Nisaba 34, 0417 (P506679)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0417 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506679 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00460 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(disz) udu 1(disz) [sila4 niga 1(disz) masz2] | 2 sheep, 1 lamb, grain-fed, 1 billy goat |
| 2 | u4 sakar gu#-[la] | when the great sakar offerings |
| 3 | 4(disz) udu 2(disz) [sila4 niga 1(disz) masz2] | 4 sheep, 2 lambs, grain-fed, 1 billy goat |
| 4 | {gesz}gigir u4 [5(disz)] | chariot for 5 days |
| 5 | 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4 1(disz) [masz2] | 4 sheep, 1 lamb, 1 billy goat |
| 6 | {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz) | a chariot 7 days |
| 7 | 2(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 | 2 rams, 1 billy goat |
| 8 | u4 sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz) | the day of the sakar festival, the day 15 |
| 9 | 3(u) udu niga a2 u4-da | 30 sheep, grain-fed, labor of day, |
| 10 | {d}szara2 umma{ki} | Šara of Umma, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu [...] | 1 sheep, barley-fed, 1 sheep |
| 2 | {d}szara2 |KI.AN|{ki#} | Šara of Ki’an |
| 3 | szunigin# 3(u) 1(disz) udu niga szunigin 2(u)# 4(disz)# [udu u2] | total: 31 sheep, barley-fed, total: 24 sheep, grass-fed |
| 4 | szunigin 3(disz) sila4 niga [szunigin 1(disz) sila4 4(disz) masz2] | total: 3 grain-fed lambs; total: 1 lamb, 4 billy goats |
| 5 | sa2-du11 {d}[szara2] | regular offerings of Šara |
| 6 | ki a-lu5-lu5-ta# | from Alulu |
| 7 | [zi-ga-am3] | booked out |
| 8 | [iti ...] | Month ..., |
| 9 | [mu ...] | year ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.