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Nisaba 15, 0641 (P453978)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0641 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453978 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 453978 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Irisagrig |
| Coordinates | 32.1529, 45.3689 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 2 | szu-ku-bu-um lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Šukubum, royal messenger |
| 3 | u4 erin2 udu ur4 zi-zi-de3 im-gen-na-a | When the labor-troops went to raise the sheep, |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 5 | ki? bi2-sze-a lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | the king's messenger |
| 6 | u4 lu2 sa-gaz gaz-de3 im-gen-na-a | When he went to kill a man, |
| 7 | [3(disz)] kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 beer, 2 sila3 bread |
| 8 | er3-ra-ha-bi-it lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Erra-ḫabit, messenger of the king |
| 9 | 3(disz) kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 beer, 2 sila3 bread |
| 10 | dingir-su-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ilum-subāni, royal messenger, |
| 11 | u4 gu4 zuh-a-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when the oxen have arrived, |
| 12 | 3(disz) kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 beer, 2 sila3 bread |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | puzur4-{d}nin-gal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Puzur-Ningal, royal messenger |
| 2 | 3(disz) kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 beer, 2 sila3 bread |
| 3 | szu-{d}en-lil2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Šū-Enlil the royal messenger |
| 4 | u4 sahar zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a | When dust is piled up, |
| 5 | 5(disz) kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 6 | ur-szu-bu-la lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ur-šubula, royal messenger. |
| 7 | u4 lu2 sa-gaz dab5-ba-de3 im-gen-na-a | When a man was seized, he came. |
| 8 | 2(disz) kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 beer, 2 sila3 bread |
| 9 | szu-{d}iszkur szu-i | Šū-Addu, the barber, |
| 10 | u4 {gesz}ma-nu-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when he came to the manu tree |
| 11 | zi-ga iti sze-sag11-ku5 | booked out, month: “Harvest, |
| 12 | mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d} |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 n-kam | the nth day |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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