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Nisaba 26, 004 (P376003)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 26, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376003 |
| Museum no. | BM 110139 |
| 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 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-[ta] | 420 bundles at 15 each |
| 6 | ugula lugal-mu-ma#-[ag2] | foreman: Lugal-mumag |
| 7 | 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-[ta] | 420 bundles at 15 each |
| 8 | ugula lugal-ma2-gur8-re# | foreman: Lugal-magure |
| 9 | 4(u) 9(disz) sa 1(u) 2(disz)-ta | 49 bundles at 12 each, |
| 10 | ugula dux(GIN2)-la2 | foreman: Dula; |
| 11 | 3(gesz'u) sa 1(u) 4(disz)-ta | 240 bundles at 14 each |
| 12 | ugula ARAD2-mu | foreman: ARADmu; |
| 13 | 5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 3600 bundles at 15 each, |
| 14 | ugula lu2-giri17-zal | foreman: Lu-girizal, |
| 15 | [...] 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | ... 15 each |
| 16 | [ugula ...] | foreman: PN |
| 17 | 4(gesz'u) sa 1(u)# 5(disz)#-[ta] | 450 bundles at 15 each |
| 18 | ugula lu2-{d}da-mu | foreman: Lu-Damu; |
| 19 | 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 190 bundles at 15 each, |
| 20 | ugula e2-a-lu2-bi | foreman: Ea-lubi |
| 21 | 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(u) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 420 bundles at 15 each, |
| 22 | ugula {d}szara2-a-mu | foreman: Šara-amu; |
| 23 | 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sa 1(u) 2(disz)-ta | 10 (sixties) bundles 12 bundles each |
| 24 | ugula lu2-{d}szara2 | foreman: Lu-Šara; |
| 25 | 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 192 bundles at 15 each, |
| 26 | ugula lu2-tur-tur | foreman: Lu-turtur; |
| 27 | 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 420 bundles at 15 each, |
| 28 | ugula bi2-du11-ga | foreman Biduga, |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | ugula# lu2#-[...] | foreman: Lu- |
| 2' | 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) [sa ...]-ta | 165 bundles ... each |
| 3' | ugula lugal-za3-e3 | foreman: Lugalzage; |
| 4' | 3(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) sa 1(u) 3(disz)-ta | (total:) 213 bundles at 13 each. |
| 5' | ugula ba-sa6 | foreman: Basa; |
| 6' | 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) sa-ta | 220 bundles each, |
| 7' | ugula lugal-ukken-ne2 | foreman: Lugal-ukkene; |
| 8' | 2(gesz'u) 2(u) 5(disz) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 165 bundles at 15 each, |
| 9' | ugula lugal-ku3-zu | foreman: Lugal-kuzu; |
| 10' | 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) sa 1(u) 2(disz)-ta | 292 bundles 10 (volume-)sixties each |
| 11' | ugula ur-mes | foreman: Ur-mes; |
| 12' | 3(gesz'u)# 6(gesz2)# sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 3600 bundles at 15 each |
| 13' | ugula lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | foreman: Lu-Enlila; |
| 14' | 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 3600 bundles at 15 each, |
| 15' | ugula lugal-e2-mah-e | foreman: Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 16' | 5(gesz'u) 2(u) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 420 bundles at 15 each, |
| 17' | ugula lugal-nesag-e | foreman: Lugal-nesage, |
| 18' | 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) sa 1(u) 2(disz)-ta | 720 bundles 10 (volume-) 12 each |
