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Nisaba 34, 0105 (P506497)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Nisaba 34, 0105
ID	P506497
Museum no.	RBC 00114
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(asz) 4(barig) gu2-gal hi-a	1 (gur) 4 barig gugal-flour,
2	ku3#-bi# 4(disz)# 1/2(disz)#? gin2#	its silver: 4 1/2 shekels
3	1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze-lu2	1 barig 2 ban2 4 sila3 šelu-flour
4	ku3#-bi 1(disz) gin2# 5(disz) sze	its silver: 1 shekel 5 grains
5	3(barig) gazi ku3#-bi# 1/3(disz) gin2	3 barig sesame oil, its silver: 1/3 shekel
6	2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 [{u2}]gamun2# babbar	2 ban2 2 1/2 sila3 white cumin
7	ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1 1/4 shekels
8	3(barig)? asznan? tur sze u4	3 barig(?) small barley-corns daily
9	ku3#-bi# 1(disz)# gin2# la2# igi-4(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1 1/4 shekels
10	3(u) n asz-sze saga	30 n good quality aš-sheep
11	ku3#-bi# 1/3(disz) gin2#	its silver: 1/3 shekel
12	1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 x	1 1/2 sila3
13	ku3#-bi# 1(disz)#? gin2#	its silver: 1 shekel
14	1(disz) 1/2(disz) x bi? 2/3(disz)-ta	(total:) 1 1/2 ... 2/3 each
15	1(disz) ma#-na# x gesz#? gi x	1 mina ... reed
16	[n ...] x? ku3-bi 1(u) 1(disz) sze	its silver: 11 grains
17	[n ...] du3? ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze	... its silver: 1/6 (shekel) 6 grains
18	[1(disz) 1/2(disz)] ma#-na# za-ba-lum	1 1/2 minas of lapis lazuli
19	[ku3]-bi#? 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	its silver: 22 1/2 grains
20	[n {gesz}]pesz3# sze-er-gu	n šergu-trees
21	[ku3-bi n] 1(u) 2(disz) sze	its silver: n+12 grains
reverse
1	[n] naga ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2	n alkali-plants, their silver: 1 shekel
2	[n] sila3# mun ku3-bi 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	n sila3 salt, its silver: 6 1/2 grains
3	[n sila3] mun ku3-bi 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	n sila3 salt, its silver: 22 1/2 grains
4	[n] naga ku3-bi 1(u) 1(disz)? sze? gal	n potsherds, its silver: 11 large barley-corns
5	[n] {u2}sullimx(\|U.EN\|) ku3-bi 1/2(disz) gin2	n sullim plants, their silver: 1/2 shekel
6	2(ban2) szum2-ha-din	2 ban2: Šumḫadin
7	ku3-bi 4(disz) gin2	its silver: 4 shekels;
8	7(disz) sila3 numun za3-hi-li	7 sila3 seed of zaḫili
9	ku3-bi 1(u) 5(disz) sze	its silver: 15 grains;
10	3(asz) ku6 sze6 gur	3 gur barley-fed fish,
11	ku3-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2	its silver: 1 2/3 shekels;
12	szunigin 1/3(disz) ma-na 2(u) 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar	total: 1/3 mana 22 grains of silver
13	zi-ga sza3 bala-a uri5{ki}-ma	booked out of the bala of Ur,
14	ki lugal-saga dam-gar3-ta	from Lugal-saga, the merchant;
15	kiszib3 la-ni muhaldim	under seal of Lani, the cook;
16	iti dal	month: “Flight,‭
17	mu e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3	year: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.‭
seal 1
1	la-[ni]	La-ni
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu [ur]-nigar{+gar}	son of Ur-nigar

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