Home › Tablets › P283831

Nisaba 07, 27 (P283831)

Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets

Designation	Nisaba 07, 27
ID	P283831
Museum no.	BM 023698
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
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 col 1
1	[...] 5(disz)# sila3 sze gur lugal	... 5 sila3 barley, royal (measure)
2	[...]-szum2-ma	... gave
3	[...] n 1(barig) sze gur	... 1 barig of barley
4	[...]-{d}nin-urta	...-Ninurta
5	[n] 5(asz)# 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur	... 5 gur 2 barig 3 ban2
6	sze iri-sa12-rig7{ki}	barley of Irisagrig
7	3(barig) sze ki lugal-ezem-ta	3 barig of barley from Lugal-ezem
8	1(asz) 2(barig) kasz dida du gur	1 gur 2 barig dida beer, regular quality,
9	ki lu2-{d}ba-ba6-ta	from Lu-Baba
10	4(barig) 2(ban2) sze	4 barig 2 ban2 barley
11	ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-silim-ta	from Ur-Baba, son of Nasilim
12	3(barig) SZIM du	3 barig regular quality juniper
13	ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta	from Ur-gigir;
14	1(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	1 kor fine emmer,
15	ma2# ur-{gesz#}gigir#-ta	from the barge of Ur-gigir
16	1(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	1 kor fine emmer,
17	ma2 ma2-gur8-re-ta	from the barge Magurre
18	2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga	2 barig fine nig-arru-beer
19	ma2 ur-{d}isztaran-ta	from the barge of Ur-Ištaran
20	2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba guru7-a diri# iti 5(disz)-kam	2 barig 3 ban2 barley rations in the silo, surplus, 5th month
21	[n] 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze kiszib3#? ur-{d}dumu-<zi?>	n 2 barig 3 ban2 barley, under seal of Ur-Dumuzi
22	1(asz) 2(barig) sze giri3# ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-<ba6>	1 (gur) 2 barig barley via Ur-Šuša-Baba
23	a2# ma2 hun-ga2	labor of the hired barge
obverse col 2
1	szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	total: 2 gur 2 barig fine emmer
2	sze bala-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) gur	its bala barley: 1 gur 1 barig;
3	szunigin 3(barig) SZIM du	total: 3 barig regular quality juniper
4	sza3 suhur-bi 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3	its interior: 3 ban2 6 sila3;
5	szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) kasz dida du gur	total: 1 gur 2 barig dida-beer, regular quality,
6	kasz bala-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2)	its bala beer: 2 barig 2 ban2
7	szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur	total: 83 gur 6 sila3 barley
8	sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(u)#? [n] 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur	its barley: 105(?) gur 1 barig 2 sila3
9	sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam	It is a debit.
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11	2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur	25 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 regular beer,
12	[kiszib3?] ur-{d}szusz3#-{d}ba-ba6	under seal of Ur-Šuša-Baba
13	[n] 2(ban2)# kasz saga gur	n gur 2 ban2 fine beer
14'	1(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra# [du]	1 barig 1 ban2 regular rations
15'	1(barig) kasz du#?	60 litres of regular (quality) beer
16'	kiszib3 ur-mes dumu nin-[a2-zi]-da#	under seal of Ur-mes, son of Nin-azida
17'	3(asz) sze gur kiszib3 ur-{d}isztaran	3 gur of barley, under seal of Ur-Ištaran
18'	3(barig) sze 4(barig) munu4 si-e3 1(barig) nig2-ar3-ra du kiszib3 nu-tuku	3 barig barley, 4 barig malt, silt, 1 barig emmer, regular quality, without seal,
19'	en hun-ga2	hired en priestess
20'	ugu2-a ga2-ga2	on my account set
21'	1(barig) gu-gu-a	1 barig Gugua
