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Nisaba 34, 0096 (P498076)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498076 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00104 |
| 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) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-[sze3] | 12 workdays, male laborers |
| 2 | a-sza3 sag-du3# | field Sagdu |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz# [tu] | 91 male laborers, 1 male laborer each |
| 4 | a-sza3 i7 lugal | field of the royal canal |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz tu | 155 male laborers, 1 male laborer, sick, |
| 6 | a-sza3 sza | the field of |
| 7 | 5(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz | 292 1/2 male laborers, |
| 8 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz tu | 18 male laborer workdays, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza3 amar-kiszi17 | field Amar-kiši |
| 2 | zar3# tab-ba szu ur3#-ra | šar tabba-soapwort spread over the hand |
| 3 | ugula a-gu | foreman: Agu |
| 4 | kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu | under seal of Lugal-kuzu |
| 5 | giri3 da-da-ga | via Dadaga |
| 6 | iti sze-kar#-[ra-gal2-la] | month: “Barley at the granary,'' |
| 7 | mu us2-[sa ma-da za]-ab-sza#-[li{ki} ba-hul] | year following: “The land of Zabšali was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-ku3-zu | Lugal-kuzu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-nigar{+gar#} [szusz3] | son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager |
Sources & licences
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