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Nisaba 33, 61 (P517251)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 33, 61
ID	P517251
Museum no.	Schrijver 20-035
Collection	Adolph Schrijver, New York, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

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 col 1
1'	[1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3]	1 sheep, 1 sila3
2'	[u4] 4(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 7(disz)!-sze3	4th day, 27th day
3'	[sze]-bi# 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3	its barley: 2 ban2 7 sila3
4'	[3(disz)] udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	3 sheep, 1 sila3 each
5'	[u4] 6(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 5(disz)-sze3	6th day, 25th day
6'	[sze]-bi# 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz)! sila3	its barley: 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
7'	[1(disz)] sila4 1/2(disz) sila3	1 lamb, 1/2 lamb
8'	[u4 8(disz)]-kam# u4 2(u) 3(disz)-sze3	8th day, 23rd day
9'	[sze]-bi# 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	its barley: 1 ban2 1 1/2 sila3
10'	[5(u) 7(disz)] udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	57 rams, 1 sila3 each
11'	[1(disz)] sila4 1/2(disz) sila3	1 lamb, 1/2 lamb
12'	[u4 1(u)] 3(disz)-kam u4 1(u) 8(disz)!-sze3	13th day, 18th day
13'	[sze]-bi# 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz)! sila3 gur	its barley: 3 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
obverse col 2
1'	[...]
2'	[sze-bi ...]	its barley: ...
3'	3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	3 rams, 1 sila3 each,
4'	1(disz) sila4 1/2(disz) sila3	1 lamb, 1/2 lamb
5'	u4 2(u)-kam u4 1(u) 1(disz)-sze3	for 20 days and 11 days
6'	sze-bi 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3	its barley: 3 ban2 8 1/2 sila3;
7'	2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	2 rams, 1 sila3 each,
8'	u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u)-sze3	21st day, 10th day
9'	sze-bi 2(ban2)	its barley: 2 ban2;
10'	3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	3 rams, 1 sila3 each,
11'	u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam u4 9(disz)-sze3	22nd day, 9th day
12'	sze-bi 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3	its barley: 2 ban2 7 sila3;
reverse col 1
1	4(gesz2) [... udu 1(disz) sila3-ta]	240 ... sheep, 1 sila3 (= 100 sila3) each
2	u4 2(u) 4(disz)-[kam u4 7(disz)-sze3]	24th day, 7th day
3	sze-bi 5(asz) 3(barig) [...] sila3 gur	its barley: 5 gur 3 barig ... sila3
4	4(u) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	40 rams, 1 sila3 each
5	u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam u4 5(disz)-sze3	26th day, 5th day
6	sze-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2)	its barley: 3 barig 2 ban2;
7	1(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	12 rams, 1 sila3 each,
8	u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam u4 4(disz)-sze3	27th day, 4th day
9	sze-bi 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3	its barley: 4 ban2 8 sila3;
10	1(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	14 rams, 1 sila3 each
11	u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam u4 3(disz)-sze3	28th day, 3rd day
12	sze-bi 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3#	its barley: 4 ban2 2 sila3
reverse col 2
1	[szunigin] 5(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta	total: 153 sheep, 1 sila3 (= 100 sila3) each
2	szunigin 6(disz) sila4 1/2(disz) sila3 ta	total: 6 lambs 1/2 sila3 each
3	szunigin sze-bi 1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur	total, its barley: 16 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 9 sila3
4	[sza3?] mu#-kux(KWU147)?-ra	in the delivery(?)

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