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Nisaba 04/2, 81 (P405393)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 04/2, 81 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405393 |
| Museum no. | BM 016384 |
| 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}ia-ku-ub-DINGIR ARAD ⸢x⸣ [...] | Iakub-ili, servant of |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-i-din-nam LU₂ EŠ₃.⸢NUN⸣.[NA{ki]} | Šamaš-iddinam, man of Esḫur-naṣir |
| 3 | {m}ha-⸢am⸣-mi-ša-gi-⸢iš⸣ | Ḫā-emi-šagi-iše, |
| 4 | ša aš-di-ba-hu ENSI₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | From Ašdibaḫu, the agricultural manager of . |
| 5 | {m}{d}UTU.DINGIR | Šamaš-ilu |
| 6 | ša qi₂-bi-šum-ma-⸢ti-kal⸣ UGULA ⸢GEME₂-MEŠ⸣ | From Qibi-šumma-etikal, the overseer of the female slaves. |
| 7 | {m}{d}la-si-mu-um-qar-ra-[ad] | La-simum-qarrad |
| 8 | ša šar-rum-ki-ma-DINGIR ⸢RA₂.GABA⸣ | From Šarrum-kīma-ilum, the scribal apprentice. |
| 9 | {m}i₃-li₂-iš-me-a-an-ni | Ilišmeanni, |
| 10 | ša {d}UTU-la-ma-sa₃-šu ⸢x⸣ | From Šamaš-lamassasu, the temple administrator. |
| 11 | {m}u-bar-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | Ubar-Eštar |
| 12 | ša bu-⸢ra⸣-mu-ša LU₂ EŠ₃.NUN.⸢NA⸣{ki} | From Būra-emuša, man of Ešnuna. |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}a-⸢x⸣-[...] | Aya-e... |
| 2 | ša {⸢d}AMAR.UTU-x⸣-[...] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ | of Marduk- |
| 3 | 8 ⸢SAG⸣.[ARAD] | 8 male slaves |
| 4 | nam-ha-⸢ar-ti⸣ [...] | Namḫarti |
| 5 | u₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | and the temple(s) |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | ZI.GA [NIG₂.ŠU [NIG₂.ŠU {d}EN.ZU-še-mi] | Issued under the authority of Sîn-šeme. |
| 8 | ⸢UGULA⸣ [a-si-ri] | the overseer of prisoners of war |
| 9 | ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10 | {iti}AB.⸢E₃⸣ [U₄ x-KAM] | Month of Tebet (X), [xth day], |
| 11 | mu ⸢ri-im⸣-{[d}a-nu-um] | year: “Rīm-Eštar-Anum. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x⸣-{d}[...] | ... E-e-d |
| 2 | [DUMU] ⸢EN⸣.AN.NA.[TUM₂] | son of Bēl-Eannatum |
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