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Nisaba 16, 126 (P363040)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 126
ID	P363040
Museum no.	BM 113758
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 sila2 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel] alkali-plant
2	ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	Ur-Šulpa'e,
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	a-hu-i3-lum	Aḫu-ilum
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	ur-ab-zu	Ur-abzu
7	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,
8	ep-qu2-sza	her work
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	hu-ba-a	Hubaya
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 shekel]s alkali-plant,
12	ma-asz2
13	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,
reverse
1	ad-da-a	Addaya
2	2(disz) kasz dida du 2(ban2) 2(ban2) zi3-gu saga 1(barig) 4(ban2) dabin 1(disz) sila3 i3 1(disz) udu	2 wort-beer, regular quality, 2 ban2 2 ban2, fine flour, 1 barig 4 ban2 dabin, 1 sila3 oil, 1 sheep,
3	elam hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} szu ba-ab-ti	Elam Ḫuḫunuri received.
4	szunigin 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) kasz dida du 2(ban2)	total: 2 ban2 7 sila3 beer; 2 wort-beer; regular (offerings) 2 ban2.
5	szunigin 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda 2(ban2) zi3-gu saga 1(barig) 4(ban2) dabin 1(disz) udu	total: 1 ban2 7 sila3 bread; 2 ban2 fine flour; 1 barig 4 ban2 dabin flour; and 1 sheep;
6	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 1 shekel garlic; total: 1 1/3 siš× 1 shek[el] oil; total 14 shekels alkali-plant
7	u4 9(disz)-[kam]	9th day
8	iti# e2-iti-6(disz)	month: "House-month-6"
left
1	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5?{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3	year following: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall erected.‭

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