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Nisaba 22, 071 (P317781)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 22, 071
ID	P317781
Museum no.	BM 018058
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)

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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 col 1
1	2(ban2) kasz saga lugal	2 ban2 fine beer for the king
2	1(disz) dug dida saga	1 jug fine dida beer,
3	4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du	4 barig 2 ban2 regular beer,
4	1(u) 5(disz) dug dida du	15 jugs of regular dida beer,
5	1(asz) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 dabin gur	1 gur 5 ban2 4 sila3 dabin flour,
6	4(u) 6(disz) id-gur2 i3	46 idgur oil,
7	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
8	kas4 didli-me	numerous runners
9	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) zi3 1(disz) sila3 i3	60 litres of beer, 60 liters of flour and 1 sila3 of oil
10	elam sa-bu-um{ki}-me	Elam and Sabum
11	giri3 la-musz lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	via Lamuš, Lu-Tukulla;
12	sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Sabum went,
13	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) zi3 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 i3	3 ban2 beer, 3 ban2, flour, 12 shekels oil,
14	szu-{d}suen lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	Šū-Sîn, Lu-gula
15	u3 ba-ba lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	and Baba Lu-Tukulla
16	a-sza3 gid2 gen-na	the long field that goes
17	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	3 ban2 beer, 3 ban2, flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
18	elam hu#-hu-nu-ri{ki}-me#	Elam and Ḫuḫunuri
19	giri3# puzur4-ma-ma lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	via Puzur-Mama, Lu-Tukulla
20	[hu]-hu-nu-ri{ki}-ta du-ni	from Ḫuḫunuri came
21	[x] sze	x grains
22	ansze# zi-gum2-ma-ke4# gu7-a	The “flood-carrying donkeys"(?) eat
23	[n kasz n] zi3# 1(disz) sila3 i3	n beer, n flour, 1 sila3 oil
obverse col 2
1	dingir-a2-<li2>-ik mar-tu#	Dingir-a<cli>-ik Amurru
2	3(disz) dug dida du	3 jugs of regular dida beer,
3	1(barig) dabin 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	1 barig flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
4	bu-ga# muszen-du3	a kind of bird
5	ki muszen-na-sze3 du-ni	going to the place of the bird,
6	4(barig) kasz 4(barig) zi3 2(disz) sila3 i3	4 barig beer, 4 bang flour, 2 sila3 oil,
7	giri3 dingir-su2-ba-ni aga3-us2 gal	via Dingir-subāni, the chief soldier,
8	u3 na-na-ah-dar	and Nanahdar
9	an-na-sza-an{ki}-sze3 du-ni#	went to Anšan
10	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) zi3 3(disz) id-gur2 i3	3 ban2 beer, 3 ban2, flour, 3 idgur2 oil,
11	ur-{d}da-mu lu2-{gesz}tukul	Ur-Damu, Lu-tukul
12	ma2 silim-ma lugal-sze3 du-ni	The boat that goes to the king is well.
13	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3 flour,
14	2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	2 ban2 5 sila3 fine flour, 1 ban2 2 sila₃ fine emmer,
15	lugal {d}en-ki-sze3 du-ni	the king who to Enki went
16	szunigin# 2(ban2) kasz saga	total: 2 ban2 fine beer
17	szunigin# 1(disz) dug dida saga	total: 1 jug fine dida beer
18	szunigin# 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) kasz du	total: 2 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 regular beer
19	szunigin 1(u) 7(disz) dug dida du	total: 17 jugs of common wort,
20	sze-bi 3(asz) 3(barig) gur	its barley: 3 gur 3 barig;
21	szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 zi3 gur	total: 3 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 1 sila3 flour
22	szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) id-gur2 i3	total: 9 idgur oil
23	szunigin 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2 i3-gesz	total: 5 1/3 sila3 3 shekels oil;
24	i3-gesz-bi 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 8(disz) gin2	its oil: 8 1/2 sila, 8 shekels;
25	[iti] diri sze-sag11-ku5	extra month: 'Harvest,'
obverse col 3
1	2(ban2) kasz [saga lugal]	2 ban2 fine beer for the king
2	1(disz) dug dida [saga]	1 jug fine dida beer
3	1(asz) 2(ban2) kasz [du gur]	1 gur 2 ban2 regular-quality beer
4	1(u) 2(disz) dug dida [du]	12 jugs of regular dida beer
5	1(asz) 4(ban2) dabin gur#	1 gur 4 ban2 of dabin flour
6	4(u) id-gur2 [i3]	40 idgur oil
7	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
8	kas4 didli-me	numerous runners
9	3(barig) kasz 3(barig) zi3 1(disz) sila3 i3	[3 barig] beer, 3 barig flour, 1 sila3 oil,
10	elam szi-ma-asz-gi5-me	Elam, we are the Šimaškian.
