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Nisaba 23, 003 (P376000)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 003
ID	P376000
Museum no.	BM 110135
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'	[... lu2-{d}]nin-[szubur?] szabra	Lu-Ninšubur, the household manager
2'	[...]-bi	... its
3'	[... lugal?]-nig2-lagar	Lugal-nig-lagar
4'	[...] x {d}szara2 umma{ki}	... Šara of Umma
5'	[...] 4(u) 5(disz)	... 45
6'	[...]-x-an{ki}	...-X-an
7'	[... lu2]-dingir#-ra	... for Lu-dingira
8'	[...]-zi-da	...-zida
9'	[... {d}]nin#-ur4-ra	... Ninura
10'	[... lugal]-nesag#-e	... Lugal-nesage
11'	[...] ru [...]	... ...
obverse col 2
1	[ab]-ba-gi-na unu3	Abbagina, cowherd
2	[...]-kal-la	...-kalla
3	[n] 4(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz)#	(total:) 460.
4	sipa-me-esz2 ugula kas4	Sipa-mēš, foreman of runners;
5	3(gesz'u)? 3(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) ur-dun? szandana	(total:) 366 (?) (lines). Ur-Dun(?)
6	2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) {d}szara2-a-mu	12342 (for) Šara-amu
7	6(gesz2) ur-{d}suen szu-ku6	600, Ur-Suen, fisherman;
8	3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) szu-ku6	(total:) 346 fish.
9	ugula lugal-saga szu-ku6	foreman: Lugal-saga, fisherman;
10	4(gesz2) 3(u) e2-a-tir-SAR	240, Ea-tirir-SAR;
11	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) lu2-{d}nanna	115 for Lu-Nanna
12	1(gesz2) 4(u) ur-{d}suen	70 (for) Ur-Suen
13	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) szesz-kal-la	165, Šeškalla
14	2(gesz2) 3(u) ad-da	190, Adda;
15	4(gesz2) 3(u) ku3-da	390 (shekels of) silver
16	4(gesz2) 3(u) lugal-nig2-lagar-e gudu4	390, Lugal-nig-lagare, the gudu-priest;
17	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ur-nin	155, Ur-nin;
18	2(gesz2) 3(u) lugal-ma2-gur8-re	190, Lugal-magure
19	[...] 3(u) a-lu5-lu5	... 30, alulu
20	[...]
21	[...]
bottom
1	1(gesz'u)# 1(gesz2)# la2# 2(disz)	(total:) 900 less 2.
bottom col 3
1	4(gesz2) 3(u) lu2-du10-ga dumu a-ab-ba	240, Lu-duga, son of A’abba;
2	4(gesz2) 3(u) ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka	420, Ur-geštinanka
3	2(gesz2) 3(u) lu2-du10-ga	190, Lu-duga;
4	2(gesz2) 3(u) lu2-{d}szara2	190 for Lu-Šara
5	6(gesz2) a-tu	6(sixties) Atu
6	2(gesz2) 3(u) nig2-u2-rum	190, Niĝ-um
7	2(gesz2) 3(u) {d}utu-saga	190 (for) Utu-saga
8	6(gesz2) 3(gesz2) 3(u) gu-u2-gu-a	390, Gu’ua;
9	2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 6(disz) ugula sza3-ku3-ge	126, foreman: Šakuge;
10	3(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gudu4 {d}nin-hur-sag	155 gudu-priests for Ninhursag,
11	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) gudu4 e11-e	900, gudu-priest of E’e;
12	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) gudu4 {d}da-lagasz{ki}	900, gudu(-priest) of Da-Lagash;
13	4(gesz2) 3(u) gudu4 {d}gu-la	390, gudu-priest of Gula
14	1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gudu4 {d}nin-nag-su{ki}	115 gudu-priests for Ninnagsu
15	6(gesz2) 3(u) gudu4 {d}en-lil2-la2	390 gudu-priests of Enlil
16	7(gesz2) 3(u) gudu4 {d}nun-gal	420 gudu-priests for Nungal,
17	6(gesz2) gudu4 gir13-gesz{ki}	60 gudu-priests of Girgeš
18	7(gesz2) [3(u)] lugal-nig2-lagar-e esz3 didli	390, Lugal-nig-lagare, multi-storey shrine
19	1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) gudu4 {d}en-ki	720, gudu-priest of Enki;
20	1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(disz) e2 {d}szul-gi-ra	62 (mana wool for) the house of Šulgi
21	5(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) e2 {d}amar-{d}suen	155, the house of Amar-Suen
22	4(gesz2) 3(u) e2 {d}szu-{d}suen	240, the house of Šu-Suen
23	4(gesz2) 3(u) ur-{d}szara2 nu-banda3 sza3?-tam?	240, Ur-Šara, the overseer of the šatam(?)
