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Nisaba 05/1, 165 (P331647)
Administrative, Ur III, Ur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 05/1, 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P331647 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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)# ma-na ku3-[sig17] si-[sa2] | 5 minas of pure gold |
| 2' | [n] 1(u) ma-na 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 {na4#}za-gin3 | n mana 9 1/2 shekels lapis lazuli |
| 3' | {uruda}alan lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba gub-ba dah-he-de | May the balaŋ king of the four world quarters stand at your side. |
| 4' | 1/3(disz)#{sza} ku3-sig17 si-sa2 | 1/3 (mina) of pure gold |
| 5' | {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga ninda-ke4 geszimmar szu-ba gal2-la dah-he-de3 | So that the alānu-bowl of a woman, a child, and the bread of the date palm grow in their own hands |
| 6' | 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17 si-sa2 | 3 1/3 minas of pure gold, |
| 7' | {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga bi-luh [geszimmar? szu?]-ba gal2-la ga2-ga2-de3 | The balaŋ-drum(?) of a woman, a suckling child, and the date palm(?) in its hand(?) are to be set up |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17 si-sa2 | 4 1/3 minas of pure gold, |
| 2 | {uruda}alan munus dumu-ga a-bi2-za TUM# [x] x gaba gub-ba ga2#-ga2-de3 | The balaŋ drum of the woman, the daughter of your father, I want to set it up on the chest |
| 3 | 1(u) 5(disz) [ma]-na 1/2(disz) gin2 {na4#}[za-gin3?] AL#? U2 se3-<ge>-de3 | 15 minas 1/2 shekel of ... lapis lazuli, to make the plants grow |
| 4 | ki lugal-ku3-zu-ta | from Lugal-kuzu |
| 5 | a-a-mu | Ayamu |
| 6 | szu ba-an-ti | received. |
| 7 | giri3 lu2-dingir-ra | via Lu-dingira; |
| 8 | gaba#-ri kiszib3-ba | Copy of the sealed tablet. |
| 9 | iti a2-ki-ti | month: “Akitu,’ |
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