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Nisaba 22, 153 (P406664)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 22, 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406664 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.573 |
| 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 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda sza3-iri | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 ša-iri bread, |
| 2 | 1(disz) dug dida du | 1 jug of regular dida beer, |
| 3 | kaskal-sze3 | to the road |
| 4 | i-ti-su lu2 {gesz}tukul | a man with weapons |
| 5 | szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Susa went, |
| 6 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda sza3-iri | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 ša-iri bread, |
| 7 | 1(disz) dug dida du | 1 jug of regular dida beer, |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 5 sila3 flour for the road |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}szul-gi-a-mu <sukkal> lugal | Šulgi-amu, vizier of the king |
| 2 | 2(ban2) kasz du lugal | 2 ban2 regular-quality beer for the king |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 dabin | 5 sila3 of dabin flour |
| 4 | elam a-ra-u2-e{ki} | Elam of Araue |
| 5 | a-ra-u2-e{ki} du-ni | Ara'u’e built. |
| 6 | u3-na-a-du11 | he said to him |
| 7 | sukkal-mah-ta | from the vizier |
| 8 | giri3 {d}szul-gi-a-mu | via Šulgi-amu |
| 9 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u) 3(disz)?-kam ba-zal | The month of Addarum, the day 23 passed; |
Sources & licences
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