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Nisaba 34, 0178 (P498368)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498368 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00190 |
| 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(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga# | 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer |
| 2 | 1(barig) kasz du u4 6(disz)-kam | 1 barig regular beer on the 6th day, |
| 3 | 8(disz) sila3# [kasz] saga# | 8 sila3 fine beer |
| 4 | 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [kasz] du# u4 7(disz)-kam | 4 ban2 2 sila3 regular beer on the 7th day |
| 5 | 7(disz) sila3 kasz# saga# | 7 sila3 fine beer |
| 6 | 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz# du# u4# 8(disz)-kam | 3 ban2 5 sila3 regular beer on the 8th day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) dida saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# | 2 fine dida-beer, 1 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 2 | 1(disz) dida# du ba-ti#? sukkal | 1 dida, Dubati, the vizier |
| 3 | ki ur-mes#-ta | from Ur-mes |
| 4 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 5 | iti e2-iti-6(disz) | month: "House-month-6," |
| 6 | mu# {d}szu#-{d#}suen# lugal# | year: “Šū-Suen is king.{d} |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu-{d}suen | Šū-Suen, |
| 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-a-[kal-la] | Ayakalla |
| 2 | [ensi2] | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki#} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2#-[zu] | your servant |
Sources & licences
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