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Nisaba 24, 38 (P375998)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 24, 38
ID	P375998
Museum no.	BM 110133
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 1
1	2(u) 2(asz) gu2 6(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 siki	22 talents 6 1/3 mana 8 2/3 shekels wool,
2	si-i3-tum mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal	si-ītum, year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.
3	3(u) 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 siki hul2	33 talents 37 1/3 minas 4 shekels of joyful wool,
4	5(u) 2(asz) gu2 4(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki-gi	52 talents 48 1/2 mana wool,
5	ki lu2-{d}ha-ia3-ta	from Lu-Ḫaya
6	3(asz) gu2 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz)! gin2 siki hul2	3 talents 1 2/3 mana 3 shekels of joyful wool
7	2(u) 3(asz)? [gu2 ...]	23 talents
obverse col 2
1	2(disz) ma-na siki ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta	2 mana wool from Lugal-azida,
2	siki-ba szu-nir-ra	whose wool is šunir
3	2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3 su-ga zu2-lum-ma	26 minas of wool, deficit, trimmed, dates,
4	ki ku3-{d}nin-ur4-ra-ta	from Ku-Ninura;
5	2(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3 su-ga a-ra2	2 minas of wool, deficit, suga, times,
6	ki ur-{d}szara2 dumu gu2-u3-lu-ta	from Ur-Šara, son of Guulu
7	2(u) 8(asz) gu2 4(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki	28 talents 42 2/3 mana wool,
8	[ki] dam#-gar3-ta	from the merchant
9	[...] siki	... wool
10	[...]-sa10-a	... bought
11	[...]-ta	from
obverse col 3
1	szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 1/3(disz) gin2!?(DU) siki hi-a	total: 210 talents 21 5/6 minas 1/3 shekel of hiya wool
2	sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam	It is a debit.
3	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
4	1(u) 3(asz) gu2 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki	13 talents 48 mana wool,
5	sa2-du11	regular offerings
6	2(disz) ma-na siki szu-nir gu2-edin-na	2 minas of šunir wool from Gu-edina,
7	1(disz) ma-na siki gur pa4-u2-e	1 mina of wool, for Pa'ue,
8	{d}szara2 umma{ki}	Šara of Umma,
9	1(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki	16 mana wool,
10	kisal geszba2{ba} e2-sag-kal-la	in the courtyard of the barge of the Esagkala
11	4(u) ma-na siki {d}inanna zabala3{ki}	40 minas of wool for Inanna of Zabalam
12	1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki	12 mana wool,
13	[eb-gal?]	the Great Oval
reverse col 1
1'	siki-ba {d}inanna [...]	The wool of Inanna
2'	4(u) 7(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki	47 talents 36 mana wool,
3'	siki-ba geme2 ARAD2-da	wool of the slave woman
4'	3(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki	3 talents 34 mana wool,
5'	siki-ba gudu4 {d}szara2	wool of the gudu-priest of Šara
6'	1(asz) gu2 4(u) ma-na siki	1 talent 40 mana wool,
7'	siki-ba bahar3 dug gesztin!?-na!?	wool rations, pots of wine
8'	2(disz) ma-na siki	2 mana wool,
9'	ad-tab ur-sze3 e2-gal-sze3 er-ra	... to the dog, to the palace ...
10'	kiszib3 lu2-{d}ha-ia3	under seal of Lu-Ḫaya
11'	ugu2-a nu-ga2-ga2	will not be placed upon it.
12'	1(asz) gu2 5(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2	1 talent 53 1/3 mana wool, 3rd quality,
13'	2(asz) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2	2 talents 32 mana wool, 4th grade,
14'	7(asz) gu2 2(u) 7(disz) ma-na 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 siki tug2 du	7 talents 27 minas 14 shekels of regular wool,
reverse col 2
1'	[...] kal	... all
2'	[tug2 geme2] kikken-na-ke4 tuku5-a	the garments of the female workers of the mill
3'	ki-la2-bi 4(u) 5(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2	its weight: 45 talents 21 1/2 minas 6 shekels;
4'	bi2-gu7-bi 5(asz) gu2 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2	its rations: 5 talents 2 1/3 mana 4 shekels
5'	kiszib3 i3-kal-la	under seal of Ikalla
6'	6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2	6 mana wool, 3rd quality garment,
7'	9(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2	9 mana wool, 4th garment, length,
8'	2(asz) gu2 4(u) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 du	2 talents 47 2/3 mana wool, regular quality,
9'	6(asz) gu2 1(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki-gi	6 talents 12 2/3 mana wool,
10'	kiszib3 szesz-saga	under seal of Šeš-saga
11'	5(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki	5 talents 36 mana wool,
12'	sze-bi 3(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur	its barley: 33 gur 3 barig;
13'	ugu2 ka-guru7 ba-a-gar	on account of the silo manager was set aside;
reverse col 3
1'	[...] gu2 5(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2 siki hi-a	... 51 1/3 minas less 1 shekel wool,
2'	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
3'	[la2]-i3 2(u) 1(asz) gu2 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 siki	deficit: 21 talents 3 1/3 minas 1 1/3 shekels wool
4'	nig2-ka9-ak siki	accounts of wool
5'	gu-du-du	Gududu
6'	mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3	year: “The high-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by goat was chosen.‭

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