzur4-szuba3 sukkal | Puzur-šuba, the messenger; |
| 4 | ur-gu-la mu-da-gen-na | Urgula, who came with me, |
| 5 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 6 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 7 | lu2-sza-lim lu2 kas4 | Lu-šalim, the messenger |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 9 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 10 | lu2-banda3{da} sukkal | Lu-banda, vizier |
| 11 | a-sza3 da-da-sze3 gen-na | to the field Dada went, |
| 12 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 13 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | hu-hu-ni lu2 kas4 | Ḫuḫuni, the messenger, |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 3 | 2(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 2 idgur oil, |
| 4 | ur-{d}nin-gubalag lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la | Ur-Ningubalag, the man of the great weapon |
| 5 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 6 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 7 | a-hu-ni lu2 kas4 | Ahuni, the messenger, |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 9 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 10 | puzur4-la-ba sukkal | Puzur-laba, the messenger; |
| 11 | sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 gen-na | to Sabum went, |
| 12 | zi-ga u4 3(disz)-kam | booked out, 3rd day, |
| 13 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
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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