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Nisaba 24, 25 (P375983)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 24, 25
ID	P375983
Museum no.	BM 110119
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 col 2
1	[...] kasz# saga	... fine beer
2	[...] zi3-gu	... flour
3	[... lu2 us2]-sa-ni [1(disz) sila3]-ta	... a man's length: 1 sila3 each
4'	[n] 1(ban2) kasz	n 1 ban2 of beer
5'	[n] 1(ban2) zi3	n 1 ban2 flour
6'	[...] gur nu-ti	... not living ...
7'	[... lu2 us2]-sa-ni [n sila3-ta]	... a man's length n sila
8'	[...] saga	... good
9'	[... zi3]-gu#	... gu-flour
10'	[...]-szesz	...-ahheš
11'	[...] gur#	... gur
obverse col 3
1	7(disz) lu2 us2-sa-ni 1(disz) sila3-ta	7 men, each with 1 sila3
2'	1(asz@c) gurusz 1(ban2) zi3-ta	1 male worker, 1 ban2 flour each
3'	lu2 szu-sal-la-me	They are šusalamen.
4'	{kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2	a leather bag bound,
5'	ka? ba-du-na	in his mouth(?)
6'	szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) kasz saga gur	total: 1 gur 1 barig fine beer
7'	szunigin 2(asz) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz du gur	total: 2 gur 1 ban2 6 sila3 regular beer;
8'	szunigin 1(barig) zi3-gu saga	total: 1 barig fine flour
9'	szunigin 2(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu	total: 2 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 gu-flour
10'	szunigin 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin gur	total: 3 gur 4 barig 2 ban2 1 sila3 dabin flour
11'	[szunigin x] 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) [x] gur	total: 5 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 x
12'	[szunigin n] sa# gi	total: n bundles of reed
13'	[...] nu [...]	... not ...
obverse col 4
1	ninda-bi [...]	Its bread
2'	gi ninda du8-a-ta 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sa	from the reed bundles of bread, 64 1/2 bundles
3'	sze-bi 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur	its barley: 7 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 1 1/2 sila3;
4'	na-ap-ta2-num2	Naptanum
5'	2(asz) 4(barig) kasz du gur	2 gur 4 barig regular beer,
6'	aga3-us2 igi lugal gesz-a-gal	the soldier before the king of the big chariot
7'	3(asz) 2(barig) kasz du gur	3 gur 2 barig regular beer,
8'	7(asz) 1(barig) ninda du gur	7 gur 1 barig regular quality bread
9'	aga3-us2 lu2 szuku-me	the soldier, the man of the šuku-service
10'	kasz ninda-bi ba-ab-tuku	beer and bread were poured out.
11'	giri3 ur-{d}saman4 u3 ur-sa6-ga	via Ur-Saman and Ur-saga,
12'	2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) ninda	2 ban2, beer, 2 ban2 bread,
13'	tug2 mar-tu-ne!-me	textiles for the Martuneans
14'	8(disz) ba-za 8(disz) sila3 kasz 8(disz) sila3 [ninda]	8 baz-vessels, 8 sila3 beer, 8 qû bread
obverse col 5
1'	[...] lu2#-{d}da-mu	... Lu-Damu
2'	[...] gurusz 2(disz) sila3 [kasz 2(disz)] sila3 ninda saga-ta	... male laborers, 2 sila3 beer, 2 qû fine bread each
3'	[... zu]-ru-uh2	... is swollen
4'	[...] gurusz 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda saga-ta	... male laborers, 2 sila3 beer, 2 qû fine bread each
5'	[... lu2] sukkal-mah	..., the vizier
6'	lu2 a-gar3-gibil	the man of the new irrigated area
7'	3(u) gurusz 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda saga-ta	30 male laborers, 2 sila3 of beer, (and) 2 sila3 of good bread each
8'	lu2 kas4-me	the runners
9'	giri3 lu2-du10-ga gesz-ga2?-a-an-du10	via Lu-duga, gešga-a-an-dug
10'	u3 ur-gal2 nar	and Urgal, the musician
11'	2(gesz'u) 2(u) 8(asz) gurusz sze-ba kasz gur	168 laborers, barley rations, beer gur,
12'	[...] 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda szu-ku6	... 3 barig 4 ban2 6 sila3 fish bread
13'	[5(ban2)] 4(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	5 ban2 4 sila3 fine nig-arra flour
14'	nam-ra-ak-me	he will be killed.
