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Nisaba 15, 0725 (P454027)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0725
ID	P454027
Museum no.	RBC-TAM 090107
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	2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) ninda	2 ban2, beer, 2 ban2 bread,
2	puzur4-{d}suen dumu sukkal-mah	Puzur-Suen, son of Sukkalmaḫ
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	szar-ru-um-ba-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šarrum-bani, 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	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
8	a-li2-ni-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ali-nisu, the royal messenger,
9	u4 sze gesz ra-ra zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the barley is to be harvested, it will be brought to her.
10	3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda	3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread,
11	lu2-gi-na lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-gina, the royal messenger
12	1(ban2) <2(disz)?> sila3 ninda giri17-dab5 lu2 mar-sa-ke4-ne dab5-ba-me	1 ban2 <2> sila3 bread, seized by the merchants;
13	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the kungu-carrying grain was brought to her
14	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
15	hu-la-al lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Hulal, the messenger of the king
reverse
1	u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he went on a business trip with a k-equid
2	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
3	ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ur-Ningešzida, royal messenger
4	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
5	pu-lu-lu szusz3
6	u4 {ansze}kunga2 dab5-ba-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the k-equids were seized,
7	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread,
8	a-ti-a lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Atia, the royal messenger,
9	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
10	ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	having gone to the royal place,
11	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-{d}iszkur szu-i	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread for Šu-Addu, the ši’i;
12	u4 ansze lugal-sze3 im-gen-na-a	When the donkey went to the king,
13	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda lugal-amar-ku3 lu2 ur3-ra	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters of bread for Lugal-amar-ku, the man of Urra,
14	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda bi-ru lu2 ur3-ra	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread for the extispicy of a man.
15	u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	When she goes to the groats,
16	zi-ga	booked out
17	iti {gesz}apin	month: “Plow,’
18	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 9(disz)-kam	9th day,

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