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Nisaba 16, 032 (P362946)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 032
ID	P362946
Museum no.	BM 113663
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
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 saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila3 fine beer, 5 sla3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel of oil,
2	2(disz) gin2 naga {d}er3-ra-dan	2 shekels alkali-plant for Erra-dan,
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila3 fine beer, 5 sla3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel of oil,
4	2(disz) gin2 naga szu-{d}nisaba	2 shekels alkali-plant for Šu-Nisaba,
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
6	2(disz) gin2 naga hu-la-al	2 shekels alkali-plant,
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
8	2(disz) gin2 naga nu-ur2-zu	2 shekels alkali-plant, Nūrzu
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
10	2(disz) gin2 naga a-a-kal-la	2 shekels alkali-plant for Ayakala
11	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
12	2(disz) gin2 naga u-bar	2 shekels alkali-plant, Ubar
13	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
reverse
1	2(disz) gin2 naga ma-asz2	2 shekels alkali-plant,
2	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shekel(s) oil,
3	2(disz) gin2 naga i3-li2-dan	2 shekels alkali-plant for Ili-dan,
4	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 shek[els oil],
5	2(disz) gin2 naga ba-ba-a	2 shekels alkali-plant for Babaya
6	szunigin 1(ban2) kasz saga szunigin 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz du	total: 1 ban2 fine beer; total: 3 ban2 3 sila3 regular beer;
7	szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2	total: 4 ban2 2 sila3 bread; total: 2/3 sila5 onions;
8	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 7 shekels oil; total: 18 shek[els alkali-plant]
9	iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar	month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’
10	mu us2-sa ma2-dara3 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8	year following: “The barge of Enki was caulked.‭

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