15'	6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) gurusz 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) [... gur]	155 male laborers, 3 gur 1 barig 3 ban2
16'	4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	4 ban2 8 sila3 fine nig-arra flour
17'	4(u) 8(disz) geme2 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda	48 female laborers, 4 ban2 8 sila3 bread
18'	sila dab5-ba-me	are seized by the street,
19'	1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) gurusz 3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda	122 male laborers, 3 barig 2 ban2 4 sila3 bread
20'	1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga	1 ban2 fine nig-arra-beer,
21'	[e2 {d}ga2]-tum3#-du10-me	the temple of Gatumdu
obverse col 6
1'	[n] 4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze [gur]	n gur 4 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley
2'	[2(barig) 2(ban2)] kasz saga 2(barig) 2(ban2) ninda du	[2 barig 2 ban2] fine beer, 2 barig 3 ban2 regular bread
3'	[...] dumu# di-ni-sza-lum	..., son of Dīni-šalim
4'	[ugula] ur-mes	foreman: Ur-mes
5'	2(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 2(barig) 5(ban2) ninda	210 male laborers, 1 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3 beer, 2 barig 5 ban2 bread,
6'	1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	1 ban2 7 sila3 fine nig-arra flour,
7'	ki lugal-ku3-zu	from Lugal-kuzu
8'	2(disz) munus dub-sar 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga 4(disz) sila3 ninda	2 female scribes, 2 sila3 fine beer, 4 sila3, bread
9'	ki ba-ba-ti	from Babati
10'	1(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz 1(barig) 5(ban2) kasz 2(barig) 4(ban2) ninda	650 male laborers, 1 barig 5 ban2 beer, 2 barig 4 ban2 bread,
11'	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	1 ban2 2 sila3 fine nig-arra flour,
12'	ki puzur4-{d}suen	from Puzur-Suen
13'	4(disz) geme2 4(disz) sila3 sze	4 female laborers, 4 sila3 barley
14'	kikken ur-me-[...]	kiln of Ur-me-
15'	giri3 ur-zu u3 ur-gal2 nar	via Urzu and Urgal, the musicians;
16'	1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur	1 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 fine flour,
17'	3(ban2) zi3 ba-ba saga	3 ban₂: fine flour;
18'	1(barig) zu2-lum	1 barig dates
19'	2(disz) sila3 lal3 had2	2 sila3 honey,
20'	1(disz) sa gi	1 bundle reed
21'	4(ban2) zi3!	4 ban2 flour,
22'	2(disz) sila3 lal3	2 sila3 of honey,
23'	6(disz) sila3 [i3]-nun	6 sila3 butter oil
24'	3(disz) sila3 gesztin	3 sila3 of wine
25'	3(disz) sila3 gesztin had2	3 sila3 raisins,
26'	5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum	5 sila3 dates,
27'	ninda i3-de2-a-asz	to the bread that he had brought
28'	1(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 1(barig) esza	1 barig 2 ban₂: flour; 1 (barig): eša;
29'	6(disz) dug dida saga ku4? 7(disz)#? 3(ban2)-ta	6 jugs fine dida-beer, brought?, 7(?) 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each
30'	1(disz) dug saga	1 fine jug
31'	6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu	6 talents of manu-wood
32'	2(u) dug nig2 1(disz) sila3	20 pots, ration of 1 sila3
33'	[...]-da	with ...
reverse col 1
1	3(disz) sila3 sze sag!	3 sila3 of barley, capital,
2	siskur2 suhur!-suhur!	a siskur prayer to be uttered
3	3(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	3 sila₃ flour, 2 sila3 eša-flour
4	{d}inanna szu-a gi-na	Inanna, in her hand, faithfully
5	2/3(disz) sila3 zi3 1/3(disz) sila3 esza	2/3 sila₃ flour, 1/3 sila3 eša flour,
6	siskur2 gin2 szu	a kind of siskur-offering
7	1(ban2) zi3 8(disz) sila3 esza	1 ban2 flour, 8 sila3 eša-flour,
8	4(disz) dug nig2-[...]	4 pots ...
