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Nisaba 04/2, 53 (P405365)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/2, 53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405365 |
| Museum no. | BM 016447 |
| 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 | {d}DUMU.MUNUS-iš₈-tar₂ ša za-lu-hu-um | Marat-Ištar of Zaluḫum |
| 2 | NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-be-el-i₃-li₂ | Under the authority of Sîn-bēl-ili. |
| 3 | {m}DUG₃-ga-⸢ma-al-DINGIR⸣ | Ṭab-gâ-emal-ili |
| 4 | ša ER₃.RA-na-ṣi-ir | From Erra-nāṣir. |
| 5 | NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU mu-ti-{d}da-gan | Property of Muti-Dagan |
| 6 | 2 SAG.GEME₂-MEŠ | 2 female slaves |
| 7 | ⸢a-na⸣ {munus}ŠA₃.GU₄-MEŠ | an ox or bull |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ GU₄ šu-ku-lim | An ox is a cow |
| 2 | ⸢nam⸣-ha-ar-ti {m}⸢iri-ba-am⸣ | Enamḫarti, Iri-bam, |
| 3 | {m}ṣil₂-li₂-{⸢d⸣}UTU | Billi-Eštar, |
| 4 | {m}TAB.⸢BA⸣-we-⸢du⸣-um | Ṭab-ewe-ēdum, |
| 5 | ⸢u₃⸣ a-li₂-ta-li-mi ENSI₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | “Ali-talīmi, the agricultural manager, |
| 6 | ZI.GA NIG₂.⸢ŠU⸣ NIG₂.⸢ŠU⸣ {d}EN.ZU-še-mi | Issued under the authority of Sin-šeme. |
| 7 | UGULA a-si-ri | overseer of prisoners of war. |
| 8 | {iti}KIN.{⸢d⸣}INANNA U₄ 12-KAM | Ululu (Month VI), day 12 |
| 9 | mu unug{ki}ga ⸢u₃⸣ a₂-dam-[bi] | year: “Unug, the e22u₃-e23 was its settlement.‽ |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ⸢e⸣-ri-ba-⸢am⸣ | “It is enough, it is enough!’ |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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