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Nisaba 15, 0703 (P454014)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0703
ID	P454014
Museum no.	RBC-TAM 090114
Collection	Randy Best Collection, Tandy Archaeological Museum, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary , Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
2	{d}szul-gi-ma-ti ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šulgi-mati the courier the messenger of the king
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	bil-ga lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	bilga, royal messenger
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
6	puzur4-ma-ma lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Puzur-Mama, royal messenger.
7	u4 erin2 sze gesz ra-ra zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the work-troops gathered the barley from the threshing floor,
8	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
9	sa6-a-ga lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	good, the messenger of the king
10	u4 si-ig-ra-asz2{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when Sigrebaš went,
11	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
12	nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-ilī, royal messenger.
13	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Dūr
14	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
15	nu-ur2-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-Suen, royal messenger
reverse
1	u4 hu-ur-tum{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Ḫurtum,
2	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
3	ma-szum lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ašum, the royal messenger,
4	u4 szuszin{ki}-ta	when from Susa
5	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
6	1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda	1 ban₂ 4 sila3 beer, 1ban<4 sila> bread,
7	dingir-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ilum-bani, the royal messenger,
8	u4 ARAD2-{d}nin-hur-sag ba-ab-KA erin2 kaskal \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta 4(disz) im-mi-gur-ra-a	when Warad-Ninhursag from Bāb-KA the troops from the road of Dur-An he returned,
9	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
10	lugal-amar-ku3 lu2 ur3-ra	Lugal-amar-ku, the man of Urra
11	u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the mungazi-festival,
12	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
13	ta2-ki-dingir szu-i	Takī-ilum
14	u4 {gesz}ma-nu-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the manu tree
15	zi-ga	booked out
16	iti szu-gar-gal	month: “Šugargal,‭
17	mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3	year: “The high-priestess of Inanna in Uruk by extispicy was chosen.‭
left
1	u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam	24th day;

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