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Nisaba 12/1, 8 (P381875)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 12/1, 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P381875 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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 | [n gin2 ku3]-babbar nu-ur2-{d}[x-x] | n shekels of silver: Nūr- |
| 2 | 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar {d}suen-i-ri-ba#-[am] | 5/6 shekel of silver for Sîn-iribam |
| 3 | giri3 nu-ur2-{d}da-gan | via Nur-Dagan; |
| 4 | n gin2 ku3-babbar sza-at-{d}nin-szubur? | n shekels of silver for Šāt-Ninšubur |
| 5 | [n] gin2# 2(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar na-ap-li#-is#-dingir | n shekels 25 grains of silver for Naplis-ili |
| 6 | 4(disz)? gin2 2(u) 8(disz)# sze u3-babbar x-bi-e-x-[...] | 4? shekels 28 grains of white cumin |
| 7 | n gin2 ku3-babbar tu-um-ga-ta-a#-nu#-[x] | You will pay n shekels of silver |
| 8 | 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ra-ba#?-ba-a-x-x | 1/3 shekel of silver: Rababa- |
| 9 | igi-6(disz)-gal2 sze u3-babbar {d}iszkur-ma#-[am-szum2] | 1/6 (shekel) of white barley for Adad-mamšum |
| 10 | 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 5(disz)# [sze] ku3-babbar ad-[...] | 1 2/3 shekels 25 grains of silver ... |
| 11 | [n] igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar hu#-[...] | n 1/4 (shekels) of silver |
| 12 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [n] 8(disz) [...] | n 8 ... |
| 2' | [n] n sila3 lal3 x [...] | n sila3 honey ... |
| 3' | [...] lum# ka# [...] | ... ... mouth ... |
| 4' | [...] 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) [...] x | ... 1/3 sila3 5 ... |
| 5' | sza3#-[ba] n sila3 li | therefrom: n sila3 of li; |
| 6' | sza3#-ba# 1(u) 8(disz) gin2# [x] lal3 | therefrom: 18 shekels ... honey |
| 7' | za3-u {d}nin-gal-sze3 | to the right of Ningal |
| 8' | iti ab-e3-a | month: “Abea,’ |
| 9' | mu 6(disz)-kam e2-duru5 {d}nanna-i3-sa6 [ba-an-dib] mu# us2-sa {i7}buranun# ba-si#-i#-gi#-a# | 6th year; the village of Nanna-isa was erected; year following: “The Euphrates was restored.&us201d |
Sources & licences
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