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Nisaba 15, 0056 (P453616)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0056
ID	P453616
Museum no.	Anonymous 453616
Collection	anonymous
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Irisagrig
Coordinates	32.1529, 45.3689

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 col 1
1	5(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) sze gur	54 gur 3 barig barley,
2	giri3 bu3-bu3	via Bubu
3	5(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) ziz2 gur	56 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 emmer,
4	giri3 i3-li2-sukkal	via Ili-sukkal;
5	ki i3-li2-dingir kuruszda szabra-ta	from Ilī-dingir the fattener,
7	szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur	total: 81 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 barley,
9	sag-nig2-gur11-ra	the debits
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11	1(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(ban2) gur	61 gur 2 ban2
12	kiszib3 ba-a-ga	under seal of Bagaga
13	1(u) 7(asz) gur	17 gur
obverse col 2
1	kiszib3 ip-qu2-sza lu2 lunga3	under seal of Ipquša, brewer
2	2(u) 4(asz) gur	24 gur
3	kiszib3 a-bu-szu-ni ugula kikken2	under seal of Abušuni, foreman of the millers;
4	4(barig) kiszib3 {d}{asz}aszgi{gi4}-ba-ni sze-ba u3 bala	4 barig under seal of Ašgibani, barley rations and bala
5	kiszib3 lu2 nig2-dab5-ba-ke4-ne	under seal of the fugitives;
6	1(asz) gur dalla	1 gur, Dalla;
7	2(asz) gur ur-{d}nusku	2 gur, Ur-Nusku
8	3(barig) {d}nin-isin2	3 barig (for) Nin-isin
9	1(asz) gur {d}szu-{d}suen	1 gur, Šu-Suen
10	1(barig) {d}en-ki	1 barig (for) Enki
11	1(barig) {d}suen	1 barig (for) Suen
12	1(barig) {d}nin-su4-an-na	60 litres (of barley for) Ninsuanna
13	1(barig) {d}{asz}aszgi{gi4}	60 litres (of barley for) Ašgi
14	1(barig) {d}isztaran	60 litres (of barley for) Ištaran
reverse col 1
1	x x x
2	kikken2 x x x u3 nar-nita2 x x x	The kiln ... and the male singer ...
3	1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gesztin gur	14 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 wine,
4	2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda-i3-gesz gur	2 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3 sesame bread,
5	2(asz) esza had2 gur	2 gur eša had2
6	2(asz)? n x-x nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	2(?) gur ... fine quality nig-arra flour
7	4(asz) 2(barig) gesztin gur	4 gur 2 barig wine,
8	2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 esza had2 gur nu?-{gesz}kiri6-e-ne	2 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 eša had-flour, the gardeners
9	1(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) ninda-i3 kasz?-de2-a UD gur	13 gur 3 ban2 of ... bread,
10	1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) zu2-lum gur	11 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 dates,
11	geme2 ARAD2 {d}nin-hur-sag u4 tug2-ba siki-ba szu ba-ab-ti-a	The female slave, servant of Ninḫursag, when the garment and its wool had been taken,
reverse col 2
1	1(u) x x x	10 [......]
2	1(asz) gesztin gur	1 gur of wine,
3	sza3-gal ur-gi7-ra-sze3	to the heart of a dog
5	zi-ga gar-gar-a	booked out, deposited
6	szu-ma-ma agrig	Šumama, the steward
7	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi-ta	from month “Festival-of-Šulgi,’
8	iti sze-sag11-ku5-sze3	to month “Harvest,‭
9	iti#-bi# 6(disz)-am3	its months: 6,
10	[mu] hu#-uh3-nu-ri[{ki}] mu#-hul	year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.‭

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