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Nisaba 27, 088 (P407671)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 27, 088
ID	P407671
Museum no.	SM 1913.02.050
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	lu2-[nin]-ga2	of Lu-ninga
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	al#-la-mu	Alamu
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	ma-asz2
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	ur-ab-zu	Ur-abzu
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	la-qi3-ip	he has taken.
11	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,
12	hu-wa-wa	Huwawa
reverse
1	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,
2	ma-ma	a man
3	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,
4	im-ti-dam	he smote.
5	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,
6	szu-esz18-dar	Šū-Ishtar,
7	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda 1(u) gin2 i3	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread, 10 shekels oil
8	puzur4-ma-ma	Puzur-Mama
9	szunigin 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda	total: 4 ban2 9 sila3 beer; total: 3 ban2 4 sila3, bread;
10	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga	total: 1/3 sila₃ 7 shekels onions; total: 1/2 sila3 7 [shekels oil;] total: 18 shekeln alkali-plant;
left
1	u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam	27th day,
2	iti pa4-u2-e	month: “Pa’ue,
3	mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3	year: “The Amorite wall was erected.‭

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