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Nisaba 26, 022 (P376031)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 26, 022
ID	P376031
Museum no.	BM 110167
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(disz) sar sahar kab2-ku5	1 sar of coarse earth,
2	{d}szara2-kam dub-sar	Šarakam, the scribe
3	1(disz) a-a-kal-la ra2-gaba	1 Ayakala, the courier,
4	1/3(disz) lu2-dingir-ra [dumu] ur-ki-dagal	1/3 (workman): Lu-dingira, son of Ur-kidagal
5	1/3(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu igi-ni-da-a	1/3 (workman): Ur-gigir, son of Iginida
6	2/3(disz) na-ba-sa6	2/3 (workman): Nabasa
7	1/3(disz) ur-ab-zu	1/3 (workman): Ur-Abzu
8	1/3(disz) lugal-he2-gal2	1/3 (workman): Lugal-hegal
9	1/3(disz) lugal-mu-ba-zi-ge	1/3 (workman): Lugal-mubazige
10	szitim-me	the builders,
11	1/2(disz) ur-{d}szara2 dumu lu5-lu5-ni	1/2 (workman): Ur-Šara, son of Luluni
12	1/3(disz) ur-{d}ur3-[bar-tab gudu4]	1/3 (workman): Ur-Urbartab, gudu-priest
13	1/3(disz) gu-u2-gu#-[a]	1/3 (workman): Gugua
14	1/3(disz) na-ba-sa2	1/3 (workman): Nabasa
15	1(disz) lugal-nig2-lagar-e ur3-ra	1 Lugal-nig-lagare of Urra,
16	1/3(disz) x-za-a	1/3 (workman): ...zâ.
17	1/3(disz) x ur-nin	1/3 (workman): ... Ur-nin
18	1(disz) lu2-sa6-i3-zu	1 Lu-sa-izu,
19	[n] lugal-nig2-lagar-e szim	n: Lugal-nig-lagare, aromatic
20	[n] a-a-kal-la aszgab	n: Ayakalla, the leatherworker
21	[n] lugal-ma2-gur8-re	n, Lugal-magure
reverse
1	[n] lugal#-ma2-gur8-re min-kam	n, Lugal-magure, second one
2	[n] szesz-a-ni	n brothers
3	[n] {d}szara2-i3-zu	n: Šara-izu
4	[n] ur-{d}nin-zu	n: Ur-Ninzu
5	1/3(disz) ur-e11-e	1/3 (workman): Ur-Ee
6	aszgab-me	weavers
7	1(disz) a-gu	1: Agu
8	1/3(disz) lu2-{d}suen	1/3 (workman): Lu-Suen
9	1/3(disz) nu-ur2-{d}suen	1/3 (workman): Nur-Suen
10	1/3(disz) gu-na-na	1/3 (workman): Gunana
11	1/3(disz) lugal-mu-i3-zu	1/3 (workman): Lugal-mu-izu
12	1/3(disz) lu2-giri17-zal	1/3 (workman): Lu-girizal
13	nagar-me ugula a-gu	We are carpenters, foreman: Agu
14	1(disz) ur-{d}nin-tu	1 Ur-Nintu,
15	1(disz) lu2-du10-ga zadim	1 Lu-duga, the stone-cutter;
16	1/3(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 szesz-tab-ba	1/3 (workman): Lu-Šara, brother-in-law;
17	1/3(disz) ha-lu5#-lu5	1/3 (workman): Halulu
18	1/3(disz) lugal-sza3-la2	1/3 (workman): Lugal-šala
19	1/3(disz) ur#-e2-diri	1/3 workman: Ur-Ediri
20	1/3(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu szesz-a-ni	1/3 (workman): Sheshkalla, son of Sheshani.
21	simug-me	the smith,
22	[n] a-tu gu-za-la2	n atu, throne bearer
23	[n] lu2-{d}szara2	n: Lu-Šara
24	[n] ur-{d}gu2!-an-ka	n of Ur-Gu’anka
25	szunigin 2(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sar kab2-ku5	total: 22 1/3 (volume-)sar of barley rations,
left
1	[...] i7-{gesz}gigir	... the canal of the chariot
2	mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-[mah] mu-dim2	year: “Šū-Suen, the king, the great barge fashioned.‭

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