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Nisaba 33, 281 (P517459)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 33, 281 |
|---|---|
| ID | P517459 |
| Museum no. | Schrijver 20-275 |
| Collection | Adolph Schrijver, New York, 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 | [...] | |
| 2 | u4 1(disz)-[kam] | 1st day |
| 3 | u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3 | for 14 days |
| 4 | geme2 elam ne-ra-asz-ak | I want to prostrate myself as a female slave in Elam. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu ba-ab-ti | received. |
| 2 | zi-ga#-[am3?] | booked out |
| 3 | iti gu4-ra2# [bi2-mu2-mu2] | month: “Oxen-driver,’ |
| 4 | mu en# [{d}inanna] unu{ki#}-[ga masz2-e i3-pa3] | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna in Uruk by means of extispicy was chosen. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su | Lu-Ningirsu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu nig2-{d}ba-ba6 | son of Nig-Baba, |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}lamma! | Ur-Lamma |
| 2 | dub-sar# | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ARAD2-mu | son of ARADmu |
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