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Nisaba 04/1, 05 (P405250)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/1, 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405250 |
| Museum no. | BM 023248 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ZI₃ US₂ | 120 liters of lesser-quality flour. |
| 2 | a-na SI.LA₂ 10 {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A UD.UNUG{ki} | for the ration of 10 messengers of Larsa |
| 3 | ša aš-šum E₂.DURU₅.BI₂.⸢ŠA₆⸣{ki} | of Edurubi-Ešapi |
| 4 | u₃ IRI-{d}IŠKUR-e-mu-qa₂-šu{ki} | and Ir-Adad-emuqašu |
| 5 | il-li-ku-nim | came. |
| 6 | {m}ma-ni-um | Manium, |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 LU₂ i-da-ma-ra-aṣ-⸢MEŠ⸣ | 1 man, Idamaraš-e23 |
| 2 | u₃ a-hi-a-tim | and dependents |
| 3 | ZI.GA ŠA₃ E₂ A.SI.RUM | Issued at the house of prisoners of war. |
| 4 | NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-še-mi | Property of Sîn-šeme |
| 5 | {iti}AB.E₃ U₄ 6-KAM | Month of Ayyaru, day 6, |
| 6 | mu ri-im-{d}a-nu-um | Year: Rīm-Anum. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | e-tel-pi₄-{[d}GIR₃.RA] | Etel-pî-GIR |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU⸣ EN.AN.NA.⸢TUM₂⸣ | “Enana-tum-ē23, |
| 3 | ARAD {d}IG.GAL.[LA] | servant of Iggala. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | ⸢wu⸣-su-um-[nu-x-x] | (for) Wu’esumnu- |
| 2 | DUMU i-⸢din⸣-{d}iš₈-tar₂ | son of I-edin-e-Ištar |
| 3 | ARAD {d}NIN.SI₄.AN.[NA] | servant of Ninsiana. |
Sources & licences
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