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Nisaba 15, 0768 (P454044)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 0768 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454044 |
| Museum no. | RBC-TAM 090110 |
| 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 | szu-{d}en-lil2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Šū-Enlil the royal messenger |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 4 | puzur4-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Puzur-Ištar, royal messenger. |
| 5 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 6 | nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Nur-ilī, royal messenger. |
| 7 | u4 |BAD3.AN|{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a | when to Dūr-šadû |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 9 | en-nam-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ennam-Suen, messenger of the king |
| 10 | u4 |BAD3.AN|{ki}-ta | from Dūr |
| 11 | ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a | having gone to the royal place, |
| 12 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 13 | kur-bi-{d}suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Kurbi-Suen, messenger of the king |
| 14 | u4 si-masz-kum{ki}-ta | when Simaškum |
| 15 | ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a | having gone to the royal place, |
| 16 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 17 | hu-la-al lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Hulal, the messenger of the king |
| 18 | u4 kaskal {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im gen-na-a | When I went on the road with a mash-puzzle and a zigûm-vessel |
| 19 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda pu-lu-lu szusz3 | 2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of pullulu-flour, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when the k-equid went to the ziggurat |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 3 | en-u2-szim-ma dub-sar lugal | En-ušima, royal scribe. |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 5 | ur-esz3-ku3-ga dub-sar lugal | Ur-eškuga, royal scribe. |
| 6 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 7 | lu2-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar lugal | Lu-šugalama, royal scribe. |
| 8 | u4 sze GAN2-gu4-gesz e3-e3-e-de3 im-e-re-sza-a | When the barley of the oxen-field goes out, |
| 9 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda | [1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread |
| 10 | dingir-a-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ilum-asu, the royal messenger, |
| 11 | u4 sze-sze3 im-gen-na-a | when he came to the barley, |
| 12 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 13 | igi-an-na-ke4-zu aga3-us2 lugal tu-ra | Igi-ana, the soldier, the king of the desert, |
| 14 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 15 | ur-e2-an-na aga3-us2 lugal tu-ra | Ur-Eana, soldier of the king of Tu’ura. |
| 16 | u4 kaskal ugnimx(|KI.SU.LU.SZE3.KI.NIG2|)-ta im-e-re-sza-a | when the campaign of the army had arrived, |
| 17 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 18 | iti ezem-a-bi | month: “Festival-of-abi, |
| 19 | 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 1(u) 1(disz)-kam | 11th day, |
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