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Nisaba 04/2, 78 (P405390)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/2, 78 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405390 |
| Museum no. | BM 096122 |
| 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}a-wi-li-⸢ia⸣ | Awīlīya, |
| 2 | LU₂ {iri}⸢x-x⸣-[...] | The man of the city |
| 3 | ŠA₃ 6 {lu₂}A.SI.RUM | Hand of 6 prisoners |
| 4 | ša i-na ta-ar-ba-[ṣi] | that in the taharbaṣu |
| 5 | ša GU₂ {id₂}GIŠ.GI.NIM [...] | From the bank of the Euphrates |
| 6 | {m}i₂-li₃-e-mu-[qa₂-šu] | Ilī-emuqašu |
| 7 | {m}⸢ni-in-x⸣-[...] | Enin- |
| 8 | 2 {lu₂}A.SI.RUM | 2 prisoners |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ i-na {iri}BAD₃{⸢ki⸣} | a wall in Dūr-Eštar |
| 10 | ⸢x-x⸣-ar-MEŠ | |
| 11 | u₂-te-ru-[ni-šu-nu-ti] | have returned to them |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}ša-⸢x⸣-[...] | Vā-e... |
| 2 | ŠA₃ re-du-ut ⸢x⸣-[...] ša UD-⸢x⸣ [...] | Hand of the shepherd of |
| 3 | 4 {lu₂}A.SI.RUM a-na E₂ ⸢BUR⸣.[SAG] | 4 prisoners of war for the house of the ēsag-priest |
| 4 | nam-ha-ar-ti e-⸢tel⸣-[pi₄-iš₈-tar₂] | Received by Etel-epištar. |
| 5 | u₃ be-la-nu-um ŠA₃.[TAM] ZI.GA | and Bēlānum, the slave. Issued |
| 6 | NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-še-mi UGULA A.SI.RUM | Under the authority of Sîn-šeme, the overseer of prisoners of war. |
| 7 | {iti}GU₄.SI.SA₂ U₄ 18-[KAM] | Month of Ayyaru, 18th day |
| 8 | mu ri-im-{d}a-nu lugal | year: “Rīm-Anu was king. |
| 9 | ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lu | the land of Emutbalu |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ⸢x-x⸣-[...] | |
| 2 | DUMU [...] | son of |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
Sources & licences
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