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Nisaba 22, 088 (P406053)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 22, 088
ID	P406053
Museum no.	SM 1899.02.326
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	{d}szul-gi-i3-li2 sukkal	Šulgi-ilī, the messenger
3	szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Susa went,
4	5(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila3 beer, 4 sila₃ flour, 1 idgur oil
5	isz-du11-gi-ni lu2 kas4	Išdugāni, the messenger
6	u3 a2-na-na lu2 kas4	and Anana, the runners
7	szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni	from Susa came,
8	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
9	ad-da-na-bir2 lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-la	Addanabir, Lu-tukul-gula
10	szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni	to Susa went,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, 1 idgur oil,
12	a2-na-na lu2 kas4	Anana, the messenger
13	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) zi3 1(disz) sila3 i3	60 litres of beer, 60 liters of flour and 1 sila3 of oil
14	elam an-sza-an{ki}-me	Elam and Anšan
15	giri3 a2!(DA)-na-na lu2 kas4	via A’ana, the messenger
16	an-sza-an{ki}-ta du-ni	from Anšan went,
reverse
1	[5(disz) sila3] kasz# 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of flour, 1 idgur of oil
2	[...] aga3-us2 gal	... great soldier
3	[...]-ta du-ni	... going from ...
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 lu2-{gesz}tukul-gu-<la>	Lu-Nanna, Lu-tukulgula
6	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
7	1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) zi3 ma2-a gar-ra	1 jug of common wort, 1 ban2 of barley, deposited in the barge;
8	{d}szul-gi-zi-mu	Šulgi-zimu
9	ma2 gesz-i3-ka-da gen-na	I went with the barge of the oil press.
10	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 sila₃ beer, 5 liters flour, 1 idgur oil,
11	ku5-da-mu aga3-us2 gal	Kudammu, the great soldier
12	ki <{d}>en-ki-ke4 igi kar2-kar2-de3 gen-na	Go to the place of Enki to be seen!
13	[5(disz) sila3] kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3	5 liters of beer, 5 litres of flour, 1 idgur of oil
14	[x]-ma-a aga3-us2 gal	..., great soldier
15	szuszin#{ki}-sze3 du-ni	went to Susa
16	iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2	month: “Oxen-drivers,
left
1	2(disz) 5(disz)	(total:) 2 5

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