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Nisaba 15, 0721 (P454025)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0721
ID	P454025
Museum no.	RBC-TAM 090106
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	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
2	hu-la-al lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Hulal, the messenger of the king
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	ku-ga-num2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Kuganum, royal messenger
5	u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when they brought the kungu wagon to the zigûm camp,
6	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
7	szu-a-na lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	in his hand the royal messenger
8	u4 sze-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the barley,
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda sza3 iri{ki}	5 sila3 beer, 5 sla3 bread in the city
10	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda kaskal-sze3	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread for the journey
11	{d}szu-{d}suen-la-ma-ha-ar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Sîn-lamahar the messenger of the king
12	u4 siskur2 lugal-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went to the king for the offering,
13	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
14	{d}utu-kal sagi	Šamaš-kal, cupbearer
15	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
16	a-za-ba-ni sagi	Azabani, cupbearer
reverse
1	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
2	ki lugal-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	to the place of the king was brought,
3	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
4	lu2-{d}nansze lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-Nanše, royal messenger
5	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
6	a-ba-an-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Aban-ilī, messenger of the king.
7	u4 ki ensi2-ka-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when she enters the place of the governor,
8	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda giri17-dab5 lu2 mar-sa ke4-ne dab5-ba-me	1 ban2 2 sila3 bread for the giridab-offerings of the merchants,
9	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the kungu-carrying grain was brought to her
10	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
11	lugal-amar-ku3 lu2 ur3-ra	Lugal-amar-ku, the man of Urra
12	u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the mungazi-festival,
13	zi-ga	booked out
14	iti {gesz}apin	month: “Plow,’
15	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 3(disz)-kam	3rd day,

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