24	3(gesz2)# 3(u) 6(disz) lu2-giri17-zal	166, Lu-girizal
25	2(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 3(gesz2)	(total:) 900,
bottom col 4
1	3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) a-kal#-[la]	136, Akalla
2	3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) tab-szax(LIL)-la#	166, tabšala
3	1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) {d}szara2-a-mu	96 for Šara-āmu,
4	4(gesz2) 3(u) giri3-ni-i3-sa6 dumu ur-{d}szara2	240, Girini-isa, son of Ur-Šara
5	5(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) ugula i3-kal-la	420, foreman: Ikalla;
6	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) usz-mu	(total:) 930 weavers.
7	7(gesz2) 3(u) a-lu5-lu5	390, alulu;
8	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) a-gu	265 agu
9	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) a-kal-la kad2?	165 (mana wool for) Akalla, the kad(?)
10	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) lu2-kisal	165, the gardener;
11	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) in-sa6-sa6	165, Insasa
12	1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) ugula ur-e2-masz	900, foreman: Ur-Emaš;
13	1(gesz'u) 2(u) 5(disz) lugal-e-ba-an-sa6	115 (for) Lugal-ebansa
14	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dub-sar	90, Ur-Šulpa’e, the scribe;
15	1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) lu2-sa6-i3-zu	104, Lu-sa-izu
16	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) lugal-iti-da	900, Lugal-itida;
17	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) szesz-kal-la dumu na-silim	90, Šeškalla, son of Nasilim;
18	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) ur-ge6-par4	900, Ur-gepar;
19	3(gesz2) lu2-du10-ga	180 for Lu-duga;
20	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) na-ba-sa2	145 (mana wool for) Nabasa
21	3(gesz2) 3(u) giri3-ni	210, his feet
22	e2 zabala3{ki}	the temple of Zabalam
23	1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) bi2-du11-ga	930 he said,
24	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) a-ra2-mu	900, Aramu;
25	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) lugal-nig2-lagar-e GIN2?	90, Lugal-nig-lagare shekel(s)
26	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) lu2-bala-saga	165 for Lu-bala-saga,
27	6(szar2) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) [n]	(total:) 626+n.
