Unread Atlas
Nisaba 27, 200 (P304139)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nisaba 27, 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304139 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 02102 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | ar-szi-ah | Arši-aḫ |
| 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 | ad-da | the father |
| 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 | {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 | Šulgi-ilī |
| 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 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| 8 | lugal-si-sa2 | Lugal-sisa |
| 9 | 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, |
| 10 | sza-al-mah | Šalmaḫ |
| 11 | 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 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| 12 | ur-ab-zu | Ur-abzu |
| 13 | 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 shekel]s alkali-plant, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) dug dida saga 2(ban2) 2(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2) zi3-gu saga 1(barig) 1(ban2) dabin 1(disz) sila3 i3 1(disz) udu | 1 jug fine dida-beer, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) 2 jugars fine doda-bānu, 2ban2 coarse flour, 1 barig 1 ban2 of dabin-flour, 1 sila3 of oil, 1 sheep, |
| 2 | mar-tu-ne szu-ba-ti | the Martune, the šubāti |
| 3 | giri3 {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | via Šulgi-ilī the royal messenger; |
| 4 | szunigin 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) dug dida saga 2(ban2) szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2) | total: 3 ban2 1 sila3 beer; 1 pot fine dida-beer; 2 ban2 total: 2 pots regular dida beer; 20 ban2 |
| 5 | szunigin 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ninda 2(ban2) zi3-gu saga 1(barig) 1(ban2) dabin 1(disz) udu | total: 1 ban2 9 sila3 bread, 2 ban2 fine flour, 1 barig 1 ban2, dabin, 1 sheep, |
| 6 | 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; |
| 7 | u4 7(disz)-kam | 7th day, |
| 8 | iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la | month: “Barley at the granary,’ |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year following: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.