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Nisaba 34, 0279 (P506576)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0279 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506576 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00320 |
| 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 | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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 | 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) amar 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta# | 197 calves at 1 1/2 sila3 each |
| 2 | u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t)-sze3# | for 30 less 1 days |
| 3 | iti ezem-mah# | month “Festival-of-Maḫ, |
| 4 | 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) amar 1(disz) 1/2(disz)# sila3#-ta# | 144 calves at 1 1/2 sila3 (a day) |
| 5 | u4 1(u)-sze3 | for 10 days |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 5(u)# 1(disz) amar# 2(disz)# sila3-ta# | 121 calves, 2 sila3 (= 20 sila3) each |
| 7 | u4 [2(u)]-sze3 | for 20 days |
| 8 | iti# ezem#-an-na | month "Festival of An," |
| 9 | szunigin# 5(gesz'u)#! 7(gesz2)#! [amar] 2(disz) sila3 sze-ta | total: 420 calves, 2 sila3 barley each |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [szunigin 1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) amar 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-ta] | total: 93 calves, 1 1/2 sila3 barley each |
| 2 | u4# 1(disz)#-[sze3] | for 1 day |
| 3 | sze-bi 5(u)# 7(asz) 4(ban2) 9(disz)# [1/2(disz) sila3] gur# | its barley: 47 gur 4 ban2 9 1/2 sila3 |
| 4 | zi#-ga | booked out |
| 5 | ki ku-li szabra#-[ta] | from Kulli the chief household manager |
| 6 | sza3 e2-amar-ra {d}szul#-gi#-[ra] | in the E-amara of Šulgi |
| 7 | mu si-mu-ru#-[um{ki}] lu-lu-bu{ki#} [a-ra2] 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz [ba-hul] | year: “Simurum and Lullubu for the 9th time were destroyed. |
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