reverse col 1
1	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}suen	165 (for) Ur-Suen
2	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}nun-gal	165 (for) Ur-Nungal
3	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da	165 (for) Ur-Numušda
4	3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) da-gu	236 dagu,
5	2(gesz2) {d}szara2-kam dumu na-u2-a	120 for Šarakam, son of Na'ua
6	4(gesz2) 3(u) gu-u2-gu-ug	390, Gugug;
7	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}szara2 dumu lu5-lu5-ni	165 (mana wool for) Ur-Šara, son of Lulluni
8	4(gesz2)#? 3(u) a-du dumu lu2-ga	240?, Addu, son of Luga
9	9(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) lugal-uszur3	91, Lugal-ušur;
10	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2	90, Lu-Enlila;
11	6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ab-ba-gi-na dumu a-ri2-bi	165 (mana wool for) Abbagina, son of Ari-bi
12	3(gesz2) ukken-ne2	240, the assembly
13	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) u3-ma-ni	165, Umani
14	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) {d}szara2-kam dub-sar	900 (for) Šarakam, the scribe
15	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) ur-{d}nin-tu	900, Ur-Nintu;
16	5(gesz2) ur-ge6-par4 dub-sar	420, Ur-gepar, the scribe;
17	2(gesz2) {d}szara2-za-me	120 (for) Šara-zame
18	2(gesz2) lu2-{d}nin-szubur	120 for Lu-Ninšubur
19	9(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) aga3-us2 ensi2-ke4-me-esz2	96, soldiers of the governor
20	sza3 umma{ki}	in Umma
21	2(szar2) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)	2 (šar2) 98 (disz)
reverse col 2
1	1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) ab-ba-gi-na	900, Abbagina;
2	1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) ur-lugal	92, Ur-lugal;
3	2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) ur-mes	198, Ur-mes;
4	2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) ab-ba-saga	184, Abbasaga;
5	ugula ab-ba-gi-na	foreman: Abbagina
6	2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) lugal-nesag-e	165 (mana wool for) Lugal-nesage
7	1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) [n] lugal#-iti-[da]	980+ ... Lugal-itida
8	2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) szesz#-kal#-la#	240, Šeškalla
9	2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) lugal-ku3-zu	216, Lugal-kuzu;
10	ugula lugal-nesag-e	foreman: Lugal-nesage,
11	2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2)! 5(u) 7(disz) lu2-dingir-ra	(total:) 197, Lu-dingira;
12	2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) i7 pa-e3	203 (men): the Pa'e canal
13	1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) lu2-du10-ga	115, Lu-duga;
14	ugula kas4	foreman of runners
15	1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu bar-ra-an	900, Ur-gigir, son of Barran
16	6(gesz2) ba-sa6	460 for Basa;
17	4(gesz2) 3(u) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu a-si-lu	420, Ur-gigir, son of Asilu
18	1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) i-szar-ru-um u3 tu-ga-asz	115, Išarrum and Tugaš
19	1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2)! 1(u) 9(disz) a-szi-an	(total:) 909, the laborers.
20	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) szir-ga	115, širga;
21	[1(szar2)] 3(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz)	(total:) 98,248 (lines).
reverse col 3
1	[...] na-ba	... its name
2	[...] szesz-kal-la	... Šeškalla
3	2(gesz2) a-kal-la dumu ad-da	120, Akalla, son of Adda;
4	3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) kas4	155 runners
5	5(gesz2) 1(u) ur-am3-ma	390, Ur-ama;
6	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) lugal-ni2-zu	165 for Lugal-nizu
7	4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sza-lim-be-li2	145 for Šalim-belī
8	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) nu-ur2-{d}iszkur	165 for Nur-Adda;
9	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) nimgir-an-ne2	115, Nimgir-ane;
10	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}en-lil2-la2	115 for Ur-Enlila
11	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ur-mes	115, Ur-mes;
12	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) tu-ga-asz	165 (mana wool for) Tugaš
13	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}szara2 dumu sza3-zu	115 (mana wool for) Ur-Šara, son of Šazu
14	1(gesz2) usz-szum2-ma	60 he gave, and
15	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) szesz-kal-la	115, Šeškalla
16	1(gesz2) lu2-giri17-zal	60, Lu-girizal;
17	2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ur-{d}nisaba	165 (for) Ur-Nisaba
18	1(gesz2) lu2-{d}szara2 szesz gu-u2-gu-a	60 (litres)
19	1(gesz2) ur-e2-mah dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni	60, Ur-Emah, son of Lugal-kugani;
20	8(gesz2) lugal-e2-mah-e	480 for Lugal-emaḫe;
21	1(gesz2) szesz-kal-la aga3-us2	60, Šeškalla, soldier
22	5(gesz2)! lugal-ukken-ne2	460 (for) Lugal-ukkene
23	[...] dumu	... child
24'	x x x SAR#	... sar
25'	x x ar#-za#	... of Arza
26'	DU? umma{ki}	... of Umma
27'	[x?] ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	Ur-Šulpa’e
28'	mu# 3(disz)-kam	3rd year
29'	[mu] ma2 {d}en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8	year: “The boat of Enki was caulked.‭
30'	[mu] {d}szu-{d}suen [lugal-e] bad3 mar-[tu] mu#-du3	year: “Šū-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected.‭

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