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Nisaba 22, 161 (P406578)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406578 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.469 |
| 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 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda lugal# | 1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, royal bread |
| 2 | 2(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 2 idgur oil, |
| 3 | sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam | regular offerings, 2nd day; |
| 4 | 1(disz) dug dida [x] | 1 jug of ...-wort |
| 5 | la#-a#?-a-ga sukkal#? | Laaga, the messenger(?) |
| 6 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz)# sila3 ninda | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread |
| 7 | 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz | 1 sila3 sesame oil |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur-{gesz}gigir sukkal | Ur-gigir, the messenger; |
| 2 | lu2 {gesz}tukul-la ma2 muszen-sze3# i7-da gub#-ba#-[me?] | Those who stand in the river with weapons on the boat of the bird |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 4 | 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 5 | [x x] x sukkal | ... vizier |
| 6 | zi-gum2-ma-sze3 [x]-ne gen-na | to Zigum ... went |
| 7 | nibru{ki}-ta gen-na | came from Nippur, |
| left | ||
| 1 | iti ezem-{d}[li9]-si4# | month: “Festival-of-Lisi,'' |
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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