11	giri3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2-{gesz}tukul	via Nur-ilī, Lu-tukul
12	szi-ma-asz-gi5-sze3 du-ni	to Šimašgi went,
13	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) zi3 8(disz) gin2 i3	3 ban2 beer, 3 ban2, flour, 8 shekels oil,
14	elam hu-hu-nu-ri{ki}-me	Elam, Ḫuḫunuri
15	giri3 na-na-ah-dar lu2-{gesz}tukul	via Nahdar, Lu-Tukulti
16	hu-hu-nu-ri{ki}-ta du-ni	from Ḫuḫunuri came,
17	2(barig) sze ansze zi-gum2-ma-ke4 gu7-a	2 barig barley of the zigum donkeys ate
18	2(barig) kasz 2(ban2) zi3 1(disz) sila3 i3	2 barig beer, 2 ban2 flour, 1 sila3 oil,
19	dingir-a2-<li2>-ik mar-tu	Dingir-a<cli>-ik Amurru
20	4(ban2) kasz 4(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	4 ban2 beer, 4 ban2, flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
21	sza3-iri u4 8(disz)-kam	the inner city, 8th day,
22	3(disz) dug dida# 3(ban2)# dabin	3 pots of wort, 3 ban2 of dabin-flour
23	{d}szul-gi-ba-ni lu2-{gesz}tukul	Šulgi-bani, Lu-tukul
reverse col 1
1	ha-sahar{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Hasahar went,
2	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) 2(ban2) dabin	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig 2 ban2 flour,
3	1(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra mur-gu4	1 barig 1 ban2, nig-arra, mur-gu4;
4	giri3 la-musz-sza lu2-{gesz}tukul	via Lamušša, the weapon-driver;
5	elam sa-bu-um{ki} du-ni	he built Elam and Sabum.
6	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
7	elam szi-ma-asz-gi5-me	Elam, we are the Šimaškian.
8	giri3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2-{gesz}tukul	via Nur-ilī, Lu-tukul
9	szi-ma-asz-gi5-ta du-ni	from Šimašgi came forth.
10	3(disz) dug dida	3 pots: dida;
11	1(barig) dabin 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz	1 barig flour, 1/2 sila3 sesame oil,
12	elam an-sza-na{ki}-me	Elam and Anšan
13	giri3 i-su2-ba-ni lu2-{gesz}tukul	via Isubani, Lu-tukul
14	an-sza-an-na-sze3 du-ni	going to Anšan,
15	szunigin 2(ban2) kasz saga	total: 2 ban2 fine beer
16	szunigin 1(disz) dug dida saga	total: 1 jug fine dida beer
17	szunigin 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) kasz du	total: 2 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 regular beer;
18	szunigin 1(u) 7(disz) dug dida du	total: 17 jugs of common wort,
19	sze-bi 4(asz) 1(ban2) gur	its barley: 4 gur 1 ban2,
20	szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) dabin gur	total: 3 gur 3 barig dabin flour
21	szunigin 5(u) id-gur2 i3	total: 50 idgur oil
22	szunigin 3(disz) sila3 6(disz)#?	total: 3 sila3 6(?)
reverse col 2
1	i3-bi 7(disz) sila3 8(disz) gin2	its oil: 7 sila 8 shekels;
2	iti sze-il2-la	month: “Barley carried,’
3	szunigin 8(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze-bi gur	total: 8 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 its barley:
4	szunigin# 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) n sila3	total: 7 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 n sila3
5	szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 i3-gesz	total: 1 ban2 5 sila3 6 shekels of oil
reverse col 3
1	sza3 {kusz}du10-gan-na	in the Dugana
2	giri3 kas4-ke4-ne	via Kas;
3	iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 u3	extra month: "Harvest" and
4	iti sze-il2-la	month: “Barley carried,’
5	sza3# gu2-ab-ba{ki}	in Guabba
6	mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul	year: “Ḫarši was destroyed.‭

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