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Nisaba 15, 0777 (P454046)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 15, 0777
ID	P454046
Museum no.	Anonymous 454046
Collection	anonymous
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	ur-{d}ba-ba6 dub-sar lugal	Ur-Baba, royal scribe
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
4	en-u2-szim-ma dub-sar lugal	En-ušima, royal scribe.
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
6	ur-esz3-ku3-ga dub-sar lugal	Ur-eškuga, royal scribe.
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
8	ur-esz3-ku3-ga min dub-sar lugal	Ur-eškuga, ditto, royal scribe.
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
10	lu2-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar lugal	Lu-šugalama, royal scribe.
11	u4 sze GAN2 gu4-gesz e3-e3-de3 im-e-re-sza-a	When the barley reaches the field, the oxen will come out.
12	1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda	[1 ban2] beer, 1 ban2 bread
13	dingir-a-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ilum-asu, the royal messenger,
14	u4 sze-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the barley,
15	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
reverse
1	x-x-x lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	..., the royal messenger.
2	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
3	szu-{d}nin-szubur lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Ninszubur, royal messenger
4	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-ta	from Dūr
5	ki lugal-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a	to the place of the king was brought,
6	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
7	szu-{d}isztaran lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šū-Ishtaran, royal messenger
8	u4 \|BAD3.AN\|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when he went to Dūr
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
10	lu2-{d}nanna lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Lu-Nanna, royal messenger
11	u4 si-masz-kum{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a	when Simaškum went,
12	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
13	ma-szum lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ašum, the royal messenger,
14	u4 ensi2-ka-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the governor came,
15	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda pu-lu-lu szusz3	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of pullulu-flour,
16	u4 {ansze}kunga2 zi-gu5-um-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when the k-equid went to the ziggurat
17	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-{d}iszkur szusz3	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread for Šu-Addu, cattle manager;
18	u4 {gesz}ma-nu-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the manu tree
19	zi-ga	booked out
20	iti ezem-a-bi	month: “Festival-of-abi,
21	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 n-kam	the nth day

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