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Nisaba 33, 753 (P361783)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 33, 753
ID	P361783
Museum no.	PUL Ex 0181
Collection	Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, 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)

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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'	x ba-zi ensi2-<gal>	Bazi, the chief ruler
2'	usz2 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni	dead: Ur-Baba, his son;
3'	1(asz) kur2 lu2-iri-sag	1 kur₂: Lu-Irisag
4'	dumu lugal-u4-su3-sze3	son of Lugal-usu,
5'	1(asz) kur2 ur-dun	1 kur₂: Ur-Dun
6'	dumu al-la	son of Alla
7'	la2-ia3 3(disz) aga3!-us2	Deficit: 3 soldiers
8'	ensi2-gal i3-dab5	chief governor accepted;
9'	szu ur-{d}nansze	Hand of Ur-Nanše
10'	dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6	son of Ur-Baba,
11'	1(asz@c) ur-{d}nin-gir2-su	1 Ur-Ningirsu
12'	1(asz@c) ur-{d}ba-ba6	1 Ur-Baba
13'	1(asz) ab ur-{d}ig-alim	1 cow: Ur-Igalim;
14'	1(disz) lugal-a-ma-ru	1 Lugal-amaru,
15'	1(disz) lu2-{d}nanna	1 Lu-Nanna,
16'	1(disz) dumu-nita2	1 male child
17'	dumu#-ni!-me	their children
18'	1(asz@c) ab-ba-kal-la	Abbakala
19'	dumu ur-an-ta-sur-ra	son of Ur-antasura,
20'	1(asz@c) ma-an-szum2	1 Manšum
21'	1(asz@c) nig2-{d}ba-ba6	1 Nig-Baba
22'	1(asz) nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6	Nammaḫ-Baba
23'	1(disz) lu2-{d}gu3-de2-a	1 Lu-Gudea,
24'	dumu-ni-me	his sons
obverse col 2
1'	x [...]
2'	dub-[sar ...]	scribe of ...
3'	usz2 lu2#-[...]	Dead: Lu-
4'	1(asz@c) ur-{d}[...]	Ur-
5'	1(asz) lu2-{d}KA#?-[...]	Lu-KA-[...]
6'	usz2 ba-a-[...]	Dead ones ...
7'	dumu lu2-{d}gesz-bar-[e3]	son of Lu-Gešbare
8'	1(asz@c) lugal-ti-da	1 Lugal-tida
9'	1(asz) ba-sa6-ga dumu-ni	Basaga, his son
10'	usz2 ur-{d}nin-mug	Dead: Ur-Ninmug
11'	1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni	1 Lu-Baba, his son
12'	usz2 ur-{d}ba-ba6	Dead: Ur-Baba
13'	1(asz) dumu-nita2-ni	1: his son
14'	dumu-ni-me	his sons
15'	usz2 nig2-{d}ba-ba6	Dead: Nig-Baba
16'	dub-sar i7-dalla-me	the scribes of the Idalla canal
17'	usz2 ur-{d}en-sig-nun	Dead: Ur-Ensignun
18'	a2? lu2 azlag2-gal	labor of the large-scale miller
19'	szu al-la	Hand of Alla
20'	dumu ur-nigar{+gar}	son of Ur-nigar,
21'	usz2 lu2-dingir-ra	Dead: Lu-dingira
22'	1(asz@c) lu2-{d}nin-szubur	1 Lu-Ninšubur
obverse col 3
1'	1(asz@c) [...]	1 ...
2'	1(asz) lu2-x [...] dumu-ni	1: Lu-..., his son;
3'	1(asz@c) en-in-na-dan	1 En-in-dan
4'	dumu-ni-me	his sons
5'	usz2 ur-dun dumu ur-zu	Dead: Urdun, son of Urzu.
