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Nisaba 15, 0144 (P453666)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0144
ID	P453666
Museum no.	Anonymous 453666
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	2(disz) ma-la-ku udu	2 slaughtered sheep,
2	5(disz) sila3 tu7 5(disz) ku6	5 sila3 soup, 5 fish
3	szu-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal	Šū-Enlil, the king’s son
4	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
5	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
6	a-bu-um-dingir lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Abum-ilum, messenger of the king
7	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
8	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
9	ur-ti-il-mu-tum lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Urtilmutum, messenger of the king
10	2(disz) ma-la-ku udu	2 slaughtered sheep,
11	4(disz) sila3 tu7 4(disz) ku6	4 sila3 soup, 4 fish
12	lu2-dingir-ra lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-dingira, the royal messenger,
13	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
14	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
15	bi-ri!-za lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Biriya, royal messenger
16	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
17	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
18	szu-{d}iszkur lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Addu, royal messenger
19	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
20	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
21	[... lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	..., royal messenger
22	4(asz) [...]	4 ...
23	a-hu-ba-qar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahu-baqar, messenger of the king.
obverse col 2
1	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
2	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
3	lugal-ezem lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lugalezem, messenger of the king.
4	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
5	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
6	a-bil-a-ti lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Abilati, messenger of the king.
7	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
8	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
9	ma-ba?-du-uk lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Abaduuk, royal messenger
10	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
11	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
12	szu-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Sîn, royal messenger
13	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
14	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
15	er3-ra-nu-id lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Erra-nūid, royal messenger.
16	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
17	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
18	a-hu-ba-qar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahu-baqar, messenger of the king.
19	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
20	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
21	szu-{d}nin-isin2? sukkal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Ninisin the messenger of the king
22	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
23	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
24	[...]
25	[...]
26	[...]
reverse col 1
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	[...]
4	[...]
5	[...]
6	a-hu-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ahuni, the royal messenger,
7	u4 erin2 sze gesz-i3 zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the labor-troops bring in barley and pressed oil,
8	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
9	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
10	a-na-ti lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Anati, the royal messenger,
11	u4 sze zi-zi-de3 ki szagina-e-ne-sze3	When the barley is to be gathered, at the place of the generals
12	im-gen-na-a	came,
13	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
14	2(disz) sila3 tu7	2 sila3 soup
15	2(disz) ku6	2 fish,
16	lu2-sza-lim lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-šalim, the royal messenger,
17	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
18	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
19	i-di3-{d}iszkur lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Iddin-Adda, royal messenger
20	u4 erin2 sze gur10-gur10-de3 zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the labor-troops are to gather the barley, to rise up,
21	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
22	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
23	szu-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Ishtar, royal messenger.
reverse col 2
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	[...]
4	[...]
5	[n ...]	n ...
6	u4 x-x-x{ki}-ta	when from ...
7	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
8	1(disz) ma-la-ku udu	1 slaughtered sheep,
9	3(disz) sila3 tu7 3(disz) ku6	3 sila3 soup, 3 fish
10	[...]-ba?-ra lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	for ..., the messenger of the king
11	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
12	x-x-x lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	..., the royal messenger.
13	u4 [...] im-e-re-sza-a	When ... was brought to her
14	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
15	x-x-x lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	..., the royal messenger.
16	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Dūr
17	szunigin 2(u) 8(disz) ma-la-ku udu	total: 28 slaughtered sheep,
18	szunigin 5(u)? sila3 tu7	total: 50 sila3 soup
19	szunigin 5(u)? ku6	total: 50 fish
20	zi-ga	booked out
21	iti szu-gar-gal	month: “Šugargal,‭
22	mu us2-sa en [eridu{ki}] ba-hun	year following: “The en-(priestess) of Eridu was installed.
left
1	u4 4(disz)?-kam	the 4th(?) day

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