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Nisaba 34, 0681 (P506872)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0681 |
|---|---|
| ID | P506872 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00749 |
| 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(disz) gu4 niga 6(disz) sila3 sze 2(ban2) duh-<<ta>> | 1 ox, grain-fed, 6 sila3 barley, 2 ban2 bran each |
| 2 | 2(disz) gu4 2(ban2) duh-<<ta>> | 2 oxen, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| 3 | u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3 | for 12 days |
| 4 | 1(disz) gu4 niga 6(disz) sila3 sze 2(ban2) duh | 1 ox, grain-fed, 6 sila3 barley, 2 ban2 bran, |
| 5 | 1(u) 2(disz) gu4 2(ban2) duh-ta | 12 oxen, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| 6 | u4 3(disz)-sze3 | for 3 days |
| 7 | 7(disz) gu4 niga 6(disz) sila3 <sze> 2(ban2) duh-ta | 7 oxen, grain-fed, 6 sila3 barley, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| 8 | 6(disz) gu4 2(ban2) duh-ta | 6 oxen, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| 9 | u4 7(disz)-sze3 | for 7 days |
| 10 | 7(disz) gu4 niga 6(disz) sila3 sze 2(ban2) duh-ta | 7 oxen, grain-fed, 6 sila3 barley, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) 6(disz) gu4 2(ban2) duh-ta | 16 oxen, 2 ban2 bran each, |
| 2 | u4 8(disz)-sze3 | for 8 days |
| 3 | szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur | total: 2 gur 2 barig barley |
| 4 | szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) duh saga gur | total: 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 fine bran |
| 5 | szunigin 2(u) 4(barig) 1(ban2) duh du gur | total: 24 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 bran flour, |
| 6 | sza3-gal gu4 niga | chief of grain-fed oxen |
| 7 | iti {d}li9-si4 | month: “Lisi,’ |
| 8 | mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul | year: “For the 2nd time Šašrum was destroyed. |
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