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Nisaba 34, 0097 (P498357)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498357 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00105 |
| 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 | 4(ban2) zi3# [...] | 4 ban2 of ... flour |
| 2 | 1(barig) zu2-lum | 1 barig dates |
| 3 | 1(barig) esza ka | 60 litres (of barley for) Eša |
| 4 | 1(barig) zi3-gu du | 60 litres of regular flour |
| 5 | e2# gibil-sze3 | to the new house |
| 6 | 1(ban2) esza | 1 ban2 eša-flour, |
| 7 | 3(ban2) zi3-gu | 3 ban2 of emmer, |
| 8 | ARAD2 nagar | servant of the carpenter. |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 esza | 3 sila3 esha-flour, |
| 10 | [...] sila3 zi3-dub#-[dub] | ... sila flour |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}nisaba | Nisaba |
| 2 | 4(disz) sila3 esza | 4 sila3 esha-flour, |
| 3 | 4(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub | 4 sila3 dubdub flour, |
| 4 | {d}iszkur | For Adad |
| 5 | 4(disz) sila3 esza 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu | 4 sila3 eša-flour, 4 siLA3 gūya flour, |
| 6 | sza3 e2 gu-la | in the great house |
| 7 | 2(barig) sze ur-{d}ba-ba6 | 2 barig barley (for) Ur-Baba |
| 8 | ki da-gu-ta | from Dagu |
| 9 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka# | under seal of the governor |
| 10 | iti e2-iti-6(disz)# | month: "House-month-6," |
| 11 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3# [mar]-tu mu#-[du3] | year after: “Šū-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [{d}szu-{d}suen] | Šu-Suen |
| 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 | [a-a-kal-la] | Ayakalla |
| 2 | ensi2# | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki#} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-[zu] | your servant |
Sources & licences
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