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Nisaba 22, 102 (P406388)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406388 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.243 |
| 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 zi3 sza3-iri | 5 sila3 of ša-iri flour, |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 5 sila3 flour for the road |
| 3 | szu-i3-li2 dumu nu-banda3 | Šu-ilī, son of the overseer. |
| 4 | 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sza3-iri | 1 barig 3 ban2 flour of the inner city |
| 5 | 2(barig) zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 2 barig flour for the road |
| 6 | elam hu-hu-nu-ri{ki}-me | Elam, Ḫuḫunuri |
| 7 | giri3 szu-i3-li2 dumu nu-banda3 | via Šu-ilī, son of the overseer; |
| 8 | hu-hu-nu-ri{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Ḫuḫunuri went, |
| 9 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 szu-{d}utu aga3-us2 gal | 5 sila3 flour for Šu-Utu, the chief soldier |
| 10 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 i-ti-a sukkal | 5 sila3 flour: Itia, the messenger; |
| 11 | szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni | from Susa came, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 isz-me-a sukkal | 5 sila3 flour for Išmea, the messenger; |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 suhusz-gi-in aga3-us2 gal | 5 sila3 flour from the shušginaŋin-flour, the chief soldier |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 da-a-a szesz lukur | 5 sila3 flour for Aya, brother of the nadītu; |
| 4 | szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni | from Susa came, |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sza3-iri | 5 sila3 of ša-iri flour, |
| 6 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 5 sila3 flour for the road |
| 7 | puzur4-szu sukkal | Puzur-šu, the messenger; |
| 8 | a-dam-szah2{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Damšah he went, |
| 9 | 4(ban2) zi3 u4 8(disz)-kam | 4 ban2 flour on the 8th day, |
| 10 | ur-{d}en-ki aga3-us2 gal | Ur-Enki, the great soldier |
| 11 | mu ku6-sze3 tusz-a | as the name of the fish |
| 12 | iti amar-a-a-si | month: “Amar-asi, |
Sources & licences
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