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Nisaba 04/2, 23 (P405335)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/2, 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405335 |
| Museum no. | BM 016453 |
| 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 | {m}{d}UTU-na-ah-ra-ri LU₂ EŠ₃.NUN.NA{ki} | Šamaš-naḫarārī, man of Eshnuna |
| 2 | ša i-lu-ni ENSI₂ LU₂ EŠ₃.NUN.NA{⸢ki⸣} | of Iluni, the agricultural manager of Ešnuna |
| 3 | ša iš-tu mu-ti-a-ba-al{⸢ki⸣} | from Mutiabāl |
| 4 | {m}{d}da-gan-ma-DINGIR | Daganma-ilum, |
| 5 | ⸢u₂⸣-ša-ri-a-am | of E-e-šariam |
| 6 | [NIG₂].⸢BA⸣ LUGAL a-na {d}UTU | The king’s messenger to Šamaš |
| r | ||
| 1 | [nam]-⸢ha⸣-ar-ti {m}u-bar-{⸢d⸣}UTU SANGA {d}UTU | Received by Ubār-Šamaš, the Šangû-priest. |
| 2 | ZI.⸢GA⸣ NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-še-mi | Issued under the authority of Sin-šeme. |
| 3 | UGULA a-si-ri | overseer of prisoners of war. |
| 4 | {iti}ZIZ₂.A U₄ 22-KAM | Šabaṭu, 22nd day, |
| 5 | mu ri-im-{d}a-nu-um lugal | year: “Rīm-Anum is king. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [ARAD] {d}ra-am-⸢ma⸣-[a-nu-um] | servant of Rīm-Emanum. |
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
- 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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