9	siskur2 {d}inanna [szu-a gi-na]	a siskur offering of Inanna, established
10	1(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 esza	1 sila₃: flour; 1 liter: esha;
11	siskur2 {gesz}alan# [gub]-ba#	offering of the balaŋ drum stationed
12	en dingir unu{ki} [...] sa gi szabra#	Lord of the gods of Uruk, ..., reed bundles, chief household administrator
13	giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur	via Lu-Ninšubur
14	u3 ur-szu-ga-lam#-[ma]	and Ur-šugalama
15	3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra# [saga]	3 sila3 fine nig-arra flour
16	1/2(disz) sila3 szim saga# gazx(KUM)#!	1/2 sila3 fine juniper, crushed
17	1(u) 5(disz) gin2 sze-lu2	15 shekels of šelu-frit,
18	1(u) gin2 gazi gaz# u2 [...]	10 shekels of ghee, crushed, ...-plant
19	1(u) 5(disz) gin2 mun	15 shekels salt,
20	1(u) sa gi	10 bundles of reed
21	ta2!-ak!-zi-um	Takzium
22	2(gesz2) 2(u) sa gi	120 bundles of reed
23	5(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu	5 talents of manu-wood
24	diri e2-uz-ga	surplus: the uzga-house
25	sza3 {d}ba-ba6	within Baba
26	1(u) sa gi	10 bundles of reed
27	a-bi2-szu	his father
28	ki bu3-du-<uk>-sze-en	from Budukšen
29	giri3 ab-ba-gi-na	via Abbagina
30	u3 szu-ma-ma	and the name
31	1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 x gur#	1 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 8 sila3
32	2(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]	2 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3
33	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2#-[ar3-ra saga]	1 ban2 2 sila3 fine nig2-arra flour
34	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]	1 ban2 2 sila3
35	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]	1 ban2 2 sila3
36	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]	1 ban2 2 sila3
37	1(ban2) szim# [...]	1 ban2 of ...-juniper
38	3(disz) sila3 sze#-[lu2]	3 sila3 of šelu
39	2(disz) sila3 [...]	2 sila3 ...,
40	5(disz) sila3 [...]	5 sila3
41	6(disz) sila3# [...]	6 sila3 ...
reverse col 2
1	1(gesz2) 4(u) sa gi	100 bundles of reed
2	nig2-bi gur-ta 3(ban2)	its value: 3 ban2 per gur
3	ba-ra-tur-tur	to be small
4	nig2-dab5 gu2-gu2 mu-e3-sze3	to the nigdab (offering) of Gugu,
5	6(gesz2) 3(u) sa gi	390 bundles of reed
6	3(u) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu	30 talents of manu-wood
7	ma2-a ga2-ra	to the barge brought,
8	puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan-ta	from Puzriš-Dagan
9	unu{ki}-sze3	to Uruk
10	giri3 ur-mes	via Ur-mes;
11	u3 i-din-er3-ra	and Iddin-Erra
12	2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) sa gi	170 bundles of reed
13	1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}asalx(\|A.TU.NIR\|)	96 talents of poplar
14	e2-gu4-gaz	oxen slaughtering house
15	giri3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	via Ur-Šulpa'e;
16	u3 ep-qu2-sza	and her work
reverse col 4
1	szunigin 2(barig) 2(disz) sila3 kasz	total: 2 barig 2 sila3 beer
2	szunigin 1(u) 4(asz) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur	total: 14 gur 3 1/3 sila3 regular beer,
3	szunigin 6(disz) dug dida saga 3(ban2)-ta	total: 6 good quality jugs 3 ban2 each
4	szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda saga gur	total: 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 fine bread
5	szunigin 8(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 ninda du	total: 8 gur 2 barig 6 sila3 regular-quality bread
6	szunigin 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) <sila3> ninda du3-a gur	total: 14 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 4 2/3 sila3 baked bread,
7	szunigin 2(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda zi3-gu!	total: 2 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3 bread made with emmer
8	gi nig2 du8-a-bi 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sa	the reeds that are piled up: 951 1/2 bundles;
9	szunigin 3(ban2) zi3 ba-ba saga	total: 3 ban2 fine flour,
10	szunigin 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sig15	total: 1 (gur) 4 barig 3 ban2 fine flour