22'	1(ban2) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} dumu-ni	1 ban2 Ur-Ninmar, his son
23'	1(barig) he2?!-dab5	60 litres (of barley for) Hedab
24'	1(ban2) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu-ni	1 ban2: Lu-Narua, his son;
25'	4(ban2) ur-gu2-en-na	4 ban2: Ur-guena;
26'	3(ban2) nin-geszkim-zi#	3 ban2: Nin-geškimzi
27'	2(ban2) esz3-ta-szu#?-sa6 dumu-ni	20 litres (of barley for) Ešta-s’usa, his son
28'	3(ban2) me-tesz2-sze3	3 ban2 of meteš-flour
29'	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-sag-ub3{ki#} dumu-ni	1 ban2 5 sila3: Ur-sag-ub, his son
30'	3(ban2) e2-hi-li	3 ban2 Ehili
31'	($ blank space $) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur iti# 1(disz)-kam#	1 ban2 5 sila3 of barley, for 1 month
32'	iti mu-szu-du8!-ta	from month: “mušudūta,‭
33'	iti GAN2-masz-sze3	to month “GANmaš,‭
34'	iti# 5(disz)-kam	the 5th month
35'	[x x?]-ba#-ba-kam	It is of ...
36'	[...] 1(barig) 2(ban2)	... 1 barig 2 ban2
37'	[...] saga	... good
38'	[...]-ta	from
obverse col 3
1	[kiszib3?] ur-nigar{gar#}	under seal of Ur-nigar
2	1(asz)# 3(barig) kasz saga gur	1 gur 3 barig fine beer
3	1(asz) 1(ban2) kasz du gur	1 gur 1 ban2 regular quality beer,
4	kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da	under seal of Ur-Ningešzida
5	1(asz) kasz saga# gur	1 gur fine beer
6	kiszib3 ur-mes dumu nam#?-ha-ni	under seal of Ur-mes, son of Namhani
7	2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) kasz du gur#	2 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 regular quality beer
8	kiszib3 ur-ga2-nun	under seal of Ur-ganun
9	4(barig) 1(ban2) kasz saga	4 barig 1 ban2 fine beer
10	1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur	1 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 regular quality beer,
11	kiszib3 lugal-u2-szim-e	under seal of Lugal-ušime;
12	4(ban2) kasz saga kiszib3 lugal-i3-sa6	4 ban2 fine beer, under seal of Lugal-isa;
13	3(asz) kasz du gur	3 gur regular beer,
14	kiszib3# nam-ha-ni dumu hu#-wa-wa	under seal of Namḫani, son of Huwawa
15	6(asz) kasz saga gur	6 gur fine beer
16	8(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) kasz du gur	8 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 regular beer,
17	1(barig) 1(ban2) ba-ba munu4	1 barig 1 ban2: Baba, the maltst;
18	1(barig) SZIM saga	1 barig fine aromatics,
19	kiszib3 lu2-me-lam2	under seal of Lu-melam;
20	2(ban2) kasz saga kiszib3 ur-al-la	2 ban2 fine beer under seal of Ur-ala
21	4(ban2) kasz saga kiszib3 ur-nig2	4 ban2 fine beer under seal of Ur-nig
22	3(ban2)# kasz saga kiszib3 nu-tuku ka kasz a2-ki-ti	3 ban2 fine beer, without seal, ka-beer of Akīti
23	3(barig) 3(ban2) kasz du kiszib3 nu-tuku ka kasz du x-x	3 barig 3 ban2 regular beer, without seal, ...
left col 1
1	[...]
2	[...] gur#	... gur
left col 2
1	szunigin 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) kasz du gur	total: 45 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 regular beer
2	szunigin 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra du	total: 2 barig regular nig-arra flour
3	szunigin 4(barig) munu4 si-e3 sze-bi 2(barig) 4(ban2)	total: 4 barig malt rations; its barley: 2 barig 4 ban2;
left col 3
1	szunigin 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz)#? sila3# gur	total: 12 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3
2	sze-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur	its barley: 105 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 4 sila3
3	zi-ga	booked out
left col 4
1	la2-ia3 3(u) 1(asz) [...]	the deficit: 31 ...
2	nig2-ka9-ak# [...]	accounts

Sources & licences

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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)

Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.