| 19' | ugula ukken-ne2 | foreman: Ukkene |
| 20' | 2(gesz'u) 4(u) 3(disz) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 133 bundles at 15 each, |
| 21' | ugula da-du-mu | foreman: Dadumu; |
| 22' | 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 420 bundles at 15 each |
| 23' | ugula i7-pa-e3 | foreman: Ipa'e; |
| 24' | 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sa 1(u) 5(disz)-ta | 165 bundles at 15 each, |
| 25' | ugula ur-{gesz}gigir szabra | foreman: Ur-gigir, chief household manager; |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | 6(szar2)# 5(gesz'u)#? 8(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) sa gi | 626 bundles of reed |
| 5 | gi a2 erin2-na | reed, labor of the troops |
| 6 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) sa gi | 390 bundles of reed |
| 7 | a-gu | Agu, |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) sa gi | 100 bundles of reed |
| 9 | ur-nigar{gar} | Ur-nigar |
| 10 | 2(gesz2) sa gi | 120 bundles of reed |
| 11 | e2-ki-bi | and its temple |
| 12 | 5(gesz2) sa | 450 bundles |
| 13 | ur-ge6-par4 | Ur-gepar |
| 14 | gudu4 {d}amar-{d}suen | gudu-priest of Amar-Suena |
| 15 | 7(gesz2) 1(u) sa | 720 bundles |
| 16 | lu2-{d}szara2 | Lu-Šara |
| 17 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) sa | 6 (sixties) 10 bundles |
| 18 | {d}szara2-za-me | Šara-zame, |
| 19 | 1(gesz'u) 5(u) sa | 1050 bundles |
| 20 | ur-{d}suen | Ur-Suen |
| 21 | 9(gesz2) 3(u) sa | 390 bundles |
| 22 | lu2-bala-saga | Lu-bala-saga |
| 23 | ugula kikken2-me | foreman of millers, |
| 24 | 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) sa | 10 (sixties) 90 bundles |
| 25 | ur-{d}nin-tu | Ur-Nintu |
| 26 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) sa | 190 bundles |
| 27 | al-lu-mu | Allumu |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | 2(gesz2) sa <<asz>> | 120 bundles of emmer |
| 2 | e2-ki-bi | and its temple |
| 3 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) sa | 190 bundles |
| 4 | ur-an-ne2 | Ur-ane, |
| 5 | gudu4 {d}szul-gi-ra | gudu priest of Šulgi |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 1(u) sa | 210 bundles |
| 7 | na-ba-sa6 | Nabasa |
| 8 | 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) sa | 104 bundles |
| 9 | {d}szara2-kam ugula giri17-dab5 | Šarakam, foreman of giridab |
| 10 | 1(gesz'u) sa | 10 (sixties) bundles |
| 11 | ur-e2-masz | Ur-Emaš, |
| 12 | 4(gesz2) sa | 240 bundles |
| 13 | u3-ma-[ni] | for Umani |
| 14 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) sa | 60 bundles |
| 15 | ur#-ge6#-par4# dumu# lugal#-{gesz}gigir-re | Ur-gepar, son of Lugal-gigirre |
| 16 | giri3-se3-ga ka-guru7-me | the personnel of the silos, |
| 17 | 7(gesz2) sa | 7 (sixties) bundles |
| 18 | sza13-dub-ba | chief accountant |
| 19 | 3(gesz2) sa | 240 bundles |
| 20 | lugal-e-ba-an-sa6 | Lugal-ebansa |
| 21 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) sa | 198 bundles |
| 22 | ur-dun gudu4 {d}nin-hur-sag | Urdun, gudu priest of Ninḫursag |
| 23 | 3(gesz2) sa | 240 bundles |
| 24 | [...]-hi#-li-bi | ...-hilibi |
| 25 | [...] sa | ... knots |
| 26 | [...]-an | ...-an |
| 27 | [...]-kal-la | ...-kalla |
| 28 | [...] en#-u2-szim-e | ... Enušim |
| 29 | [...]-ab-ba | ...-abba |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | gudu4 e11-e-me | they are gudu-priests. |
