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Nisaba 34, 0666 (P469738)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0666 |
|---|---|
| ID | P469738 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00721 |
| 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' | [...] ba-ab-su-ub# | ... he heaped up |
| 2' | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 esir2 e2#-duru5# | 1 ban2 5 sila3 bitumen for the eduru-house |
| 3' | {gi}gur zi3 il2 1(u)-[am3] ba-ab-su-ub | a gur of flour raised at 10 (volume-)shekels was carried away. |
| 4' | 1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz)! sila3 esir2 e2-duru5# | 1 ban2 6 2/3 sila3 bitumen for the village |
| 5' | {gi}gur-dub! 5(u)-am3# | 50 gurdub baskets |
| 6' | bala-sze3 | to the bala |
| 7' | szesz-saga szu ba-ti | Šeš-saga received |
| 8' | [... sila3] esir2# e2-duru5 | ... sila3 of bitumen for the village |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {gi#}gur zi3 il2 2(u)-am3 ba-ab-su-ub | The reed mats with flour, raised to the standard, were piled up for 20 days |
| 2 | zi3 iri ma2-a ba-ra?-a-si | flour of the city barges into the boat(?) |
| 3 | kiszib3 lu2-{d}ha-ia3# | under seal of Lu-Ḫaya |
| 4 | mu en {d}[inanna unu{ki}] masz2#-e i3-pa3# | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by means of extispicy was chosen. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}ha-ia3 | Lu-Ḫaya |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-e11-e szusz3 | son of Ur-e’e, cattle manager |
Sources & licences
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