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Nisaba 34, 0623 (P506813)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0623 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506813 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00676 |
| 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' | [...] kusz udu | ... sheep skin |
| 2' | 3(disz) kusz masz2 | 3 goat hides, |
| 3' | 2(disz) kusz sila4 | 2 lamb hides, |
| 4' | iti pa4-u2-e | month: “Pa’ue, |
| 5' | 6(disz) kusz udu niga | 6 hides of grain-fed sheep, |
| 6' | 1(u) 4(disz) kusz udu | 14 sheep-hides |
| 7' | 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) kusz masz2 | 9 goat hides, |
| 8' | 2(disz) kusz masz2 ga | 2 goat hides, suckling, |
| 9' | iti {d}dumu-zi | month: “Dumuzi,’ |
| 10' | szunigin 5(disz) <kusz> udu bar-gal2 szunigin 2(u) 2(disz) kusz udu niga | total: 5 <sheep> hides of fleece-covered sheep; total: 22 sheep skins, grain-fed, |
| 11' | szunigin 4(u) 8(disz) kusz udu ga 5(u) kusz masz2 szunigin 6(disz) kusz sila4 | total: 48 sheep-hides, sucklings, 50 goat hides; total: 6 lamb hides, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna of Karzida was installed. |
| 2 | 6(disz) kusz udu bar-gal2 | 6 hides of fleece-covered sheep, |
| 3 | 1(u) 1(disz) kusz udu bar-su-ga | 11 hides of sheep, purified, |
| 4 | 7(disz) kusz sila4 | 7 lamb hides, |
| 5 | 2(u) kusz masz2 | 20 goat hides, |
| 6 | iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la | month: “Barley at the granary,’ |
| 7 | 1(u) kusz udu bar-gal2 | 10 sheep-hides, fleece-covered |
| 8 | 4(disz) kusz sila4 bar-gal2 | 4 hides of male lambs, suckling, |
| 9 | 7(disz) kusz udu niga | 7 sheep-hides, grain-fed, |
| 10 | [n] 2(disz) kusz udu | n 2 sheep-hides |
| 11 | [n kusz] sila4# | n hides of lambs |
Sources & licences
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