Nisaba 26, 084 (P376114)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 26, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P376114 |
| Museum no. | BM 110254 |
| 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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 3 | [...]-gal tul2-[...] | ... great ... |
| 4 | [...]-lu5 gudu4# | ...-lu, gudu priest |
| 5 | [...] sa2-du11 {d}da-lagasz#[{ki}] | ... regular offerings of Da-Lagaš |
| 6 | [...]-i3-zu gudu4 | ..., your gudu priest |
| 7 | [n] 4(ban2) gur lugal-[nig2?]-ni | n gur 4 ban2: Lugal-nigni |
| 8 | [n] 4(ban2) gur ur-nigar{gar} | n gur 4 ban2, Ur-nigar |
| 9 | sa2#-du11 {d}en-ki u3 {d}usz-ka#-[limmu2] | regular offerings of Enki and Uškalimu |
| 10 | 2(asz) 1(barig) sze#-ba# ki# ba-sa6-[ga-ta] | 2 gur 1 barig barley rations from Basaga |
| 11 | 6(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba [ki] gu-du-du-[ta] | 6 gur 4 barig barley rations from Gududu |
| 12 | 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur sze-ba kikken2-[...] | 1 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 barley rations of Kikken- |
| 13 | 2(barig) esz3!-esz3 a-ru-a {d}iszkur-[...] | 2 barig, ešesz offerings, donated (by) Adad- |
| 14 | 3(barig) ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|) | 3 barig, Ur-Gilgamesh |
| 15 | [...] lu2-[... dumu] ur-{d}nisaba | ... Lu-... son of Ur-Nisaba |
| 16 | [...] dumu al-la | ... son of Alla |
| 17 | [...] ur-{d}szara2 [dumu ...]-ni# | ... Ur-Šara son of ...-ni |
| 18 | [...] lu2-x-hi-e#? aszgab | ... Lu-x-hie, the leatherworker |
| 19 | [...] lu2-du10-ga ra2-gaba# | ... Luduga, the courier |
| 20 | [...] lu2-saga aga3-us2 | ... Lu-saga, the soldier |
| 21 | sze-ba bur#? en# | barley rations of the en-priestess |
| 22 | 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba dumu ur-{d}utu mar-sa | 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley rations for the son of Ur-Utu of the granary |
| 23 | 3(ban2) sze-ba ku3-{d}szara2 aszgab | 3 ban2 barley, Ku-Šara, the leatherworker; |
| 24 | 3(ban2) inim-ku3 i3-du8 | 3 ban2: Inimkug, doorkeeper; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(ban2) [...] ur-gu2-edin-na i3-du8 | 3 ban2 ... Ur-gu-edina, doorkeeper |
| 2 | sze-ba iti-da kiszib3 ARAD2 | barley rations, monthly, under seal of ARAD; |
| 3 | 2(asz) 1(barig) gur sze szuku-ra ugula ba-sa6 | 2 gur 1 barig barley for the šukura-service, foreman: Basa; |
| 4 | kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-banda3 | under seal of Akalla, the superintendent; |
| 5 | 1(u) 9(asz) gur sze szuku-ra ugula i7-pa-e3 | 19 gur of barley, for the šukura-service, foreman: Ipa’e; |
| 6 | 2(barig) sze szuku-ra ugula lugal-e2-mah-e | 2 barig barley for the šukura-allocation of the foreman Lugal-emaḫe |
| 7 | [n] gur sze szuku-ra ugula da-du-mu | n gur of barley, prebend, foreman: Dadumu |
| 8 | kiszib3# lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe |
| 9 | 2(asz) [gur] sze# ur5-ra kiszib3 da-da dub-sar | 2 gur barley, debt, under seal of Dada, the scribe |
| 10 | 1(asz) gur# [sze ur5]-ra kiszib3 ur-{d}suen dub-sar | 1 gur barley rations under seal of Ur-Suen, the scribe |
| 11 | 1(asz) sze ur5-ra kiszib3 szesz-kal-la gudu4 | 1 urra-measure of barley, under seal of Šeškalla, the gudu-priest; |
| 12 | 1(asz) sze ur5-ra ur-i7-da gudu4 | 1 gur of barley for Ur-ida, the gudu-priest; |
| 13 | 1(asz) sze ur5-ra inim-{d}szara2# gudu4 | 1 (gur) of barley rations for Inim-Šara, the gudu-priest |
| 14 | kiszib3 inim-{d}szara2 gudu4 {d}[...] | under seal of Inim-Šara, gudug priest of |
| 15 | 2(asz) sze ur5-ra kiszib3 a-[x]-ab-zu [...] | 2 gur of barley, under seal of A-...-abzu |
| 16 | 4(asz) gur sze ur5-ra kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ur-nigar[{gar} ...] | 4 gur barley rations under seal of Ur-gigir, son of Urnigar |
| 17 | [... sze] ur5-ra kiszib3 a-gu dumu lugal-e2-mah#-[e ...] | ... barley rations, under seal of Agu, son of Lugal-emaḫe ... |
| 18 | [... sze] ur5#-ra kiszib3 ur-ab-ba dam-gar3 | ... barley rations under seal of Ur-abba, the merchant |
| 19 | [... sze ur5]-ra ur-kal-la dam ab-ba | ... barley rations of Urkala, wife of Abba |
| 20 | [... sze ur5]-ra kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a dub-sar# | ... barley rations, under seal of Gugua, the scribe |
| 21 | [... sze ur5]-ra kiszib3 a2-ta | ... barley rations, under seal of A-ta |
| 22 | [... sze ur5]-ra kiszib3 lugal-iri-ni-sze3 | ... barley rations, under seal of Lugal-irini |
| 23 | [... sze ur5]-ra nig2-du10-[...] | ... barley rations, good things |
| 24 | [... sze ur5]-ra# kiszib3 a-KA-[...] | ... barley rations, under seal of AKA-... |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] 2(u) 4(disz) sze ur5-ra ba-ba-ka# [...] | ... 24 barley-corns in the threshing floor of Ba’aba |
| 2 | [...] lu2-gi-na u3 [...] | ... Lugina and ... |
| 3 | [... ARAD2-{d}]szara2 <dumu> ba-zi-zi# | ... Warad-Šara, son of Bazizi |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] a-sza3 la2-mah | ... field Lamaḫ |
| 2 | mu# [en]-unu6#-gal {d}inanna ba-hun | year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed. |
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