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Nisaba 26, 102 (P376147)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 26, 102
ID	P376147
Museum no.	BM 110297
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	[n] 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur	91 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 barley
2	[n] 8(asz) 3(barig) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur	n gur 3 barig 5 sila3 emmer
3	[n] 3(barig) 1(ban2) gig gur	... 3 barig 1 ban2 wheat
4	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
5	4(u) 5(disz) sze gur	45 gur of barley,
6	la2-ia3 [su]-ga	deficit repaid
7	ugula a-gu-gu	foreman: Agugu
8	4(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	142 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley,
9	2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) ziz2 gur	22 gur 4 barig 5 ban2 emmer,
10	1(asz) 1(barig) gig gur	1 gur 1 barig wheat,
11	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
12	1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	91 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley,
13	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
14	ugula ur-{d}en-lil2-la2	foreman: Ur-Enlila;
15	4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur	490 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 6 sila3 barley,
16	1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur	88 gur 3 barig emmer
17	2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gig# gur	23 gur 3 barig wheat
18	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
19	2(u) sze# gur	20 gur of barley
20	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
21	ugula a-ab-ba	foreman: Ayabba;
22	3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	199 gur 4 barig 5 sila3 barley
23	[n] 4(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur	n gur 4 barig 2 ban2 emmer
24	[n] gig gur	n gur of wheat
25	[mu-kux(DU)]	delivery
obverse col 2
1	n [...]	n ...;
2	la2-ia3 su#-[ga]	deficit repaid
3	ugula lugal-ku3#-[ga-ni]	foreman: Lugal-kugani
4	2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2)# [... sze gur]	123 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 barley
5	4(u) 7(asz) 3(ban2) [ziz2 gur]	47 gur 3 ban2 emmer
6	3(asz) 2(barig) gig# gur#	3 gur 2 barig wheat
7	mu-kux(DU)#	delivery
8	1(gesz2) 3(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3 sze gur]	63 gur 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley
9	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
10	ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni	foreman: Lugal-kugani;
11	2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) sze gur	216 gur 1 barig barley,
12	6(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2# [gur]	6 gur 1 barig 5 sila3 emmer
13	mu-kux(DU)#	delivery
14	1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) la2 5(disz) sila3 [sze] gur	77 gur 3 barig less 5 sila3 barley
15	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
16	ugula da-a-ga	foreman: Da'aga;
17	3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 9(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	199 gur 2 barig 5 sila3 barley,
18	2(gesz2) 5(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur	165 gur 2 barig emmer,
19	2(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) gig gur	23 gur 3 ban2 wheat,
20	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
21	1(gesz2) 3(asz) sze gur	63 gur of barley,
22	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
23	ugula ur-{gesz}gigir	foreman: Ur-gigir
24	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) sze gur	9616 gur 4 barig barley
25	1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur#	96 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3 emmer
26	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
27	2(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur	26 gur 2 barig 6 sila3 barley,
28	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
29	ugula lu2-gi-na	foreman: Lugina;
30	1(gesz'u) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur	91 gur 3 barig barley,
31	2(u) 1(asz) [n ... ziz2 gur]	21 gur ... emmer
32	1(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) [n ... gig gur]	14 gur 1 barig ... wheat
33	[...]
34	[n] 5(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) [...]	... 54 gur 2 barig
35	mu-[kux(DU)]	delivery
reverse col 1
1	4(u) la2 1(asz) [sze gur]	40 minus 1 gur barley
2	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
3	ugula lugal-e2-mah-e	foreman: Lugal-emaḫe;
4	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	89 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley,
5	2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) ziz2 gur	122 gur emmer,
6	1(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) gig gur	19 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 wheat,
7	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
8	2(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) sze gur	26 gur 2 barig barley,
9	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
10	ugula da-du-mu	foreman: Dadumu;
11	1(gesz'u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur	68 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 barley,
12	1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur	93 gur 3 barig emmer
13	3(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) gig gur	33 gur 1 barig wheat,
14	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
15	($ blank space $) sze gur	barley gur
16	ugula lugal-{gesz}[gigir]-re	foreman: Lugal-gigire
17	5(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 sze gur	353 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 6 2/3 sila3 barley,
18	mu-kux(DU)	delivery;
19	lu2-{d}szara2 [...] gur	Lu-Šara
20	4(u) la2 2(asz) sze gur szesz-kal-la	40 minus 2 gur of barley (for) Šeškalla
21	3(u) 2(asz) sze gur	32 gur of barley,
22	lugal-a2-zi-da	Lugal-azida
23	2(u) la2 1(asz) sze gur ba#-sa6#	20 minus 1 gur barley for Basa
24	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
25	szunigin 4(disz) guru7 2(gesz'u) [n] 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) [n sze gur {d}szul-gi-ra]	total: 4 silos, 420 gur 2 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 barley for Šulgira
reverse col 2
1	[n] 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur	... 1 ban2 4 sila3 emmer
2	[...] 1(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) gig gur	... 13 gur 5 ban2 wheat
3	[sze] gesz# e3-a	barley harvested
4	[...] 1(gesz'u) 1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur	... 15 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 6 sila3 barley
5	la2-ia3 su-ga szabra nu-banda3-gu4 u3 engar-e-ne	Deficit of the sūga-tax, chief household manager, oxen manager and farmers.
6	sze-bi 5(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur {d}szul-gi-ra	its barley: 5 gur 2 barig 8 sila3 for Šulgi;
7	sze GAN2-gu4	barley of the oxen field
8	1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	115 gur 1 barig 5 sila3 barley,
9	a-sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}	field Apisal,
10	2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	121 gur 1 barig 5 sila3 barley,
11	a-sza3 musz-bi-an-na	the field Mušbiana
12	1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(barig) 4(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 sze gur	102 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 less 1 sila3 barley,
13	a-sza3 gu2-edin-na	field Gu-edina,
14	3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) sze gur	185 gur 3 barig barley,
15	a-sza3 da-umma{ki}	field Damma,
16	1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) sze gur	91 gur of barley
17	sze gub-ba esz3 didli	barley stationed in various shrines,
18	szunigin 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 sze gur	total: 213 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 less 1 sila3 barley
19	[sze] apin-la2-da ba-a	barley rations of the plowmen received
20	szunigin# n 3(asz)# guru7 4(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) [n] 7(disz)# sila3 sze gur	total: n gur 3 sila3 barley
21	[...] sze [...]	... barley
22	[mu]-kux(DU)	delivery
23	[mu si-mu-ru]-um{ki} lu-lu-bu#-um#{ki} [a-ra2 1(u)] la2 1(disz@t)?-kam-asz ba-hul	year: “Simurum and Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed.

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