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Nisaba 15, 0598 (P387864)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0598
ID	P387864
Museum no.	Anonymous 387864
Collection	anonymous
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Irisagrig
Coordinates	32.1529, 45.3689

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	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
2	nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-ilī, royal messenger.
3	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
4	lu2-x-x lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-, messenger of the king
5	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
6	dingir-a-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ilum-asu, the royal messenger,
7	u4 si-ma-asz2-kum{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	when Simaškum was entrusted,
8	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
9	ib-ni-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ibni-Suen, messenger of the king
10	u4 sze sila-a gal2-la e3-de3 im-gen-na-a	When the barley was in the street, he went out to fetch it.
11	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
12	{d}utu-kal sagi	Šamaš-kal, cupbearer
13	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
14	ku3-{d}nin-gal sagi	Ku-Ningal, cupbearer
15	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta ki lugal-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	when from Dūr to the place of the king was brought
reverse
1	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
2	ur-{d}szakkan2 szusz3 lugal	Ur-Šakkan, royal cattle manager;
3	2(disz) sila3 ninda dingir-ba-ni giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread: Dingir-bani, the giridab
4	2(disz) sila3 ninda i-za-az-me-szar giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread for Izme-šar, the giridab priest
5	2(disz) sila3 ninda {d}szul-gi-na-da giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread for Šulginada, the giridab priest
6	2(disz) sila3 ninda giri3-ni-i3-sa6 giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread: Girini-isa, Giridab,
7	2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-esz18-dar giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread for Šu-išatar of Giridab,
8	2(disz) sila3 ninda inim-ma-ni giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread, his words seized by Girida
9	2(disz) sila3 ninda i-di3-{d}en-lil2 giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread for Iddi-Enlil, the giridab priest
10	2(disz) sila3 ninda puzur4-{d}en-lil2 giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread for Puzur-Enlil, the giridab priest
11	2(disz) sila3 ninda sza-na-ku-um giri17-dab5	2 sila3 bread, Šanakuum, giridab,
12	u4 {gesz}gigir zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the chariot was brought to an end,
13	2(disz) sila3 [kasz] 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila3 beer, 2 sila3 bread
14	i-ku-me-szar [sipa ur-gi7-ra]	Ikume-šar, shepherd of the dogs
15	u4 ur-gi7-ra-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the dog,
16	zi-ga iti gi-sig-ga	booked out, month: “Gisigga,’
17	mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal	year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d}
left
1	u4 2(u)-kam	20th day

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