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Nisaba 34, 0969 (P507156)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P507156 |
| Museum no. | RBC 03093 |
| 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 | 5(u) 4(disz) dug szagan 1(barig)-ta | 54 jugs of fine beer, 1 barig (= 60 sila3) each |
| 2 | 5(disz) dug szagan 5(disz) sila3-ta | 5 pots of šagan-beer, 5 sila3 each, |
| 3 | 2(u) 1(disz) dug szagan 1(disz) sila3-ta | 21 jugs of beer, 1 sila3 each, |
| 4 | 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) dug 3(ban2) | 141 jugs 3 ban2 |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) dug-gal | 190 less 1 large vessels |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) dug 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-<ta> | 122 jugs 1 ban2 5 sila3 each |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) dug 1(ban2)-<ta> | 77 jugs, 1 ban2 (= 100 sila3) each |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 9(disz) dug gir13 sze-duru5 | 69 vessels of barley-flour, |
| 9 | 1(u) dug utul2 gal | 10 large bowls |
| 10 | 3(disz) dug sila3 banda3{+da} | 3 jugs, barley-fed, |
| 11 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) dug [...] | 100 jugs |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) dug [...] | 2 jugs |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) dug ninda 2(disz) [sila3] | 96 pots of bread, 2 qû |
| 3 | 8(disz) dug ugu4-bala | 8 pots: ugu-bala; |
| 4 | 4(disz) dug lam-re6 | 4 pots: Lamre; |
| 5 | 2(u) dug ninda 1(disz) sila3 | 20 pots of bread, 1 sila3 |
| 6 | 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(u) dug sila3 sa2-du11 | 1080 jugs of sila3 regular offering |
| 7 | [...] dug bur-zi | ... a pot of pomegranates |
| 8 | [ki] inim#-{d}szara2-ta | from Inim-Šara |
| 9 | kiszib3# {d}szara2-kam | under seal of Šarakam |
| 10 | mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul | year: “The land of Zabšali was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szara2-kam | Šarakam, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-{gesz}kiri6 | son of Lugal-kiri, |
Sources & licences
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