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Nisaba 15, 1002 (P454163)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 15, 1002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P454163 |
| Museum no. | Adra 010 |
| Collection | Adra, Jawad, Heri, Lebanon |
| 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 | 7(bur3)# GAN2 uru4-a | 7 bur3 surface area, cultivated |
| 2 | sze-numun-bi 7(asz) gur | its seed barley: 7 gur |
| 3 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2-bi 1(u) 4(asz) gur | labor of hirelings: 14 gur |
| 4 | 1(disz) gu4-apin 8(asz) gur | 1 plow-ox, 8 gur |
| 5 | gu4-apin-na ba-an-si | he filled the plow-oxen. |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) 2(asz) 3(barig) sze gur | 62 gur 3 barig barley, |
| 7 | sa2-du11 sze#-ba# | regular offering of barley |
| 8 | 3(u) udu hi-a nig2-sa10-bi 1(u) 5(asz) gur | 30 sheep, its purchase price is 15 gur |
| 9 | siskur2 sze3 | to the offering |
| 10 | 1(asz) dabin gur iti {gesz}apin | 1 gur of dabin-flour, month: “Plow,’ |
| 11 | 1(asz) 1(barig) dabin gur siskur2 ninda | 1 gur 1 barig dabin-flour, siskur-offering of bread |
| 12 | 1(asz) 1(barig) dabin gur u4 bu-tu-qum | 1 gur 1 barig of dabin-flour for the days of Butuqum, |
| 13 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 14 | 1(asz) 2(barig) dabin gur iti ezem-a-dara4 | 1 gur 2 barig of dabin-flour, month: "Festival-of-Adara;" |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza3 kesz3{ki} | in Keš |
| 2 | 3(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur | 31 gur 1 barig |
| 3 | sze-ba e2 | barley rations of the house |
| 4 | 6(asz) kasz ninda gur | 6 gur beer, bread |
| 5 | geszbun2-dingir-re-ne | of the gods' banquet |
| 6 | 4(barig) 4(ban2) siskur2 e2 {d}szul-pa-e3 | 4 barig 4 ban2 offerings for the temple of Šulpa’e |
| 7 | 1(asz) gur a2 geme2 usz-bar | 1 gur, labor of female weavers; |
| 8 | 1(u) gur a2 sahar zi-ga | 10 gur, labor of zigga-sand, |
| 9 | 1(asz) gur nig2-sa10 uruda | 1 gur, exchange for copper; |
| 10 | szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur | total: 121 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 barley, |
| 11 | mu 1(disz)-kam | for 1 year |
| 12 | mu? 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3 | for 18 years, |
| 13 | szunigin? n 4(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) [n] gur | total: 42026 gur |
| 14 | [zi?]-ga#?-am3 | it is a ziga(?) |
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