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Nisaba 22, 087 (P406051)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 22, 087
ID	P406051
Museum no.	SM 1899.02.321
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 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
2	szu-{d}utu lu2-{gesz}[tukul]	Šu-Utu, Lu-tukul
3	{u2}urua{a}{ki} [...]	Urua
4	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread, 1 gur of oil,
5	1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 ma2-a gar-ra	1 jug of common wort, 1 ban of flour, 1 idgur of barley oil,
6	a2!(DA)-bu-um lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	labor of Lu-Tukula
7	a-dam-szah2{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Damšah he went,
8	2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) zi3 4(disz) id-gur2 i3	2 ban2 beer, 2 ban2, flour, 4 idgur2 oil,
9	1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) zi3 2(disz) id-gur2 i3	1 jug of common wort, 1 ban of flour, 2 gur of oil,
10	ma2-a gar-ra	stationed on the barge,
11	giri3 si-mu sukkal	via Simu, the messenger;
12	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3 2(disz) id-gur2 i3	1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, flour, 2 idgur2 oil,
13	sze-le-bu-um sukkal u3 a-hu-ni sukkal	Šēlebum, the vizier, and Aḫūni, the [vizier],
reverse
1	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
2	nu-ur2-i3-li2 sukkal	Nur-ilī, the messenger
3	szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Susa went,
4	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
5	lu2-{d}nanna dumu nu-banda3	Lu-Nanna, son of the overseer
6	an-sza-an{ki}-ta du-ni	from Anšan went,
7	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3 2(disz) id-gur2 i3	1 ban2 beer, 1 ban2, flour, 2 idgur2 oil,
8	dingir-kal sukkal u3 lu2 zi-gum2-ma	Ilī-kal, the messenger, and the man of Zigum,
9	sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Sabum went,
10	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
11	lugal-ma2-gur8-re sukkal	Lugal-magure, the messenger;
12	szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni	from Susa came,
13	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
14	1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) zi3 2(disz) id-gur2 i3	1 jug of common wort, 1 ban of flour, 2 gur of oil,
15	ma2-a gar-ra	stationed on the barge,
16	szu-i3-li2 lu2-{gesz}tukul	Šu-ilī, Lu-tukul
17	sa-bu-um{ki}-ta du-ni	from Sabum went,
left
1	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi	month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’

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