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Nisaba 15, 0752 (P454039)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0752 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454039 |
| Museum no. | RBC-TAM 090111 |
| 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 | 1(barig) kasz 1(barig) <<sila3>> ninda | 60 litres (of barley) 1 barig beer |
| 2 | nu-ur2-{d}utu ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Nūr-Utu the courier the messenger of the king |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 4 | szu-esz18-dar sagi | Šū-Ishtar, cupbearer |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 6 | {d}da-gan-kal gu4-gaz | Dagankal, the slaughterer of oxen |
| 7 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 8 | ad-da-kal-la gu4-gaz | Addakala, the slaughterer of oxen |
| 9 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 10 | s,a-li-a lu2 uzu | ṣalīya (means) man. |
| 11 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 12 | ab-ba-mu lu2 uzu | Abbamu, the man of flesh |
| 13 | u4 siskur2 lugal-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when the sacrificial sheep were brought to the king, |
| 14 | 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda | 3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread, |
| 15 | {d}szul-gi-ma-ti ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Šulgi-mati the courier the messenger of the king |
| 16 | u4 sze gesz ra-ra zi-zi-de3 im-gen-na-a | When he went to cut down the barley, |
| 17 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 18 | i3-li2-bi-la-ni a-zu lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ilī-bilani, physician, royal messenger, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 |BAD3.AN|{ki}-ta | from Dūr |
| 2 | ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a | having gone to the royal place, |
| 3 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 4 | {d}utu-kal sagi | Šamaš-kal, cupbearer |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, |
| 6 | a-za-ba-ni sagi | Azabani, cupbearer |
| 7 | u4 |BAD3.AN|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a | when to Dūr-šadû |
| 8 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 9 | e2-ze2-er-nu lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ezernu, royal messenger. |
| 10 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 11 | na-ap-li2-is-dingir lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Nebuchadnezzar, messenger of the king. |
| 12 | u4 ki-masz{ki}-ta | when Kimaš |
| 13 | ki lugal-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a | to the place of the king was brought, |
| 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 |
| 16 | u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when he went on a business trip with a k-equid |
| 17 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda pu-lu-lu szusz3 | 2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of pullulu-flour, |
| 18 | u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when the k-equid went to the ziggurat |
| 19 | 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, |
| 20 | u4 mun-gazi-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when he came to the mungazi-festival, |
| 21 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 22 | iti ezem-{d}li9-si4 | month: “Festival-of-Lisi,’ |
| 23 | 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 5(disz)-kam | 5th day. |
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