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Nisaba 26, 013 (P376022)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 26, 013
ID	P376022
Museum no.	BM 110158
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	1(u) 2(disz) dug kur#-ku-du3	12 kurkudu-vessels
2	1(disz) dug lah5?-tan?	1 vessel: Lahtan?;
3	1(disz) dug ugu4-bala	1 ugu-bala vessel,
4	6(disz) dug gal	6 large pots,
5	2(u) 3(disz) dug lugud2-da	23 jugs of soup,
6	1(u) dug nig2 5(disz) sila3	10 pots, ration of 5 sila3
7	8(disz) dug nig2 2(disz) sila3	8 pots, ration of 2 sila3;
8	3(disz) dug tu7 hi 1(disz) sila3-gal	3 jugs of mixed soup, 1 sila3
9	6(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 bur-zi	420 less 1 sila3 of burzi,
10	kiszib3 lugal-sza3-la2	under seal of Lugal-šala;
11	5(gesz2) 1(u) dug 3(ban2)	390 jugs 3 ban2
12	[...] dug sa2-du11	... regular offering vessels
13	[...] buru14 giri3 ensi2	... harvest, via the governor
14	1(u) 6(disz) dug gal 1(u) 6(disz) dug nig2 5(disz) sila3	16 large vessels, 16 pots, grain-fed, 5 sila3
15	3(u) sila3-gal kasz de2-a iri ezem 3(disz)-a-ba	30 sila3 of beer for Ea, city, at the 3rd festival
16	2(disz)# [n] dug# 1(ban2) 3(u) sila3 bur-zi	2 n jugs 1 ban2 30 sila3 of burzi
17	[... {d}nin]-ge6-<par4> u2-sag-sze3 e3-a	... Ningepar, coming forth to the front
18	[...] sa2#-du11 1(u) sila3 bur-zi	... regular offering: 10 sila3 of burzi
19	[... sa2-du11] nin-e-ne	... regular offerings of the ladies
20	[...] dug# sa2-du11	... regular offerings
reverse
1	[...] sila3-gal	... large sila3
2	zi#-ga du-u2-du11	booked out
3	5(disz)# dug sa2-du11 5(u) sila3-gal	5 pots regular offerings, 50 sila3 of barley
4	siskur2 a-sza3-ga u3 ki-szum2	offering of the field and kišum offerings
5	[...] dug gir13 5(disz)-sila3 3(u) dug ga ha-ba-zi-in ba-si	... 5 sila3 30 jars of milk ...
6	zi#-ga lugal	booked out by the king
7	kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2	under seal of Ur-Šara;
8	[3(u)] 4(disz) dug gal 1(u) 5(disz) dug nig2 5(disz) sila3	34 large pots 15 pots, grain-fed, 5 sila3
9	zi-ga lugal kiszib3 ensi2	Ziga, the king, under seal of the governor
10	3(u) 7(disz) dug gal 3(u) 4(disz) dug nig2 5(disz) sila3	37 large vessels, 34 pots, grain-fed, 5 sila3
11	[...] 4(disz) sila3-gal 2(disz) sila3 bu 1(u) 4(disz) dug sa2-du11	... 4 sila3 2 sila3, bu, 14 pots regular offerings
12	zi#-ga didli kiszib3 ensi2	booked out, all under seal of the governor
13	[...] dug nig2 5(disz) sila3	... a pot of 5 sila3
14	[... nig2]-gesz-tag-ga lugal	... royal sacrifice
15	giri3#? sagi-ne	via the cupbearers
16	[n] 7(disz) dug sa2-du11	n 7 pots: regular offerings;
17	1(gesz'u) 1(u) sila3 bur-zi	1010 sila3 of pomegranates
18	zi-ga {d}szul-gi	booked out by Šulgi
19	kiszib3 da-da-ga	under seal of Dadaga

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