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Nisaba 34, 0877 (P498383)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0877 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498383 |
| Museum no. | RBC 02609 |
| 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 | [...] gesztin#-had2 | ... grapes |
| 2 | [... zu2]-lum | ... dates |
| 3 | [... {gesz}]ge6#-par4 | The ... of the “gepar-tree"(?) |
| 4 | [...] x du | ... going |
| 5 | [...]-sze3 | to ... |
| 6 | [... {gesz}]ge6#-par4 | The ... of the “gepar-tree"(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d#}szara2 | For Šara |
| 2 | [n] disz# 6(disz) sila3 {gesz}ge6-par4-duru5 | n (mana wool for) 6 sila3 of the “Geparduru’ |
| 3 | {d}nin-ur4-ra | For Ninura, |
| 4 | 1(ban2) {gesz}ge6-par4 | 1 ban2 of eponymy of |
| 5 | {d}dumu-zi-urua{+a} | Dumuzirua, |
| 6 | ki {d}szara2-kam-ta# | from Šarakam |
| 7 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 8 | iti dal | month: “Flight, |
| 9 | mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi | year after: “The Amorite wall was erected;’ the year after that,‘ |
| 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 world quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-a-kal-[la] | Ayakala |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma#[{ki}] | of Umma |
| 4 | [ARAD2-zu] | your servant. |
Sources & licences
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