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Nisaba 34, 0558 (P468799)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P468799 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00608 |
| Collection | J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) gurusz sza3-gu4 u4 3(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborers, oxen drivers for 3 days |
| 2 | zi3 ma2-a si-ga | flour loaded into a barge |
| 3 | u4 2(u) 5(disz)-sze3 | for 25 days |
| 4 | umma{ki}-ta s,i2-im-dum-sze3 | from Umma to Ṣimdum |
| 5 | ma2 zi3-da gid2-da | barge with flour punted; |
| 6 | s,i2-im-dum-ta | from Ṣimdum |
| 7 | e2-te-na-sze3 | to the Etena temple |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 3(disz)-sze3 | for 3 days |
| 2 | ma2 diri-ga | surplus barge |
| 3 | u4 5(disz)-<sze3> ma2 ba-<al>-la | for 5 days barge punted |
| 4 | u4 5(disz)-sze3 | for 5 days |
| 5 | e2-te-na-ta | from the Etena |
| 6 | umma{ki}-<sze3> ma2 su3 gur-ra | to Umma barge punted, |
| 7 | ugula ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3 gu4# | foreman: Ur-gigir, overseer of oxen |
| 8 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam a-du-mu | under seal of Namšatam, Adumu |
| 9 | dumu lu2-ga | son of Luga |
| 10 | mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 | year: “The throne of Enlil was fashioned;’ |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-ra2 | times |
| 2 | [dub-sar] | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lu2-ga | son of Luga |
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
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