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Nisaba 33, 303 (P517481)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 33, 303
ID	P517481
Museum no.	Schrijver 20-301
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	2(asz) gu2 5(u) 1/3(disz) ma-na 7(disz) gin2 uruda	2 talents 50 1/3 mana 7 shekels copper,
2	e2 szu-szum2-ma	the household of Šū-Šulma
3	1(asz) gu2 4(u) ma-na uruda	1 talent 40 minas of copper
4	5(disz) ma-na su-he2	5 mana of suhe,
5	ki ur-{d}dumu-zi-da-ta	from Ur-Dumuzida
6	9(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na uruda sza3 ki nigar{+gar}-ki-du10 gal5!-la2-gal	9 2/3 minas of copper, in the place of Nigar-kidu, the gallagal-official
7	ki a-ra2-ta	from Ara
8	1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da	93 hambuda-tools
9	ki-la2-bi 4(u) 7(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2	its weight: 47 ma-na 5 shekels;
10	1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) {uruda}gur10 1(u) 6(disz) gin2-ta	72 gur10 copper, 16 shekels each
11	ki-la2-bi 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 3(disz) gin2	their weight: 17 1/2 ma-na, 3 shekels
12	5(gesz2) [x] 5(disz) {uruda}gur10 1(u) 2(disz) gin2-ta	565 gur 102 shekels each
13	ki-la2-bi 4(u) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na	its weight: 43 2/3 mana
14	3(disz) {uruda}gur10 1(u) gin2-ta	3 gur 10 shekels each,
15	ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na	its weight: 1/3 mana
16	1(disz) {uruda}gur10 1/3(disz) ma-na	1 gur10, 1/3 mana
17	ki-la2-bi 1(u) gin2	its weight: 10 shekels;
18	kin dub2-ba	a work assignment
19	ka-us2-sa-ta gur-ra	from the Kassa canal returned
20	ki lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta	from Lu-Enlila
21	1(u) 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 uruda	13 minas 16 2/3 shekels copper,
22	bi2-gu7 kin simug <si>-ga	he ate; the work of the smith,
obverse col 2
1	2(disz) ma-na su-he2 ki ensi2-ka-ta	2 minas of suhe, from the governor;
2	szunigin 6(asz) gu2 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 uruda	total: 6 talents 42 minas 11 2/3 shekels copper,
3	szunigin 7(disz) ma-na su-he2!(URUDU)	total: 7 minas of copper
4	sag nig2-gur11-ra#-[kam]	the capital of the property
5	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
6	5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da	166 copper hambuda-bowls,
7	ki-la2-bi 3(asz) gu2 4(u) ma#-na	its weight: 3 talents 40 minas
8	1(disz) {uruda}szen-dili2	1 szendili copper
9	ki#-la2#-bi 6(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2	its weight: 6 1/3 mana 5 shekels
10	[3(disz)] {uruda}za3-szu2 gu4#	3 oxen axes
11	ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2	its weight: 1 2/3 minas 2 shekels;
12	1(disz) {uruda}ha-zi-in	1 hazin copper
13	ki-la2-bi 1(disz) ma-na la2 2(disz@t) gin2	its weight: 1 mina less 2 shekels;
14	giri3 lu2-nun-gal	via Lu-nungal;
15	2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da	121 copper buckets,
16	ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2	its weight: 1 talent 20 1/3 minas 4 shekels;
17	1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) {uruda}gur10	77 gur of copper
18	ki-la2-bi 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma#-[na] 7(disz) gin2	its weight: 18 1/2 minas 7 shekels
19	giri3 lu2-sa6#-[ga]	via Lu-saga
reverse col 1
1	szunigin 3(disz) {uruda}za3#-[szu2 gu4]	total: 3 oxen axes
2	szunigin 8(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) {uruda#}[ha]-bu3-da#	total: 616 hamudu-tools
3	szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) {uruda#}[gur10]	total: 77 gur of copper
4	szunigin 1(disz) {uruda}ha-zi-[in]	total: 1 hazin axe
5	ki-la2-bi 5(asz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) ma#-na 2(disz) [gin2]	its weight: 5 talents 37 1/3 minas 2 shekels
6	bi2-gu7#-bi 1(u) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na [...] gin2#	its consumption: 16 5/6 minas ... shekels
7	kin#! til-<la>-bi 2(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 5(disz)? gin2 1(u) 1/3(disz)? sze	its finished work: 2 5/6 mana 5 shekels 10 1/3 grains
8	[1(disz)] {uruda}szen-dili2	1 szendili copper
9	[ki]-la2-bi 6(disz)! 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2	its weight: 6 1/3 mana 5 shekels
10	bi2#-gu7-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na# 5(disz)? 1/2(disz) gin2	its consumption: 1/2 mana 5 1/2 shekels
11	su-he2!-bi 7(disz) gin2! [...] 2(disz) sze	its stalks: 7 shekels ... 2 grains
12	szunigin 6(asz) gu2 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) la2 2(disz@t) sze uruda	total: 6 talents 1 mina 17 1/2 shekels 20 less 2 grains of copper
13	szunigin 3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sze su-[he2]	total: 3 minas 4 1/6 shekels 1 1/2 barley-corns, suhe.
14	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
15	la2-ia3 4(u) 5/6(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 1(u) 1(disz) sze uruda	deficit: 45 5/6 minas 4 shekels 11 grains of copper,
16	3(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 2(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sze su-he2	3 2/3 mana 5 5/6 shekels 28 1/2 barley-corns, roasted,
17	la2-ia3-am3	deficit.
reverse col 2
1	nig2-ka9-ak uruda	account of copper
2	mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal	year: “Amar-Suen is king.‭

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