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Nisaba 34, 0593 (P506784)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0593 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506784 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00644 |
| 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' | [... sar] al# 6(disz) sar-ta | ... 6 sar of hoeing |
| 2' | [...] 1(gesz2) 3(u) [{u2}]kiszi17 ku5 | ... 90 cut juniper |
| 3' | 3(gesz'u) [...] sar-ta | 180 ... sar (a day) |
| 4' | a2-bi u4 3(u) [n-sze3] | its labor: 30 days |
| 5' | 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 8(disz) sar-ta | 168 sar, cut kiši-plant, at 8 saar (a day) |
| 6' | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) | its labor: 121 days; |
| 7' | 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) sar {u2}hirinx(KWU318)-na# zex(SIG7)#-a 1(u) sar-ta# | 180 sar, hirinnu-plant, sprouted, at 10 saar (per day) |
| 8' | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) [la2 2(disz@t)] | its labor: 210 less 2 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(gesz'u) sar {u2}hirinx(KWU318)-na zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta | 180 sar, hirinnu-plant, sprouted, at 12 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 3(u) | its labor: 240 days |
| 3 | a2 6(disz) sila3-ta | at 6 sila3 (per day) |
| 4 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 185 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day), |
| 5 | a2-bi# u4 4(u) 3(disz) | its labor: 43 days |
| 6 | a2 5(disz) sila3-ta# | 5 sila3 each |
| 7 | a-sza3 {d}amar-{d}suen# {d}szara2 ki-ag2 | field of Amar-Suena, beloved by Šara |
| 8 | [ugula] lu2-dingir-ra | foreman: Lu-dingira |
| 9 | kiszib3 lugal-a2-zi-da# | under seal of Lugal-azida |
| 10 | giri3# nimgir-an-ne2 | via Nimgir-ane |
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