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Nisaba 15, 0686 (P387884)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0686
ID	P387884
Museum no.	Anonymous 387884
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	1(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) 8(disz) gin2 ad3 gu4 niga hi-a	18 1/3 (and) 8 shekels, carcasses of grain-fed oxen,
2	2(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) ansze hi-a	121 donkeys,
3	2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) 6(disz)? gin2 udu masz2 niga hi-a	184 5/6 shekels: rams, billy goats, grain-fed,
4	2(szar2) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) 6(disz) gin2 udu masz2 u2 hi-a	169 1/2 shekels: sheep, billy goats, grass-fed,
5	5(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) muszen-tur-tur	199 small birds,
6	9(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 tu7	184 1/2 sila3 soup,
7	6(gesz2) 3(u) ku6 kun-zi	390 kunzi fish,
8	2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) ku6 duru5	(total:) 1927 young fish.
9	1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ku6-sze6 gur	77 gur 2 ban2 6 sila3 fish,
10	4(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) dug-gal 2(ban2)-ta	141 large vessels, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each
11	6(gesz2) 3(u) dug 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3-ta	390 jugs 1 ban2 9 sila3 each,
12	1(gesz2) dug 1(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta?	60 jugs, 1 ban2 2 1/2 sila3 each,
reverse
1	3(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) dug 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3-ta	132 jugs, 1 ban2 1 sila3 (= 100 sila3) each
2	2(u) 5(disz) dug 1(ban2)-ta	25 jugs, 1 ban2 (= 100 sila3) each
3	4(gesz2) dug 9(disz) sila3-ta	240 jugs 9 sila3 each
4	2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) dug za3-sze3-la2 5(disz) sila3-ta	121 jugs of lapis lazuli at 5 sila3 each
5	4(u) dug za3-sze3-la2 4(disz) sila3-ta	40 jugs of lapis lazuli, 4 sila3 each
6	1(gesz2) 1(u) 9(disz) dug za3-sze3-la2 3(disz) sila3-ta	119 jugs of lapis lazuli, 3 sila3 each
7	3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) dug za3-sze3-la2 2(disz) sila3-ta	184 jugs of emmer, 2 sila3 each,
8	3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) dug za3-sze3-la2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta	141 jugs of emmer, 1 1/2 sila3 each,
9	si-i3-tum	sītum-disease
10	{d}iszkur-ra-bi2 agrig	Iškur-rabi, steward
11	szu ba-ti	received.
12	mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal	year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d}

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