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Nisaba 15, 0767 (P388023)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0767
ID	P388023
Museum no.	Anonymous 388023
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	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
2	lu-lu-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lullubani, the royal messenger,
3	u4 ki-masz{ki}-ta	when Kimaš
4	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
5	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
6	dingir-su-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ilum-subāni, royal messenger,
7	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Dūr
8	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
9	sa6-a-ga lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	good, the messenger of the king
10	u4 si-masz-kum{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when Simaškum went,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
12	a-hu-du10 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahu-ṭāb, the royal messenger,
13	u4 si-ig-ra-asz2{ki}-ta	from Sigriš
14	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
15	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
16	hu-la-al lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Hulal, the messenger of the king
17	u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went on a business trip with a k-equid
18	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
19	pu-lu-lu szusz3
reverse
1	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
2	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) sila3 ninda	1 ban beer, 1 ban bread,
3	dingir-a-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ilum-asu, the royal messenger,
4	u4 sze-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the barley,
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
6	en-u2-szim-ma dub-sar lugal	En-ušima, royal scribe.
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
8	ur-esz3-ku3-ga dub-sar lugal	Ur-eškuga, royal scribe.
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
10	lu2-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar lugal	Lu-šugalama, royal scribe.
11	u4 sze GAN2-gu4-gesz e3-e3-e-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the barley of the oxen-field goes out,
12	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
13	igi-an-na-ke4-zu aga3-us2 lugal	Igi-ana, the royal soldier,
14	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
15	ur-e2-an-na aga3-us2 lugal tu-ra	Ur-Eana, soldier of the king of Tu’ura.
16	u4 kaskal ugnimx(\|KI.SU.LU.SZE3.KI.NIG2\|)-ta im e-re-sza-a	from the day of the campaign of the army a tablet of cedar
17	zi-ga	booked out
18	iti ezem-a-bi	month: “Festival-of-abi,
19	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 1(u)-kam	10th day.

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