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Nisaba 15, 0700 (P454013)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0700 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454013 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 454013 |
| 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 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6 | 2 sila3 soup, 2 fish |
| 2 | li-bur?-na-asz2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Liburnaš, royal messenger |
| 3 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6 | 2 sila3 soup, 2 fish |
| 4 | puzur4-ma-ma lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Puzur-Mama, royal messenger. |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6 | 2 sila3 soup, 2 fish |
| 6 | a-hu-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Aḫubani, the royal messenger, |
| 7 | u4 sze gesz ra-ra-de3 im-e-re-sza-a | When the barley is to be harvested, |
| 8 | 2(disz) sila3 ninda sza3 iri{ki} | 2 sila3 bread in the inner city |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 ninda kaskal-sze3 | 3 sila3 of bread for the road |
| 10 | u-ma?-ni? lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Umani, the royal messenger, |
| 11 | u4 geme2 ARAD2 zah3 {d}nin-hur-sag dab5-<ba>-de3 im-gen-na-a | When the slave woman, the fugitive of Ninḫursag, went to seize her slave girl |
| 12 | 1(disz) ma-la-ku udu | 1 slaughtered sheep, |
| 13 | x-x-x sagi lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | ..., cupbearer, royal messenger. |
| 14 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 15 | ib-ni-dingir lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ibni-dingir, the royal messenger, |
| 16 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 17 | {d}utu-kal sagi | Šamaš-kal, cupbearer |
| 18 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 19 | a-a-ba-ni sagi | Aya-bani, cupbearer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 |BAD3.AN|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a | when to Dūr-šadû |
| 2 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 | 2 sila3 soup |
| 3 | a-hu-du10 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ahu-ṭāb, the royal messenger, |
| 4 | u4 sze sila-a gal2-la {d}nanna-sze3 im-gen-na-a | When the barley was in the street, when Nanna came |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 | 2 sila3 soup |
| 6 | ki-a-mu lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | where the messenger of the king |
| 7 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 | 2 sila3 soup |
| 8 | ki-ib-ri2-kal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal ur-nigar{gar} sza13-dub-ba | Kibrikal the messenger of the king Ur-nigar the chief accountant |
| 9 | u4 ki ensi2-ka-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when she enters the place of the governor, |
| 10 | 1/2(disz) udu sze6-ga2 5(disz) sila3 tu7 | 1/2 sheep, roasted, 5 sila3 soup, |
| 11 | sza3 iri{ki} | in the city |
| 12 | 5(disz) sila3 tu7 kaskal-sze3 | 5 sila3 soup for the road |
| 13 | lu2-gi-na szusz3 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Lu-gina, cattle manager of the royal messenger. |
| 14 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 | 1 sila3 soup, |
| 15 | lu2-du10-ga szusz3 | Lu-duga, cattle manager; |
| 16 | u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when the kungu-carrying grain was brought to her |
| 17 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 | 1 sila3 soup, |
| 18 | lugal-amar-ku3 lu2 ur3-ra | Lugal-amar-ku, the man of Urra |
| 19 | u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when he came to the mungazi-festival, |
| 20 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 21 | iti szu-gar-gal | month: “Šugargal, |
| 22 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e in-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna in Uruk was chosen by extispicy. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 17th day, |
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