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Nisaba 16, 047 (P362961)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 047
ID	P362961
Museum no.	BM 113678
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 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	{d}szul-gi-i3-li2	Šulgi-ilī
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	szu-{d}utu	Šū-Utu,
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	ep-qu2-sza	her work
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	i-szar-i3-li2	Išar-ilī,
9	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,
10	szu-{d}en-lil2	Šū-Enlil,
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 shek[els alkali-plant]
12	[x-x]-mu	...-mu
13	[3(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga u-bar	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] oil, 2 shek[els] alkali-plant
reverse
1	[1(ban2)] kasz 1(disz) kasz dida saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [x] 3(ban2) dabin 1/3(disz) sila3 i3	1 ban2 beer, 1 can of fine wort, 1 ban2, 5 sila3 ..., 3 ban2 flour, 1/3 sila₃ oil,
2	[i3-li2]-mi-di3	Ili-midi
3	szunigin 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) kasz dida saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 x	total: 3 ban2 9 sila3 beer, 1 wort-beer, fine, 1 ban2 5 sila3,
4	szunigin 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda 3(ban2) dabin	total: 1 ban2 8 sila3 bread, 3 ban2 flour
5	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila1 1 shekel onions; total: 2/3 sila3 1 shek[el oil; total]: 14 shekels alkali-plant;
6	u4 9(disz)-kam	9th 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-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 mu us2-sa bi	year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim erected; year following that.’

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