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Nisaba 16, 158 (P363072)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 16, 158
ID	P363072
Museum no.	BM 113790
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 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
2	{gesz}kin2-na-i3-sa6	a kind of tree
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
4	ad-da	the father
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
6	szu-esz18-dar	Šū-Ishtar,
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
8	ma-asz2
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
10	ep-qu2-sza	her work
11	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
12	kur-bi-la-ak	Kurbilak
reverse
1	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
2	puzur4-ma-ma	Puzur-Mama
3	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
4	szu-ku8-ub	fisherman
5	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 5 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shek]els alkali-plant,
6	da-a-a	Aya
7	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) dabin [1(u) gin2] i3#	1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, dabin, 10 shekels oil
8	na-silim	Nasilim,
9	szunigin 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda 1(ban2) dabin	total: 4 ban2 9 sila3 beer; total: 2 ban2 4 sila1 bread; 1 ban2 barley flour;
10	szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3	total: 2/3 sila3 5 shekels onions; total: 1/2 sila7 shekel oil;
11	szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga	total: 18 shekels alkali-plant
left
1	u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam	14th day,
2	iti nesag	month: “nesag festival,{š}
3	mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-[ab]-du8#	year following: “The boat of Enki was caulked.‭

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