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Nisaba 12/4, 1 = Nisaba 19, 259 (P381977)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 12/4, 1 = Nisaba 19, 259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P381977 |
| 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 | [1(disz) sar] 1(u) gin2 e2 du3-a | 1 sar 10 shekels built-up house |
| 2 | [u3 2(disz)] {gesz}ig ze2-na | and 2 door(s) |
| 3 | [da e2] za-a-bu-um# | next to the house of Zabum |
| 4 | [u3 da e2] {d}ku-usz-ba-ni | and next to the house of Kušbani |
| 5 | [ki {d}]suen-du10-um! gudu4 | from Sîn-dum, the gudug priest |
| 6 | [u3 a?]-bi-ia | and my father |
| 7 | [...]-am-tum dam-a-ni | ... his wife |
| 8 | [{disz}]ARAD2#-{d}suen lugal | Warad-Sin, the king |
| 9 | [u3] lu-usz-ta-mar-{d}suen lugal | and Luštamar-Suen, the king |
| 10 | [in]-szi-sa10-me-esz | they bought. |
| 11 | 1/3(disz)# ma-na 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 1/3 mana 8 shekels silver |
| 12 | sa10# til-a-ni-sze3# | as his purchase price |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [in-na]-la2#-me-[esz] | they shall pay. |
| 2 | [inim-gal2-la] e2-bi-sze3 | because of the property of this house |
| 3 | [in-na-dub]-bu | he heaped up. |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | [mu e2 {d}inanna] zabalam#{ki#} ba-du3 | year: “The temple of Inanna in Zabalam 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
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