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Nisaba 34, 0139 (P498119)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498119 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00150 |
| 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 | 3(ban2) gu2-gal | 3 ban2 gugal-flour, |
| 2 | u3-ru-ru | |
| 3 | 2(ban2) gu2-gal | 2 ban2 gugal-flour, |
| 4 | nu-banda3-gu4 e2 [...] | oxen-manager of the temple of |
| 5 | 2(ban2) gazi# gazx(KUM)# | 2 ban2 of crushed emmer |
| 6 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gazi si-e3 | 1 ban2 5 sila3 of roasted barley, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | Ur-Šulpa'e, |
| 2 | kiszib3# lu2-kal-la dumu ARAD2#-dam | under seal of Lukalla, son of ARADdam |
| 3 | kiszib3 ensi2# | under seal of the governor |
| 4 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
| 5 | mu ku3 gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 | year: “The silver of the throne of Enlil was fashioned. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szul-gi | Šulgi |
| 2 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | [ur-{d}li9-si4] | Ur-Lisi |
| 2 | [ensi2] | governor |
| 3 | [umma{ki}] | of Umma |
| 4 | [ARAD2-zu] | your servant. |
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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