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Nisaba 16, 073 (P362987)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 073
ID	P362987
Museum no.	BM 113704
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 shekel]s alkali-plant,
2	ba-ba-a	Babâ
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	ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	Ur-Šulpa'e,
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	szu-{d}nin-szubur	Šū-Ninszubur,
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	ad-da	the father
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	sza-al-mah	Šalmaḫ
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] garlic,
12	i3 2(disz) gin2 naga u-bar	oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
13	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions,
reverse
1	3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga hu-ba	3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, roasted,
2	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,
3	ur-{d}da-mu	Ur-Damu
4	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,
5	a-hu-szu-ni	his brothers
6	szunigin 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 3 ban2 7 sila3 beer; total: 2 ban2 3 sila3, bread;
7	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 7 shekels onions; total: 3/4 sila3 7 shekheres oil. total: 18 shek[els alkali-plant]
8	u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam	27th day,
9	iti e2-iti-6(disz)	month: "House-month-6,"
10	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5?{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3	year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim erected.

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