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Nisaba 26, 093 (P376129)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 26, 093
ID	P376129
Museum no.	BM 110271
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	[...] 5(disz) amar ga	... 5 calfs, suckling
3	[...] 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2	... 1 eše3 3 iku surface
4	szuku# unu3	prebend of the cowherd
5	3(asz) ur-{d}szaman4	3: Ur-Šaman;
6	3(asz) ur-e2-an-na	3: Ur-Eanna;
7	3(asz) lugal-i3-sa6	3: Lugal-isa;
8	3(asz) ug3 szu-ma-ma	3: the people of Šumama
9	3(asz) ug3 {d}szara2-i3-sa6	3: the people of Šara-isa
10	3(asz) ug3 szu-ku-bu-um	3 (gur), the Šukubum people
11	3(asz) ug3 hi lu2-ma-ri	3 (gur) of the people: Lu-mari
12	3(asz) ug3 u2-na-ap-sze-en6	3 (gur) of people: Unapšen
13	3(asz) ug3 su-u2-su	3: the people of Susa
14	3(asz) ug3 ur2-ra-am-sze-er	3: the people of Ur-ram-šer;
15	3(asz) ug3 ki-tu	3: the people of Kitu;
16	3(asz) ug3 lugal-dub-la2	3: the people of Lugal-dubla;
17	3(asz) ug3 {d}szul-gi-u2-nam-ti	3 (gur), the people of Šulgi-unamti
18	3(asz) ur-{d}ba-ba6	3: Ur-Baba;
19	gab2-ra-me	they are equal.
20	lu2-{d}szara2 unu3 i3-dab5	Lu-Šara, the cowherd accepted;
21	1(gesz2)# 4(u) gu4 ab2 hi-a	100 oxen and cows,
22	[1(u)] 5(disz) amar ga	15 calves, suckling
23	[...]
24	[...]
obverse col 2
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	3(disz) ug3# [...]	3 people ...
4	3(disz) ug3 a#-gu#	3 people, Agu
5	gab2-ra-me	they are equal.
6	lu2-{d}szara2 unu3 dumu ur-{d}nanna i3-dab5	Lu-Šara, the cowherd, son of Ur-Nanna accepted;
7	2(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a	197 oxen and cows,
8	3(u) 3(disz) amar ga	33 calves, suckling,
9	2(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 szuku unu3	2 bur3 2 eše3 surface area, prebend of the cowherd;
10	3(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir	3: Ur-gigir;
11	3(disz) lu2-{d}nin-sun2	3 (mana wool for) Lu-Ninsun
12	gab2-ra-me	they are equal.
13	szesz-kal-la unu3 i3-dab5	Šeškalla, the cowherd, accepted;
14	1(gesz2) 1(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a	61 oxen, cows,
15	1(u) 5(disz) amar ga	15 calves, suckling,
16	1(bur3) GAN2 szuku unu3	1 bur3 field area: prebend of the cowherd;
17	3(disz) ur-{d}isztaran	3 (mana wool for) Ur-Ištaran
18	3(disz) ug3 {d}dumu-zi-bad3	3 people: Dumuzi-bad
19	gab2-ra-me	they are equal.
20	lugal-ma2-gur8-re i3-dab5	Lugal-magure accepted;
21	2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a	187 oxen, cows,
22	2(u) 1(disz) amar ga	21 calves, suckling,
23	2(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 szuku unu3	2 bur3 1 eše3 2 iku field, prebend of the cowherd;
24	3(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re	3 (mana wool for) Lugalmagure
25	3(disz) hu-sa6-sa6#	3 (mana wool for) Husasa
26	3(disz) ug3 {d}szul-[gi]-zi-[mu]	3 people: Šulgi-zimu
27	gab2#-ra#-[me]	we are.
28	[...]
29	[...]
reverse col 1
1	[...]
2	in#-za#-mu# [unu3 i3-dab5]	Inzamu the cowherd accepted
3	2(u) 7(disz) gu4 ab2# [hi-a]	27 different oxen and cows
4	5(disz) amar-[ga]	5 calfs
5	1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 szuku [unu3]	1 eše3 2 iku field area: ration of cows
6	3(disz) ug3 i3-li2#-[bi]-la-ni [gab2-ra]	3 people: Ilī-bilani, apprentice
7	lu2-dingir-ra unu3# [i3-dab5]	Lu-dingira, the cowherd, accepted
8	4(u) 4(disz) gu4 [ab2] hi#-a	44 oxen, sucklings
9	3(disz) amar ga	3 calfs, suckling
10	2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 szuku unu3	2 eše3 1 1/4 iku field area, szuku, cowherd;
11	3(iku) GAN2 {d}szara2-ku3-zu gab2-ra	3 iku field area: Šara-kuzu, left;
12	ab-ba-gi-na unu3 i3-dab5	Abbagina, the cowherd, accepted;
13	5(disz) udu hi-a	5 hi-a sheep,
14	1(esze3) 3(iku) szuku na-gada	1 eše3 3 iku, na-gada;
15	3(iku) GAN2 ama-ni-ba-an-sa6 gab2-us2	3 iku field area: Amani-bansa, the builder;
16	ur-e2-nun-na <na>-gada i3-dab5	Ur-Enunna, the herdsman, accepted;
reverse col 2
1	[szunigin] 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) gu2 ab2 hi-a	total: 115 talents of various cows
2	szunigin 3(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) amar ga	total: 198 suckling calves
3	a-sza3-bi 1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 szuku unu3	its area: 17 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku, cultivated land;
4	szunigin 5(disz) udu hi-a	total: 5 hi-a sheep
5	a-sza3-bi 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 szuku na-gada	Its area is 1 eše3 3 iku, cultivated land of Nagada;
6	szunigin 1(u) gurusz szesz-tab-ba 3(ban2)-ta	total: 10 male workers, Šeštaba, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each
7	szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz ug3-IL2 3(ban2)-ta	total: 16 male laborers, porters, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each
8	a-sza3-bi 4(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2	its area: 4 bur3 1 eše3 field;
9	gab2-us2 gab2-ra-me	we are a team of two.
10	szunigin a-sza3-bi 2(bur'u) 2(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2	total, its area: 22 bur3 1 eše3 field;
11	szuku dab5-ba sipa unu3	prebend seized, shepherd of the cowherd
12	gab2-us2 gab2-ra	flanks, flanks
13	ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ta	from the governor of Umma
14	ugula na-ra-am-i3-li2	foreman: Naram-ili;
15	[...]

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