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Nisaba 16, 128 (P363042)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 128
ID	P363042
Museum no.	BM 113760
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	ep-qu2-sza	her work
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-esz18-dar	Šū-Ishtar,
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	lu2-{d}nanna	Lu-Nanna
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	ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	Ur-Šulpa'e,
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	szu-{d}utu	Šū-Utu,
11	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,
12	szu-ku-NIG2-NI	Šuku-NIGNI
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 shekel]s alkali-plant,
reverse
1	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,
2	ur-{d}da-mu	Ur-Damu
3	szunigin 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 3 ban2 6 sila3 beer; total: 2 ban2 2 sila3, bread;
4	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 4 shekels onions; total: 3/4 sila and 4 shek[els oil;] total: 16 shekeln alkali-plant;
5	u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam	16th day,
6	iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la	month: “Barley at the granary,’
7	1/3(disz) kusz gu4 1(disz) kusz masz2 {gesz}gigir ba-a	1/3 hide of an ox, 1 hide of a billy goat, taken away;
8	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5?{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3# mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi	year following: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall erected,’ the year following that.

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