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Nisaba 23, 057 (P376184)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 23, 057
ID	P376184
Museum no.	BM 110339
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	1(disz) u3-ma-ni	1: Umani
2	ki ur-{d}nin-sa-za	from Ur-Ninsaza
3	1(disz) ur-sukkal	1 Ur-sukkal,
4	1(disz) ur-zigum-ma	1 Ur-zigumma
5	ki lu2-eb-gal	from Lu-ebgal
6	1(disz) nig2-u2-rum dumu lu2-sza-lim ki {d}er3-ra-kal	1 Nig-urum, son of Lu-šalim, with Erra-kal
7	1(disz) <<ki>> ur2-ra-ni ki lugal-uszur3	1 urrani-garment with Lugal-ušur,
8	1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir simug	1 Ur-gigir, the smith,
9	1(disz) gur8-sa3-an simug	1 Gursan, the smith,
10	1(disz) lugal-iti-da aszgab	1 Lugal-itida, the leatherworker,
11	ki lu2-dingir-ra szabra	from Lu-dingira, the household manager;
12	1(disz) sza-du? ki bi2-du11-ga	1 šadu(?) at the place of Biduga,
13	1(disz) da-gi# ki usz-mu	1 dagi, with Ušmu
14	1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu lugal-iti-da dub-sar ninda	1 Lu-Šara, son of Lugal-itida, the scribe of bread
15	ki lu2-eb-gal	from Lu-ebgal
16	[ma2]-gid2#-me	sailor
17	[...]-du11#-ga	... spoken(?)
obverse col 2
1	1(disz) ur-zu	1 Urzu,
2	1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu lugal-en-nun	1 Lu-Šara, son of Lugal-ennun
3	1(disz) du10-ga-mu	1: Dugamu;
4	1(disz) ur-{d}szakkan	1 Ur-Šakkan
5	1(disz) lu2-tur-tur	1 Lu-turtur,
6	1(disz) lugal-uszur3	1 Lugal-ušur,
7	1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu lugal-nig2-lagar-e	1 Lu-Šara, son of Lugal-nig-lagare
8	1(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6	1 Girini-isa,
9	dub-sar-me	the scribes
10	1(disz) pesz5-a	1 female lamb,
11	1(disz) ur-sila-luh	1 Ur-silaluḫ
12	1(disz) a-kal-la	1 Akalla,
13	1(disz) ku3-{d}szara2	1 Ku-Šara
14	szesz-tab-ba-me	they are brothers.
15	1(disz) {d}szakkan-an-dul3	1 Šakkan-andul,
16	1(disz) a2-na-na munu4-mu2	1 Anana, the maltsherd,
17	1(disz) ab-ba-gi-na	1 Abbagina
18	1(disz) lu2-sa6-i3-zu	1 Lu-sa-izu,
19	1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur	1 Lu-Ninšubur
20	1(disz) lu2-eb-gal	1: Lu-ebgal,
21	{d}szakkan-an-dul3 i3-dab5	Šakkan-andul accepted;
22	1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-ur4-[ra]	1 Lu-Ninura
23	1(disz) ur-{d}nin-e2-gal#	1 Ur-Ninegal
24	1(disz) a-kal-la	1 Akalla,
25	1(disz) inim-{d}[szara2]	1 Inim-Šara
26	1(disz) e2-sze-ba-e	1 Ešebe
27	1(disz) ur-{d}dumu-zi#-[da]	1 Ur-Dumuzida
28	1(disz) lugal-{gesz}gigir#-[re]	1 Lugal-gigirre
29	lu2-{d}nin-ur4#-[ra]	Lu-Ninura
reverse col 1
1'	1(disz) e2-[x]	1 E-x
2'	1(disz) na-bi-[su]	1: Nabisu
3'	1(disz) ur-{d}[x]	1 Ur-x
4'	1(disz) du-du# [(x)]	1 Dudu
5'	lugal-ma2-gur8-re#	Lugal-magure
6'	1(disz) lugal-e2-e-[si]	1 Lugal-esi
7'	1(disz) a-kal-la [x]	1 Akalla ...
8'	1(disz) {d}szara2-a-mu#	1: Šara-amu
9'	1(disz) szesz-kal-la [x]	1 Šeshkalla
10'	lugal-e2-e-si i3-dab5	Lugal-esi accepted;
11'	1(disz) lu2-{d}isztaran dumu ur-e2-mah	1: Lu-Ištaran, son of Ur-Emaḫ;
12'	1(disz) mu-zu munu4-mu2	1: Muzu, the maltstress;
13'	1(disz) nam-mah	1 Nammaḫ
14'	1(disz) lu2-bala-saga dumu kas4	1 Lu-bala-saga, son of Kas,
15'	1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re	1 Lugal-magure,
16'	1(disz) lu2-bala-saga 2(disz)-kam	1 Lu-bala-saga, 2nd year,
17'	lu2-{d}iszkur i3-dab5	Lu-Addu accepted;
18'	1(disz) szesz-e-ki-ag2 lunga	1 Šeš-ekiag, brewer,
19'	1(disz) a-ba-bi2-dim2 munu4-mu2	1 Ababidim₂: Munumu;
20'	1(disz) inim-ma-dingir-i3-zi	1 Inima-dingir-izi,
21'	1(disz) gu3-de2-a	1 Gudea
22'	esz3-e-ki-ag2 i3-dab5	Ešekiag accepted;
23'	1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} lunga	1 Ur-nigar, brewer,
24'	1(disz) ur-{d}szara2	1 Ur-Šara,
25'	1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra	1 Lu-dingira,
26'	1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2	1 Lu-Šara,
27'	ur-nigar{gar} i3-dab5	Ur-nigar accepted;
28'	lu2 lunga-me	We are brewers
29'	1(disz) ur-dub-la2	1 Ur-dubla,
30'	1(disz) giri3-ni i3-dab5	1 girini received;
31'	1(barig) 3(ban2) pesz5 i3-ra2-ra2?	1 barig 3 ban2 emmer oil
32'	dumu e2-ur2-bi iszib	son of E-urbi, išib priest
33'	1(disz) ARAD2-dam	1 ARADdam,
reverse col 2
1'	[x]-e	...;
2'	[x lugal]-he2-gal2	... Lugal-ḫegal
3'	[ma2]-lah5#-me	are boatmen.
4'	[1(disz)] {d}szara2-a-mu	1 Šara-amu
5'	1(disz) ga-ti-e	1: Gatî,
6'	1(disz) lu2-bala-saga	1 Lu-bala-saga,
7'	kuruszda ki usz-mu	kurušda-plant
8'	1(disz) ur-{d}suen ad-kup4	1 Ur-Suen, the smith,
9'	ki lu2-eb-gal	from Lu-ebgal
10'	1(disz) nu-ur2-{d}iszkur ad-kup4	1 Nūr-Adad, the smith,
11'	1(disz) ur-ge6-par4 szesz-tab-ba	1 Ur-gepar, Šeštaba
12'	1(disz) a-gu-gu zi3-IL2	1 Agugu, flour carrier,
13'	ki ur-{d}suen ugula kikken2	from Ur-Suen, foreman of the millers;
14'	la2-[ia3]-am3	deficit

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