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Nisaba 34, 0685 (P289993)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0685 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289993 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00766 |
| Collection | J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, 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 | ||
| 1 | 3(barig) 2(ban2) dabin | 3 barig 2 ban2 barley flour, |
| 2 | 3(gesz2) sa gi | 180 bundles of reed |
| 3 | kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba | under seal of Ur-Šara, chief accountant; |
| 4 | 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur | 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 5 | kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | under seal of Ur-Šulpa’e |
| 6 | 4(asz) gur | 4 gur |
| 7 | kiszib3 lu2-{d}szara2 dumu al-la | under seal of Lu-Šara, son of Alla |
| 8 | 1(u) 2(barig) gur kiszib3 ARAD2 ka-guru7 | 10 gur 2 barig, under seal of ARAD, the silo manager; |
| 9 | 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur | 13 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 6 1/2 sila3 |
| 10 | ugu2 lu2-kal-la ba-a-gar | upon Lukalla was placed |
| 11 | ki ur-zu-ta | from Urzu |
| 12 | 2(barig) ki {d}szara2-a-zi-ta | 2 barig from Šara-azi |
| 13 | 3(barig) 4(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 ki szesz-a-ni-ta | 3 barig 4 ban2 less 1 sila3 from Šešani, |
| 14 | 1(asz) gur ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta | 1 gur, from Lu-Ninšubur |
| 15 | 3(barig) 3(ban2) ki lu2-dingir-ra ugula kikken2-ta | 3 barig 3 ban2 from Lu-dingira, foreman of the mill, |
| 16 | 6(asz) 3(barig) gur ki da-da-a-ta | 6 gur 3 barig from Dada |
| 17 | kiszib3 ARAD2# | under seal of ARAD |
| 18 | 5(asz) gur kiszib3 lu2-gi-na | 5 gur, under seal of Lugina |
| 19 | ki ukken-ne2-ta | from the assembly |
| 20 | 7(asz) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur | 7 gur 1 ban2 9 sila3 10 shekels |
| 21 | ki ma-a-ti-ta ugu2 a-du-mu ba-a-gar# | from the land incumbent on Adumu was placed |
| 22 | 2(asz) gur ki ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba | 2 gur, from Ur-Šara, the chief accountant; |
| 23 | ki nig2-u2-rum-ta | from Niĝ-um |
| 24 | 1(asz) 1(ban2) gur kiszib3 gu-du-du | 1 gur 1 ban2, under seal of Gududu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki lugal-nig2-lagar-e-ta | from Lugal-nig-lagare |
| 2 | 2(asz) gu2 esir2# had2 mu naga4 2(disz)-a#-sze3# | 2 talents of esir2 had2, for 2 years of naga stone |
| 3 | kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | under seal of Ur-Šulpa’e |
| 4 | ki nig2-lagar-e-ta | from Nig-lagare |
| 5 | 1(asz) 2(barig) gur kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e <ka>-guru7 | 1 gur 2 barig, under seal of Lugal-nig-lagare, silo manager; |
| 6 | ki lu2-he2-gal2-ta | from Lu-hegal |
| 7 | szunigin 5(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 sze gur | total: 57 gur 1 barig 4 2/3 sila3 barley, |
| 8 | szunigin 2(asz) gu2 esir2 had2 | total: 2 talents of bitumen |
| 9 | szunigin 3(gesz2) sa gi | total: 240 bundles of reed |
| 10 | la2-ia3-ta su-ga lugal-ezem szabra | from the deficit repaid Lugal-ezem, the household manager; |
| 11 | ki hu-wa-wa-ta | from Ḫuwawa |
| 12 | ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba-ke4 | Ur-Šara, the chief accountant, |
| 13 | ba-an-dab5 | he captured. |
| 14 | mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed. |
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