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Nisaba 22, 086 (P406050)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406050 |
| Museum no. | SM 1899.02.316 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 du | 5 sila3 regular beer, |
| 2 | szu-i3-li2 sukkal | Šu-ilī, the messenger; |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz | 5 sila3 beer |
| 4 | dingir-ba-ni u3-kul | Ilum-bani eats |
| 5 | szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni | from Susa came, |
| 6 | [x] sila3 kasz sza3-iri | x sila3 of beer for the inner city |
| 7 | 1(disz) dug dida du kaskal-sze3 | 1 jug of common wort for the road |
| 8 | [i]-su2-a sukkal | Isua, the messenger |
| 9 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Susa went, |
| 10 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz u4 3(disz)-kam | 1 ban2 5 sila3 beer on the 3rd day, |
| 11 | lugal-nam2-mah aga3-us2 gal | Lugal-nammaḫ, the great soldier |
| 12 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz u4 3(disz)-kam | 1 ban2 5 sila3 beer on the 3rd day, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | dingir-kal dumu nu-banda3 | Dingir-kal, son of the overseer |
| 2 | sag-da-na ansze zi-gum2-ka giri3 szum2-de3 tusz-a | On his head, a rising donkey sits on a threshing floor. |
| 3 | 3(ban2) kasz u4 3(disz)-kam | 3 ban2 of beer for 3 days, |
| 4 | {d}utu-pa3-da sukkal | Utupada, the messenger |
| 5 | 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz u4 5(disz)-kam | 2 ban2 5 sila3 beer on the 5th day, |
| 6 | ka-la-a sukkal | Allâ, the messenger |
| 7 | [ma2]-gesz-<i3>-da gen-na | I am a boatman |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz da-a-a dumu nu-banda3 | 5 sila3 beer for Aya, son of the overseer, |
| 9 | ki-ma-asz{ki}-ta du-ni | from Kimaš came, |
| 10 | iti sze-il2-la | month: “Barley carried,’ |
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