11	szunigin ($ blank space $) zi3-gu	total: emmer flour;
12	szunigin 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 dabin	total: 1 barig 3 ban2 4 2/3 sila3 dabin flour
13	szunigin 1(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 esza	total: 1 barig 1 ban2 1 1/3 sila3 eša flour
14	szunigin 4(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) nig2-ar3-ra saga	total: 4 barig 2 ban2 1 nig-arra fine flour
15	szunigin 1(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 szim saga gazx(KUM)	total: 1 ban2 1/2 sila3 fine aromatics crushed
reverse col 5
1	[szunigin n sa] gi#	total: n bundles of reed
2	[szunigin ...] 8(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur	total: 8 gur 4 barig 5 ban2 8 sila3
3	[...]-ta	from
4	[nam-erim2-bi] i3-ku5	he cut off its weapon
5	[(x) sag-nig2]-gur11-<ra>-kam?	It is the sagniggur-gift
6	[sza3-bi]-ta?	therefrom:
7	[szunigin ...] sila3 gur	total: ... sila3 of barley
8	[szunigin ...] gu-gal saga	total: ... good gugal-fish
9	[szunigin ...] sila3 gur-da	total: ... gur sila3 barley
10	szunigin 2(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) sze [...]	total: 2 sila3 15 grains
11	[szunigin ...] gin2 gum	total: ... shekels of gum
12	szunigin 2(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gazi gazx(KUM)	total: 2 sila3 10 shekels crushed pomegranates
13	szunigin 5(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 mun	total: 5 sila3 15 shekels salt
14	szunigin 1(u) dug gur4-da	total: 10 gur vessels,
15	szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) dug nig2 1(disz) sila3	total: 114 pots, ... 1 sila3
16	szunigin 6(gesz2) 3(u) sila3 sa2-du11	total: 420 sila3 regular offerings,
17	szunigin 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) sa gi	total: 192 bundles of reed
18	szunigin 4(u) 2(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu	total: 42 talents of manu-wood
19	szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}asal2	total: 96 talents of asal-wood
20	zi-ga didli	a multi-faceted levy
21	szunigin 2(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur	total: 2 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 3 sila3 fine beer
22	szunigin 1(u) 6(asz) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 kasz du	total: 16 gur 1 ban2 9 1/3 sila3 regular beer
23	szunigin 6(disz) dug dida 3(ban2)-ta	total: 6 jugs of common wort at 3 ban2 each
24	szunigin ($ blank space $) ninda gesz-asz!? gur	total: bread (made) of ...-wood
25	[szunigin 4(asz)?] 2(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda saga gur	total: 4 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 fine bread
26	[szunigin] 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda du gur	total: 2 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 3 sila3 regular-quality bread
27	[szunigin] 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ninda gur	total: 5 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 4 2/3 sila3 bread
28	[szunigin] 3(barig) 4(ban2) ninda zi3-gu	total: 3 barig 4 ban2 bread made with emmer
29	[szunigin] 3(ban2) zi3 ba-ba saga	total: 3 ban2 fine flour
30	[szunigin] 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sig15	total: 4 barig 3 ban2 fine flour
31	[szunigin n] zi3-gu saga	total: n good quality emmer flour
32	[szunigin n] 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu	total: n+5 sila3 of coarse flour
33	[szunigin n] 5(ban2) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 dabin gur	total: n gur 5 ban2 5 2/3 sila3 dabin flour
reverse col 6
1'	[szunigin n] mun	total: n malts
2'	[szunigin n dug] gur4-da	total: n gur-vessels
3'	[szunigin n] dug# nig2 1(disz) sila3	total: n pots, ... 1 sila3
4'	[szunigin n] sila3# sa2-du11	total: n sila3 regular offering
5'	[szunigin n 1(gesz'u)] 2(gesz2) 1(u) sa gi	total: n 610 bundles of reed
6'	[szunigin 4(u) 2(asz)] gu2 {gesz}ma-nu	total: 42 talents of manu-wood
7'	[szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u)] 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}asal2	total: 96 talents of asal-wood

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