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Nisaba 34, 0674 (P506864)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0674 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506864 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00730 |
| 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) 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 97 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | sze u4-de3 de6-a ri-ri-ga | barley rations of the storm that are to be carried away, |
| 3 | 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 sze bala-a guru7-a im-ur3-ra-a | 40 workdays, male laborers, barley transferred, grain heaped up in the silo |
| 4 | [a-sza3] amar-{gesz}kiszi17 | field Amar-kiši |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra | 124 workdays, male laborers, piled up in piles, |
| 6 | [a-sza3] szu-nu-kusz2 | field Šunukush |
| 7 | [...] x x gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 sze-sag11-a zar3-tab!(UR3)-a | ... laborer for 1 day, barley rations, piled up |
| 8 | [...] 1(disz) gurusz gu4-e us2-sa | ... 1 male oxen-driver, |
| 9 | [... 1(u)] 3(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra | ... 34 workdays, male laborers, sheaves piled up, hand lifted |
| 10 | [n] 4(u) 1(disz) [n gurusz u4] 1(disz)-sze3 [...] da? [...] | n 41+ workdays, male laborers |
| 11 | [...] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3# | ... male laborer for 1 day |
| 12 | [...] gi# zex(SIG7)-[a ...] | ... raised reed ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] 4(disz) [gurusz u4 1(disz)]-sze3 ka i7-[da] szu-luh#-ak# | ... 4 workdays, male laborers, at the mouth of the river Šuluhak |
| 2' | [...] 1(u) 2(disz)? gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka i7 {d}nin-hur-sag szu-luh-ak | ... 12(?) workdays, male laborers, at the mouth of the Ninḫursag canal, detained |
| 3' | giri3 i7-pa-e3 | via Ipa'e; |
| 4' | sza3 buru14 | in the harvest |
| 5' | ugula a-ab-ba | foreman: Ayabba; |
| 6' | kiszib3 a-du-mu | under seal of Adumu |
| 7' | mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun | year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}suen# | Ur-Suen |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{gesz}gigir | son of Ur-gigir, |
| 4 | sza3-tam | the heart |
Sources & licences
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