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Nisaba 15, 0868 (P388018)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0868
ID	P388018
Museum no.	Anonymous 388018
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(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
2	lugal-ku3-zu lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lugal-kuzu, the royal messenger,
3	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
4	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
5	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
6	na-ap-li2-is-e2-a nar lugal	Naplis-Ea, the royal musician.
7	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
8	qur2-di3-dingir szu-i	Qurdi-ilum
9	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	when to Dūr-šadû
10	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
11	ma-za-ti sukkal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Mazati, vizier, messenger of the king.
12	u4 kasz ninda nu-ur2-{d}utu u3 aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 im-gen-na-a	When beer, bread, Nūr-šamaš and soldiers came
13	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
14	im-ti-da lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Imtida, royal messenger
15	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
16	ku-ku ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Kuku, courier, royal messenger.
reverse
1	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
2	ta2-an-ta2-sza-sza-la2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Tantašašala, messenger of the king.
3	u4 gu4 udu siskur2 lugal \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-la-ha-sza-a	when the oxen and sheep sacrifices of the king of Dūr were carried away
4	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
5	giri3-ni-i3-sa6 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Girini-isa, royal messenger,
6	u4 nig2-gu2-na en {d}inanna-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the property of the lord of Inanna came
7	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
8	a-hu-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahuni, the royal messenger,
9	u4 sze-gesz-i3-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went to grind sesame,
10	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
11	ur-mes lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ur-mes, royal messenger,
12	u4 zi3 munu4-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when flour and malt came,
13	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
14	s,a-lu-um lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ṣalum, messenger of the king.
15	u4 udu ur4-de3 im-gen-na-a	when the sheep went to pasture,
16	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 pu-lu-lu szusz3	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish, cultic offerings,
17	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
18	zi-ga	booked out
19	iti sze-sag11-ku5	month "Harvest,"
20	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 1(u) 3(disz)-kam	13th day,

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