Nisaba 15, 0297 (P453750)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453750 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 453750 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) szah2-nita2 | 98 male pigs, |
| 2 | 2(u) 4(disz) szah2-NE-tur | 24 pigs, |
| 3 | 2(disz) szah2-NE-tur diri | 2 extra pigs, |
| 4 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 5 | 2(u) szah2-ze2-da sag szah2-NE-tur#-sze3 | 20 šahzeda pigs, head of NE-tur |
| 6 | lugal-mu# | my master |
| 7 | nig2-buru14-sze3 | for the harvest |
| 8 | kiszib3 ur-mes | under seal of Ur-mes; |
| 9 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 10 | 1(u) 5(disz) szah2-nita2 | 15 male pigs, |
| 11 | 2(u) szah2 ama-gan | 20 pigs, female kids, |
| 12 | 2(u) szah2-nita2 gur4 | 20 gur pigeons, |
| 13 | 2(u) 5(disz) szah2-munus gur4 | 25 female sucklings, |
| 14 | 4(u) 5(disz) szah2-NE-tur | 45 pigs, |
| 15 | a-hu-we-er i3-dab5 | Aḫu-wer accepted; |
| 16 | 1(u) 4(disz) szah2-nita2 | 14 male pigs, |
| 17 | 2(u) szah2 ama-gan | 20 pigs, female kids, |
| 18 | 2(u) 1(disz) szah2 sikil sag szah2 ama-gan-sze3 | 21 pigs, pure head, pigeons of the mother, |
| 19 | 4(disz) szah2 sikil sag szah2-nita2 | 4 pure pigs, head of a pig, |
| 20 | 3(disz) szah2-nita2 gur4 | 3 male pigeons, sucklings, |
| 21 | 1(u) 7(disz) szah2-nita2 gur4 sag szah2-nita2-sze3 | 17 šahnuŋnu-bucks, head (of) a sizkû-buck |
| 22 | 4(u) 1(disz) szah2-NE-tur-ga | 41 piglets, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tu-u2-tu i3-dab5 | Tutu accepted; |
| 2 | kiszib3 ba-ba-ti | under seal of Babati |
| 3 | ugu2-a ga2-ga2 lu2-{d}suen x-sze3 ki-x-x-x | on top of it brought, Lu-Sîn ... |
| 4 | 3(disz) ad3 szah2 ama-gan | 3 carcasses of ewes, |
| 5 | 2(disz) ad3 szah2-x-x | 2 carcasses of ..., |
| 6 | 4(disz) ad3 szah2-nita2 | 4 carcasses of male pigs |
| 7 | 7(disz) ad3 szah2-NE-tur | 7 carcasses of šah-NE-tur, |
| 8 | 5(u) 5(disz) ad3 szah2-x-x | 55 carcasses of ...-pigs, |
| 9 | kiszib3 szu-esz18-dar szandana | under seal of Šū-Ishtar, the leatherworker; |
| 10 | ugu2-a ga2-ga2-dam | is to be brought to an end |
| 11 | szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) szah2 hi-a | total: 164 pigs, |
| 12 | gub-am3 | stationed, |
| 13 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) szah2 hi-a | total: 105 pigs, |
| 14 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 15 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) szah2 hi-a | total: 91 pigs, |
| 16 | ri-ri-ga-am3 | it is a wild bull |
| 17 | nig2-ka9-ak | accounts |
| 18 | szah2# nig2-gur11 sze-le2-pu-tum dumu#-[munus lugal] | a pig, possessions of Šeleputum, daughter of the king |
| 19 | [ki lu2]-dingir-ra-ta | from Lu-dingira |
| 20 | [ugula ba]-a-ga kuruszda | foreman: Bagaga, fattener |
| 21 | [mu] {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu [mu-ri-iq]-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim erected. |
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