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Nisaba 27, 153 (P304071)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 27, 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304071 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 02034 |
| Collection | Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, 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 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| 2 | ka5-szu-um | |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| 4 | usz-gi-na | of Ušgina |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 5 sila₃ beer, 3 sila3 bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil, 2 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| 6 | a-hu-ma | a brother |
| 7 | 5(disz)# sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 8 | puzur4#-ma-ma | Puzur-Mama |
| 9 | [3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz)] sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 10 | [x]-{d}ba-ba6 | x-Baba |
| 11 | [3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz)] sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 [i3 2(disz) gin2] naga ma-asz2 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels] oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz)] sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 3 shekels onions, 3 [shekels oil], |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 naga ad-da | 2 shekels alkali-plant, Adda; |
| 3 | [2(ban2)] 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 ban2 9 sila3 beer, total: 1 ban2 8 sila3, bread |
| 4 | szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 naga | total: 1/3 sila₃ 1 shekel garlic; total: 3/4 sila and 1 shek[el oil; total]: 14 shekels alkali-plant; |
| 5 | u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam | 13th day, |
| 6 | iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra | month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’ |
| 7 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi | year following: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall erected,’ the year following that. |
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