Unread Atlas
Nisaba 15, 0964 (P387851)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0964 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387851 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 387851 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Irisagrig |
| Coordinates | 32.1529, 45.3689 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | ($ blank space $) [3(u) 2(disz)] masz2# hi-a 2(gesz2) masz2-nita2 | 32 billy goats, 120 male billycats |
| 5 | szu-i3-li2 na-gada | Šu-ilī, the herdsman, |
| 6 | 2(gesz'u) udu hi-a 3(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 900 sheep, 300 rams, |
| 7 | nu-hi-dingir na-gada | Nuḫi-ilum, the herdsman |
| 8 | 1(gesz'u) udu hi-a 2(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 1060 hia-sheep, 200 male sheep |
| 9 | usz-szu-ki-in na-gada | he set up the scepter. |
| 10 | 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) udu hi-a 3(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 10(gešʾu) 5(sixty) rams, 300 male sheep |
| 11 | er3-ra-pa2-lik na-gada | Erra-pālik, the herdsman, |
| 12 | 4(gesz2) udu hi-a 1(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 420 sheep, 170 male sheep, |
| 13 | [ur]-gu-la-[mu] na-gada | Urgulamu, the herdsman |
| 14 | 5(gesz2) udu hi-a 1(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 420 sheep, 170 male sheep |
| 15 | dingir-ra-bi2 na-gada udu nin-sza3-ga | Its god is the herdsman of the sheep of Ninšaga. |
| 16 | 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) udu hi-a 3(gesz2) u8 4(gesz2) udu | (total:) 1760 sheep, 900 ewes, and 400 sheep. |
| 17 | x-ba-zi na-gada | -bazi, the herdsman; |
| 18 | 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) udu hi-a 2(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 900 sheep, 220 male sheep, |
| 19 | i-na-s,i2-ir na-gada | he will carry out the repairs to the wall footing. |
| 20 | 4(gesz2) udu hi-a 1(gesz2) u8 | 4(geš₂) sheep and goats, 60 ewes |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | im-da-da na-gada | ... the naŋada-demon |
| 2 | 3(gesz2) udu hi-a 1(gesz2) u8 | 180 sheep, 1 ewe |
| 3 | ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 na-gada | Ur-Šulpa’e, the herdsman; |
| 4 | udu ensi2 | sheep of the governor |
| 5 | 5(gesz2) udu hi-a 1(gesz2) udu-nita2 | 420 sheep, 170 male sheep |
| 6 | ma-da-ah-i3-li2 na-gada | Madah-ilī, the herdsman, |
| 7 | 5(gesz2) udu 1(gesz2) u8 mu-mu-[e] na-gada | 420 sheep, 60 ewes, “Mumue, the herdsman, |
| 8 | udu nin-bara2-ge4-si | sheep of Nin-baragesi |
| 9 | 1(gesz'u) udu 2(gesz2) u8 ip-qu2-sza na-gada udu hal-hal-la | 60 rams, 120 ewes, ipquša-offerings, fat-tailed sheep, |
| 10 | szunigin 8(gesz2) u8 | total: 720 ewes |
| 11 | szunigin 2(u) udu-nita2 | total: 20 rams |
| 12 | szunigin 1(gesz2) sila4 | total: 60 lambs |
| 13 | szunigin 2(gesz2) masz2-nita2 | total: 120 male goats, |
| 14 | 3(u) 2(disz) udu masz2 hi-a | 32 rams, billy goats |
| 15 | udu# bar-ra-kar#-[ra] | sheep for the extispicy |
| 16 | [x]-x-kal | ...kal |
| 37 | [mu {d}i]-bi2#-{d}suen [lugal uri5{ki}]-ma-[ke4 si-mu-ru-um{ki} mu-hul] | year: “Ibbi-Sîn, king of Ur, Simurrum destroyed. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.