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Nisaba 15, 0839 (P387948)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0839
ID	P387948
Museum no.	Anonymous 387948
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	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
2	ur-{d}szu-{d}suen egir sukkal-mah	Ur-Šū-Sîn, after the chief minister;
3	u4 maszkim a-sza3 {d}nanna-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the enforcer went to the field of Nanna
4	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread
5	la-qi3-pu-um sagi lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Laqīpum, cupbearer, royal messenger.
6	u4 siskur2 lugal-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went to the king for the offering,
7	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
8	na-bi2-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nabi-Suen, messenger of the king
9	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
10	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
12	a-bu-du10 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Abu-ṭāb, the royal messenger,
13	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
14	ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ur-Šulpa’e, royal messenger
15	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
16	nu-ur2-{d}szul-gi lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-Šulgi the messenger of the king
17	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
reverse
1	{d}iszkur-illat lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Iškur-illat the messenger of the king
2	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	when to Dūr-šadû
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	szu-ga-tum lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šugatum, royal messenger.
5	u4 erin2 zah3 ARAD2-{d}nin-hur-sag dab5-ba-de3 im-gen-na-a	When the troops seized by Warad-Ninḫursag went,
6	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread
7	u2-la-ni-isz sukkal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ulaniš, the messenger of the king.
8	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
9	ur-{d}ba-ba6 dub-sar lugal	Ur-Baba, royal scribe
10	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
11	i3-li2-sa-tu lu2 gesztin	Ilī-satu, the man of wine,
12	u4 ki ensi2-ka-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when she enters the place of the governor,
13	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
14	pu-lu-lu szusz3
15	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
16	zi-ga	booked out
17	iti kir11-si-ak	month: “Kirsiak,’
18	mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3	year: “The high-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by goat was chosen.‭
left
1	u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam	24th day;

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