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Nisaba 27, 118 (P407701)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 27, 118
ID	P407701
Museum no.	SM 1913.02.081
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-{d}en-lil2-la2	Ur-Enlila,
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	a-da-lal3	Adalal
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	a2-bi2-lum	Abi-lum
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	ba-ba-a	Babâ
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	{d}iszkur-ba-ni	Iškur-bani,
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	ur-{d}isztaran	Ur-Ištaran
13	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,
reverse
1	lu2-giri17-zal	Lu-girizal
2	1(disz) dug dida 3(ban2) 4(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	1 jug of common wort, 3 ban2 4 ban2 flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
3	sza-al-mah	Šalmaḫ
4	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda 1(u) gin2 i3 dingir-su-kal	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread, 10 shekels oil for Dingir-sukkal,
5	szunigin 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(disz) dug dida 3(ban2)	total: 4 ban2 1 sila3 beer; total: 1 jug of wort, 3 ban2
6	szunigin 2(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 4(ban2) dabin	total: 2 ban2 9 sila3 bread; total: 4 ban2 barley flour;
7	szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 i3	total: 1/3 sila3 1 shekel onions; total: 1 sila₃ 1 shek[el oil];
8	szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 naga	total: 14 shekels alkali-plant
9	[u4] 2(u) 7(disz)-kam	27th day
10	iti {d}dumu-zi	month: “Dumuzi,’
11	mu us2-sa# {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3	year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim erected.‭

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