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Nisaba 34, 0438 (P498067)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0438 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498067 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00483 |
| 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 | [...] GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1(iku) GAN2-ta | ... field area: 1 iku field area each |
| 2 | gesz ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta | harrowing logs, 3 times, at 1 eše3 field area each, |
| 3 | a2-bi u4# 2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) 4(bur3) GAN2 gesz ur3 a-ra2 [...]-ta | its labor: 142 days; 4 bur3 field area, harrowing, from |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)? | its labor: 122 days |
| 5 | [...] GAN2 gesz ur3 a-ra2# 3(disz) 1(esze3)-ta# | ... field, harrowing, 3 times, at 1 eše each |
| 6 | [a2]-bi# u4 [...] | its labor: ... days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] 1(bur3) GAN2 <gesz> ur3# a-ra2 2(disz) | ... 1 bur3 <field>, harrowing, 2 times |
| 2 | a2#-bi! u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) | its labor: 900 days |
| 3 | a#-sza3 la2-mah gu-la | field Lamah, great |
| 4 | [ugula] i7-pa-e3 | foreman: Ipa'e |
| 5 | giri3# ur-gu2-de3-na | via Ur-gudena |
| 6 | [kiszib3] lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe |
| 7 | [mu] gu-za {d}en-lil2-[la2] ba-dim2 | year: “The throne of Enlil was fashioned. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-e2-mah-e | Lugal-emaḫe, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni | son of Lugal-kugani, |
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