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Nisaba 33, 59 (P517250)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 33, 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P517250 |
| Museum no. | Schrijver 20-033 |
| Collection | Adolph Schrijver, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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(disz) udu u2 | 2 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 2 | 1(disz) sila4 | 1 lamb |
| 3 | u4 1(disz)-kam | 1st day, |
| 4 | 2(disz) udu u2 | 2 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 5 | 3(disz) masz2-gal u2 | 3 billy goats, grass-fed, |
| 6 | u4 2(disz)-kam | 2nd day, |
| 7 | 1(disz) sila4 u4 6(disz)-kam | 1 lamb on the 6th day, |
| 8 | 2(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa | 2 sheep, grain-fed, for the oxen-drivers |
| 9 | 4(disz) udu u2 | 4 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 10 | u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th day, |
| 11 | 2(disz) udu a-lum u2 | 2 alum sheep, grass-fed, |
| 12 | 1(disz) masz2 | 1 kid, |
| 13 | u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam | 14th day, |
| 14 | 1(disz) udu a-lum niga saga us2 | 1 alum sheep, grain-fed, fine quality, two-year-old, |
| 15 | 1(disz) udu u2 | 1 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 16 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 17th day, |
| 17 | 3(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa | 3 sheep, grain-fed, for the oxen-drivers |
| 18 | u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam | 23rd day, |
| 19 | 1(gesz2) udu u2 | 60 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 20 | 1(disz) gukkal u2 | 1 fat-tailed sheep, grass-fed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(u) masz2#-[gal u2] | 50 grass-fed billy goats |
| 2 | u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | 24th day; |
| 3 | 6(disz) udu niga u4 3(u)-kam | 6 grain-fed sheep on the 30th day, |
| 4 | szunigin 1(disz) udu a-lum niga saga us2 | total: 1 alum-sheep, barley-fed, fine quality, |
| 5 | szunigin 6(disz) udu niga | total: 6 grain-fed sheep |
| 6 | szunigin 5(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa | total: 5 sheep, barley-fed, for the oxen-eusa |
| 7 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 9(disz) udu u2 | total: 69 sheep, grass-fed |
| 8 | szunigin 1(disz) gukkal u2 | total: 1 fat-tailed sheep, grass-fed, |
| 9 | szunigin 2(disz) udu a-lum u2 | total: 2 late-born sheep, grass-fed |
| 10 | szunigin 5(u) 3(disz) masz2-gal u2 | total: 53 full-grown billy goats, grass-fed |
| 11 | szunigin 2(disz) sila4 | total: 2 lambs, |
| 12 | szunigin 1(disz) masz2 | total: 1 kid |
| 13 | ($ blank space $) 2(gesz2) 2(u) udu | 210 sheep |
| 14 | kiszib3 nu-ur2-{d}iszkur | under seal of Nur-Adda; |
| 15 | ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi | from Intaea booked out; |
| 16 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 17 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2 | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the great barge for Enlil and Ninlil fashioned. |
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