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Nisaba 04/1, 21 (P405266)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/1, 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405266 |
| Museum no. | BM 022727 |
| 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 | 1(BARIG) ZI₃.DA | 60 liters of flour. |
| 2 | SI.LA₂ U₄ 2-KAM | SI.LA₂ second day. |
| 3 | ša i₃-li₂-a-a-e-ni-iš | From Ilī-ayyeniš. |
| 4 | {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A ša {d}da-gan-⸢ma-DINGIR⸣ | messengers of Dagan-ema-ilum |
| 5 | u₃ UGULA MAR.TU-MEŠ | and the Amorite leaders |
| 6 | LU₂ ⸢KA₂.DINGIR.RA⸣{ki} | the man of Babylon |
| r | ||
| 1 | ZI.GA | Issued |
| 2 | ŠA₃ E₂ a-si-ri | Hand of the house of prisoners of war |
| 3 | NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-še-⸢mi⸣ | Under the authority of Sîn-šēmīa. |
| 4 | {iti}GU₄.SI.SA₂ U₄ 20-KAM | Month of Ayyaru, day 20, |
| 5 | ⸢mu⸣ ri-⸢im-{d⸣}a-nu-um lugal-e | Rīm-Anum, the king |
| 6 | unug{ki}ga ⸢u₃ a₂⸣-dam-bi | In Uruk, the e’u-priestess and its attendants |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | na-bi-i₃-li₂-[šu] | Nabi-ilišu |
| 2 | BISAG.DUB.[BA] | Bisagdubak |
| 3 | DUMU la-ki-ta-⸢re-me⸣-ni | son of Lakīta-eremeni |
| 4 | [ARAD ri-im]-{d}a-nu-[um] | servant of Rīm-Anum. |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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