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Nisaba 34, 0498 (P498126)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0498 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498126 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00546 |
| 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(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) ku6 kun-zi | 122 fish of the kunzi-festival, |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ku6 sze6# | 13 barig 3 ban2 barley-fed fish |
| 3 | ku6 a du10-ga | fish with good water |
| 4 | za3-1(u)-bi! ib2-ta#!-zi | its edge he shall remove |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki ur-e11-[e-ta] | from Ur-e'e |
| 2 | e2-kiszib3-ba kux(KWU147)-ra | at the sealed house of delivery |
| 3 | kiszib3 ensi2 | under seal of the governor |
| 4 | giri3 ur-{d}[...] | via Ur- |
| 5 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
| 6 | mu {d}amar#-[{d}suen] lugal-e ur-bi2#-lum{ki} mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
| 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
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