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Nisaba 15, 0732 (P387971)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0732
ID	P387971
Museum no.	Anonymous 387971
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(barig) kasz 1(barig) 1(ban2) ninda	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig 1 ban2 bread,
2	nu-ur2-{d}utu ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nūr-Utu the courier the messenger of the king
3	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-esz18-dar sagi	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread for Shu-Ištar, cupbearer;
4	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda {d}da-gan-kal gu4-gaz	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread for Dagankal the slaughterer of oxen,
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda ad-da-kal-la gu4-gaz	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread for Addakala, the slaughterer of oxen,
6	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda s,a-li-a lu2 uzu	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread for the ṣaliya-official, the meat-worker;
7	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda ab-ba-mu lu2 uzu	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of Abbamu, the man who the flesh
8	u4 siskur2 lugal-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the sacrificial sheep were brought to the king,
9	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
10	ur-{d}szu-{d}suen egir sukkal-mah	Ur-Šū-Sîn, after the chief minister;
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
12	sza-lim-a-hu-um lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šalim-aḫum, royal messenger.
13	u4 sze {d}nanna-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the barley of Nanna was brought
14	2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) ninda	2 ban2, beer, 2 ban2 bread,
15	puzur4-{d}suen dumu sukkal-mah	Puzur-Suen, son of Sukkalmaḫ
16	u4 erin2 sze gesz ra-ra zi-zi-de3 im-gen-na-a	When the labor-troops went to harvest the barley,
17	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
18	szar-ru-um-ba-ni nu-banda3	Šarrum-bani, the overseer
19	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Dūr
20	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
21	{d}suen-al-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Sîn-alsu the messenger of the king
22	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
23	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
24	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
reverse
1	[i]-mi-a lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	before: the royal messenger
2	[u4 ki]-masz#{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Kimaš
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-ilī, royal messenger.
5	u4 sze-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the barley,
6	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
7	hu-la-al lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Hulal, the messenger of the king
8	u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went on a business trip with a k-equid
9	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda pu-lu-lu szusz3	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of pullulu-flour,
10	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
11	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
12	szesz-kal-la aga3-us2 lugal tu-ra	Šeškalla, soldier of the king of Tūra.
13	u4 en-nu-ga2 sze buru14-ka-sze3 im-gen-na-a lu2 sa-gaz-ke4 in-sag3-ga	At the time of my watch, when the barley of the harvest came, the sag-demon struck.
14	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
15	a-hu-du10 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahu-ṭāb, the royal messenger,
16	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.
17	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
18	a-wi-lum-ma lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	A man, the messenger of the king
19	u4 i3-gesz-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went to the oil plant,
20	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda ur-esz3-ku3-ga dub-sar lugal	5 sila3 beer, 5 sla3 bread: Ur-eškuga, royal scribe;
21	u4 sze GAN2-gu4-gesz e3-e3-e-de3 im-gen-na-a	When the barley of the oxen-fields came out,
22	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda lugal-amar-ku3 lu2 ur3-ra	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters of bread for Lugal-amar-ku, the man of Urra,
23	u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the mungazi-festival,
24	zi-ga	booked out
25	iti {gesz}apin	month: “Plow,’
26	mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3	year: “The high-priestess of Inanna in Uruk by extispicy was chosen.‭
left
1	szunigin 3(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz	total: 3 barig 2 ban2 1 sila3 beer
2	szunigin 3(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 3 barig 2 ban2 6 sila3 bread
3	u4 3(u)-kam	30th day.

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