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Nisaba 15, 1155 (P454262)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 1155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454262 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 454262 |
| 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 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz | 16 male laborers |
| 2 | a2 iti 1(disz)-bi | its labor of 1 month |
| 3 | 2(u) 4(asz) sze gur sila3 me? 1(u) 2(disz)-ta | 24 gur barley, sila3 (?) at 12 each |
| 4 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 5 | pu-us2{ki}-sze3 | to Pus |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma2 zi3 us2 gid2-da | barge with flour, long length |
| 2 | giri3# ma-an-szum2 dub-sar | via Manšum, the scribe |
| 3 | [x] gi#-x-en# | ... ... |
| 4 | e2?-[x] | E-x |
| 5 | [ki?] ur#-{d}dumu-zi-da ma2-lah5 | from Ur-Dumuzida, the boatman |
| 6 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 7 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
| 8 | iti dal | month: “Flight, |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu us2#-[sa si]-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Simurrum was destroyed. |
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