| 2 | 3(gesz2) 5(u) sa gu-u2-gu-ug | 180 bundles of gugugug-flour |
| 3 | 2(gesz2) 1(u) sa a-ga-ga | 210 bundles, Agaga; |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) sa lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | 60 bundles for Lu-Enlila, |
| 5 | lu2 mun-me | a man of malt |
| 6 | 5(u) sa ha-ha-sza gudu4 {d}nansze | 50 bundles, hahaša, gudu-priest of Nanše |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 5(u) sa lugal-e | 90 bundles: the king; |
| 8 | 9(gesz2) sa lu2-saga gudu4 eb-gal | 9 (sixties) bundles, Lu-saga, gudu of the Ebgal; |
| 9 | 3(gesz2) sa igi-gun3 | 180 bundles, speckled, |
| 10 | 3(gesz2) sa gur4-sa3-an muhaldim | 180 bundles, Gursan, the cook; |
| 11 | 5(gesz2) sa ha-lu5-lu5 simug | 450 bundles: Ḫalulu, the smith; |
| 12 | 3(gesz2) 4(u) sa in-sa6-sa6 | 240 bundles: Insasa; |
| 13 | 4(gesz2) pa3-da | 240, chosen; |
| 14 | 3(gesz'u) [sa ...]-ki | 180 bundles ...-ki |
| 15 | 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) [... sa ug3]-IL2#-me | 900 ... baskets of porters |
| 16 | ugula lu2-tur-tur | foreman: Lu-turtur; |
| 17 | 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa lu2 lunga-me | 315 bundles, the brewers; |
| 18 | ugula bi2-du11-ga | foreman Biduga, |
| 19 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) sa ur-dun musz-lah5 | 70 bundles, Ur-Dun, the snake-flyer; |
| 20 | 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) sa sipa unu3-me | 390 bundles, shepherd of Uruk; |
| 21 | ugula kas4 | foreman of runners |
| 22 | 5(u) sa lu2-{d}nin# [...] | 50 bundles for Lu-Nin |
| 23 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) sa lu2-{d}[szul]-pa-e3 | 90 bundles for Lu-Šulpa’e |
| 24 | 5(gesz2) 3(u) sa nigar[{gar}-x x] | 390 bundles nigar-x |
| 25 | 4(gesz2) 4(u) sa ur-nigar#[{gar}] | 240 bundles, Ur-nigar |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | gudu4 {d}en-ki-me | gudu priests of Enki |
| 2 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sa ku3-ge gudu4 {d}nin-ur4-ra | 720 bundles of silver, gudu-priest of Ninura, |
| 3 | 4(gesz2) sa lu2-{d}suen gudu4 {d}nin-nag-su{ki} | 240 bundles for Lu-Suen, gudug priest of Ninnagsu |
| 4 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) sa lu2-sa6-i3-zu dub-sar | 180 bundles, Lu-sa-izu, the scribe; |
| 5 | 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 5(disz) sa 1(u) 6(disz)-ta | 115 bundles at 16 each, |
| 6 | dumu gudu4 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka | son of the gudu priest of Šara of Umma, |
| 7 | 2(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) sa | (total:) 284 bundles |
| 8 | azlag7-me | are fullers. |
| 9 | ugula i3-kal-la | foreman: Ikalla |
| 10 | 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) lu2-du10-ga dumu lugal | 900, Lu-duga, son of the king; |
| 11 | 2(szar2) 4(gesz'u) sa [...] ni [...] | 240 bundles ... |
| 12 | ur-{d}szul-gi-ra | Ur-Šulgi |
| 13 | szunigin 9(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(disz) sa gi | total: 926 bundles of reed |
| 14 | gi bar!(ASZ)-ra kar-ra | reed that has been thrown away, |
| 15 | szunigin 2(szar'u) 6(szar2) 5(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) sa gi | total: 162 bundles reeds |
| 16 | szesz-kal-la szu ba-ti | Šeškalla received. |
| 17 | giri3 lugal-iti-da | via Lugal-itida |
| 18 | mu sza-szu2-ru{ki} ba-hul | year: “Šašuru was destroyed. |
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