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Nisaba 27, 221 (P304055)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 27, 221
ID	P304055
Museum no.	NCBT 02018
Collection	Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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(disz)# sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila3 beer, 3 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant]
2	szu-esz18-dar	Šū-Ishtar,
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
4	a#-da-lal3	Adalal
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
6	ur-ab-zu	Ur-abzu
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
8	szu-ku8-ub	fisherman
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
10	hu-la-al	Ḫulal,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
12	szu-u2-<<ni>>-a	to him
13	3(disz)# kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2# 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 (jars of) beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant
14	[...]
reverse
1	3(disz)! kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga ba-a-ti	3 (pieces of) beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant, disbursed
2	1(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2) 3(ban2) dabin 1/3(disz) sila3 i3?	1 jug of common wort, 2 ban2 3 ban2 of dabin-flour, 1/3 sila3 of oil,
3	nu-ur2-{d}utu	Nur-Šamaš
4	szunigin 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2) szunigin 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ninda 3(ban2) dabin	total: 3 ban2 4 sila3 beer, 1 jug of common wort, 2 ban2 total: 2 ban2, 1 sila3, bread, 3 ban2, dabin
5	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 szum2 2/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila 4 shekels onions, 2/3 sila4 oil; total: 16 shek[els alkali-plant]
6	u4 5(disz)-kam	5th day.
7	iti nesag	month: “nesag festival,{š}
8	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi	year following: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall erected,’ the year following that.

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