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Nisaba 34, 0353 (P498308)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0353 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498308 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00395 |
| 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 | 5(ban2) <<sila3>> ninda u4 8(disz)-kam | 5 ban2 <sila> bread of the 8th day |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam | 1 ban2 bread, the 9th day |
| 3 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda u4 1(u)-kam | 1 ban2 5 sila3 bread of the 10th day, |
| 4 | 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam | 3 ban2 7 sila3 bread on the 11th day; |
| 5 | [...] ninda u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | ... bread of the 12th day |
| 6 | [...] ninda u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam | ... bread on the 13th day |
| 7 | [...] ninda u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam | ... bread of the 14th day |
| 8 | [...] ninda u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam | ... bread on the 15th day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] 5(disz) sila3 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam | ... 5 sila3 for 16 days |
| 2 | [...] sila3 u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | ... sila3 on the 17th day |
| 3 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 4 | iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la | month: “Barley at the granary,’ |
| 5 | mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna of Karzida was installed. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 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 | a-kal-la | Akalla |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
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