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Nisaba 15, 1137 (P454252)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 1137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454252 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 454252 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| 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 | 5(u) 6(disz) kusz udu u2-hab2 | 56 sheep skins, shorn, |
| 2 | 4(disz) kusz masz2 u2-hab2 | 4 hides of buck goats, |
| 3 | 1(disz) kusz gu4 u2-hab2# | 1 hide of ox, suckling |
| 4 | szu-gu4? {gesz}tukul 2(disz)-x-kam | oxen-driver(?) with 2 weapons |
| 5 | 1(u) kusz udu a-gar gu7#-[a?] | 10 hides of sheep, tanned |
| 6 | lu2-dingir-ra | Lu-dingira |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(gesz2) {gesz}x-[...] us2 kusz [...] | 240 ...-wood, length, leather |
| 2 | kusz udu u2-hab2 [babbar2-bi] 6(disz) | leather pouches of sheep, white grass-fed, its 6 |
| 3 | kusz udu babbar2-bi 6(disz) | its white hides of sheep: 6 |
| 4 | kusz gu4 babbar2-bi 2/3(disz) | its white hides of oxen: 2/3; |
| 5 | ki lu2-{d}szara2-ta | from Lu-Šara |
| 6 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 7 | mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year: “Simurrum was destroyed. |
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