6'	1(asz@c) kur2 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni	1 kur2: Lu-Baba, his son;
7'	dub-sar i7 pirig-gin7-du-me	the scribes of the Pirigindu canal
8'	1(asz@c) gu3-de2-a	1 Gudea
9'	dumu ur-{d}lamma	son of Ur-Lamma,
10'	1(asz@c) kur2 szesz-kal-la	1 kur₂: Šeškalla
11'	1(asz) kur2 ba-zi dumu-ni	1 kur₂: Bazi, his son
12'	1(asz@c) kur2 ba-ta-e11-de3	1 kur₂: to be brought out;
13'	1(asz@c) kur2 lu2-kal-la	1 kur₂: Lukalla
14'	1(asz) kur2 ba-zi	1 kur₂: Bazi;
obverse col 4
1'	[dub-sar] i7-bi2-za-[gi]-li#-li-<bar-si-ga>-me	the scribes of the Ibbi-zagili-barsiga canal
2'	[... lugal-an]-na-ab-tum2	... Lugal-anabtum
3'	[...] lu2-du10-ga	... Lu-duga
4'	1(disz) ur-mes dumu-ni	1 Ur-mes, his son
5'	1(asz@c) ad-da	1: Adda
6'	1(asz) ab lugal-geszkim-zi	1 cow: Lugal-geškimzi;
7'	usz2 lu2-{d}nin-szubur	Dead: Lu-Ninšubur
8'	dumu-ni-me	his sons
9'	dub-sar i7 sirara6!-ta-mu-zu-me	scribe of the Sirara-tamuzu canal
10'	1(asz@c) lu2-{d}nansze	1 Lu-Nanše
11'	dumu ur-{d}lamma	son of Ur-Lamma,
12'	1(disz) lu2-sukkal-an-ka dumu-ni	1 Lu-sukkalanka, his son
13'	[dub-sar] i7 [...]	scribe of the canal
reverse col 1
1'	dumu# ba#-zi# [...]	son of Bazi
2'	1(asz@c) ur-{d}lamma#	1 Ur-Lamma
3'	dumu gu4-lah5#	son of the oxen-driver
4'	dub-sar e-sur-ra sahar-sur-ra u3-gig u3 sahar? usz-zi?	The scribe of the esura and the saharsura, the ugig and the ušzi(?),
5'	1(asz@c) lu2-{d}ba-ba6	1 Lu-Baba
6'	1(asz@c) ur-{d}lamma	1 Ur-Lamma
7'	1(asz) ama en-in-na-dan	1: mother Enindan;
8'	dumu ba-lu5-me	sons of Balum,
9'	szu ur-sukkal	Hand of Ur-sukkal
10'	dumu ur-zu	son of Urzu
11'	dub-sar gesz-gi-banda3{+da}-me	scribe of Gešgibanda,
12'	[...]-da	with ...
13'	[... {d}]nin-szubur	... Ninšubur
14'	[... ur-{d}ig]-alim#	... Ur-Igalim
15'	[...] x
reverse col 2
1	dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6#	son of Ur-Baba
2	szu nig2-{d}ba-ba6#	Hand of Nig-Baba
3	szesz ur-{d}szakkanx(\|GIR3.LIBIR\|)?#	brother of Ur-Šakkan
4	1(asz@c) lu2-pa3-da dumu-ni	1: Lu-pada, her son;
5	1(disz) ku-li dumu-ni	1 Kulli, his son
6	szu ur-{d}ba-ba6	Hand of Ur-Baba
7	1(asz@c) kur2 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6	1 kur2: Ur-Šuša-Baba;
8	1(asz@c) kur2 na-ba-sa6	1 kur2: Nabasa
9	dumu-ni-me	his sons
10	dub-sar gu2 i7 nigin6?{ki}-sze3-du-me	the scribes who go to the bank of the Nigin canal
11	[...] lu2#-{d}nin-gir2-su	... Lu-Ningirsu
12	[...] lugal#-an-na-tum2	... Lugal-anatum
reverse col 3
1	szunigin [...] ensi2-gal	total: ..., chief governor;
2	szunigin 2(asz) aga3-us2 nu-dab-ba	total: 2 soldiers, not captured;
3	szunigin 1(disz) gurusz szu-gi4	total: 1 šugi-worker,
4	la2-ia3 3(disz)	Deficit: 3.
5	ensi2-gal i3-dab5	chief governor accepted;
6	szunigin 5(asz) gurusz	total: 5 male laborers
7	szunigin 2(asz) dumu-nita2 diri	total: 2 extra sons
8	szunigin 4(disz) dumu-nita2	total: 4 sons
9	szunigin 1(disz) x [...] x	total: 1 ...
reverse col 4
1	dub-sar gesz-i3-me	scribe of geš-immu.

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