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Nisaba 34, 0237 (P506553)

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

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Designation	Nisaba 34, 0237
ID	P506553
Museum no.	RBC 00255
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(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 8(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur zabar-ta	88 gur 5 ban2 5 sila3 barley, (measured) by the bronze (sila),
2	5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gig gur zabar-ta	5 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 wheat each,
3	1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur zabar#-ta#	12 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 of flour each,
4	4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal#	353 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 6 sila3 barley, royal (measure)
5	2(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur lugal	2 gur 3 barig flour, royal (measure),
6	1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur nam-ha-ni-ta	11 gur 3 barig barley from Namhani
7	kiszib3 ur#-{d}li9-si4	under seal of Ur-Lisi
8	4(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) sze gur 4(asz)# 1(barig) zi3 gur	142 gur 4 barig barley, 4 gur 1 barig flour
9	kiszib3 la-ni-mu	under seal of Lanimu
10	2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur 1(barig) zi3 lugal	2 (sixties) 50 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 barley, 1 barigg flour, royal (measure),
11	kiszib3 ad-da	under seal of Adda;
12	1(gesz2) sze gur zabar-ta	60 gur of barley, (measured) by the bronze gur,
reverse
1	kiszib3 {d}szara2-mu-tum2	under seal of Šara-mutum
2	2(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}suen	2 gur, under seal of Ur-Suen
3	1(gesz2) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur zabar	60 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 barley, of bronze,
4	kiszib3 ARAD2 <<szu ba-ti>>	under seal of ARAD; he has received it
5	szunigin 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur	total: 184 gur 2 ban2 2 sila3 barley
6	szunigin# [3(disz)] 2(asz) 2(barig) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gig gur	total: 3 gur 2 barig 8 1/2 shekels
7	szunigin 2(u) 4(ban2) gur	total: 20 gur 4 ban2
8	ki ur-{d}nin-su-ta	from Ur-Ninsu
9	ur-{d#}li9#-si4-ke4	Ur-Lisi
10	szu ba-ti	received.
11	sag gur-bi nu-um-gar	Its head was not placed.
12	gur-bi kab2 di-dam	Its gur is to be opened.
13	mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si#-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul	Year: the 3rd, Simurrum was destroyed

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