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Nisaba 27, 019 (P407020)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 27, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P407020 |
| Museum no. | SM 1911.06.076 |
| 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 | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 saga 3(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 ...] | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, light bread |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda sig15 [...] | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, light bread |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ur-masz | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, Urmaš, |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 me-pa-e3# | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, Epa'e |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 sze-[li-bu]-um | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, Šelibum |
| 6 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ha-ha-sza# | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, hahaša-beer |
| 7 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 la-qi3-ip | 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3, taken. |
| 8 | sukkal-me | our vizier |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur-{d}iszkur | 3 sila3 fine beer, 2 sila3, bread for Ur-Adda; |
| 10 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 na-am3-ri2-lum | 3 sila3 fine beer, 2 sila3, Namrum |
| 11 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 szu-sa6 | 3 sila3 fine beer, 2 sila3, šusa, |
| 12 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda a-bu-szu-[...] | 3 sila3 regular beer, 2 sila3, bread for Abu-šu- |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 du [...] | 3 sila3 regular beer, 2 sila2 regular beer |
| 2 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda [...] | 3 sila3 regular beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 3 | lu2 maszkim-[me] | the guarantors |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz [...] | 5 sila3 beer |
| 5 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz)# gin2 naga# 5(disz) gin2 szum2# | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekel of alkali-plant, 5 shekel onions |
| 6 | szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [kasz saga] | total: 4 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer |
| 7 | szunigin 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz [du] | total: 1 ban2 6 sila3 regular beer |
| 8 | szunigin 6(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 szunigin ... sila3 ninda] | total: 6 sila3 light bread; total: [x sila]3 bread |
| 9 | szunigin 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...] | total: 3 ban2 2 sila3 |
| 10 | szunigin [...] gin2 [...] | total ... shekels |
| 11 | [iti ...] | Month ..., |
| 12 | mu [...] | year ... |
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