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Nisaba 31/2, 097 (P377019)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 31/2, 097
ID	P377019
Museum no.	BM 111242
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(disz)? sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda#	2? sila3 beer, 2 sila 3 bread
2	2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant]
3	1(disz) sa szum2 da-an-ga-da gaba-ta#?	1 bundle onions, Dangada, from the frontier
4	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 2 shekels oil,
5	2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2	2 shekels alkali-plant, 1 bundle onions,
6	NE-NE KA-us2-sa2	... her mouth
7	4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(ban2) ninda kas4 gaba-ta	4 sila3 beer, 4 ban2 bread from the chest,
8	giri3 da-an-ga-da	via Dangada
9	kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga	wort beer, 3 sila3 fine beer,
10	ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	bread of 2 shekels oil of 2 herkels alkali-plant
11	sa szum2 szu-{d}isz-ha-ra gaba-asz	... of Šū-Ishhara, to the frontier
12	sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3	1 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 2 shekels oil,
13	<n> gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2	n shekels alkali-plant, 1 bundle onions,
reverse
1	gu-za-ni KA-us2-sa	her throne
2	1(disz) kasz dida 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga	1 wort-beer, 2 sila3 fine beer
3	1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant],
4	3(disz) sa <szum2> lu2-{d}nin-szubur gaba-asz	3 bundles onions: Lu-Ninšubur, the frontier;
5	kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz [saga]	wort beer, 3 sila3 fine beer
6	1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant],
7	sa szum2 la-qi3-pu-um gaba-asz	“Seal of the laqīpû-priestess, to the frontier
8	szunigin 3(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga	total: 3 wort-beer; 1 ban2; total: 6 sila3 fine beer;
9	szunigin 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz du 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 2 ban2 6 sila3 regular-quality beer, 1 barig 1 ban2 16 sila3, bread
10	szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 naga	total: 12 shekels oil; total: 11 shekeln alkali-plant
11	szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) sa szum2	total: 12 bundles onions;
12	u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam	21st day,
13	iti szu-numun	month: “Sowing,’
14	mu en {d}[inanna] masz2-e i3#-[pa3]	year: “The en-priestess of Inanna by means of extispicy was chosen.‭

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