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Nisaba 15, 0776 (P387999)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0776
ID	P387999
Museum no.	Anonymous 387999
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(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
2	ku-ga-num2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Kuganum, royal messenger
3	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
4	ki lugal-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	to the place of the king was brought,
5	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
6	ge6-{d}szul-gi lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ge-Šulgi, royal messenger
7	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
8	ha-ba-lul lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Habalul, the messenger of the king
9	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
10	puzur4-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Puzur-Ištar, royal messenger.
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
12	szu-{d}isztaran lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Ishtaran, royal messenger
13	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	when to Dūr-šadû
14	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
15	ur-{d}ba-ba6 dub-sar lugal	Ur-Baba, royal scribe
16	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
17	lugal-pa-e3 dub-sar lugal	Lugal-pae, royal scribe.
reverse
1	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
2	ur-{d}en-lil2-la2 dub-sar lugal	Ur-Enlila, royal scribe
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	lu2-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar lugal	Lu-šugalama, royal scribe.
5	u4 sze GAN2-gu4-gesz e3-e3-e-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the barley of the oxen-field goes out,
6	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
7	i-ra-am-bi-ta-am lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	the messenger of the king
8	u4 ki ensi2-<ka>-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the place of the governor,
9	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
10	szu-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šu-ilī, royal messenger.
11	u4 gu4 zuh-a-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the cattle pen,
12	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda pu-lu-lu szusz3	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of pullulu-flour,
13	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
14	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-{d}iszkur szu-i	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread for Šu-Addu, the ši’i;
15	u4 e2 du10-us2 lugal-sze3 im-gen-na-a	When he went to the king's house for a good meal,
16	zi-ga	booked out
17	iti ezem-a-bi	month: “Festival-of-abi,
18	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	u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam	28th day;

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