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Nisaba 27, 053 (P407635)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 27, 053
ID	P407635
Museum no.	SM 1913.02.014
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 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
2	ur-ab-zu	Ur-abzu
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
4	szesz-szesz-mu	my brothers
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
6	i3-lam-ma	of Ilama
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
8	hu-la-al	Ḫulal,
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
10	ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	Ur-Šulpa'e,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
12	szar-ru-i3-li2	Sargon (II),
13	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions,
14	3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga	3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant,
15	u3-ma-ni	his mother
reverse
1	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga la-ni	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant, Lani
2	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga a-kal-la	3 sila₃ beer, 2 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant,
3	szunigin 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 3 ban2 7 sila3 beer; total: 2 ban2 3 sila3, bread;
4	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 7 shekels onions; total: 3/4 sila3 7 shekheres oil. total: 18 shek[els alkali-plant]
5	u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam	13th day,
6	iti szu-numun	month: “Sowing,’
7	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-i3-di3-ni-im mu-du3	year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall Muriq-ti-iddinim erected.

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