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Nisaba 34, 1038 (P507166)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 1038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P507166 |
| Museum no. | RBC 03169 |
| 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(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) sar gi [zex(SIG7)-a] 2(u) sar-ta# | 420 sar, reeds plucked at 20 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz)-[kam] | its labor: 166 days |
| 3 | 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) sar gi [zex(SIG7)-a] 2(u) sar-ta | 490 sar, reeds plucked at 20 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz)-[kam] | its labor: 188 days |
| 5 | 2(gesz'u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) [sar-ta] | 120 sar, reeds piled up at 10 (volume-)sar each |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2)-kam | its labor: 120 days; |
| 7 | 7(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar#-ta | 188 sar, hoed at 6 saar (per day) |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz)-kam | its labor: 93 days; |
| 9 | [...] sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | ... 5 sar of hoeing |
| 10 | [a2-bi] u4# [...]-kam# | its labor: ... day |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2)# 4(u)#-[kam] | its labor: 240 days |
| 2' | 5(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 49 1/3 workdays, male laborers, |
| 3' | ab-sin2-ta la-<ag> ri-ri-ga | From the furrows, the wild bulls |
| 4' | 4(u) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 40 1/2 male laborer workdays, |
| 5' | gi kesz2-a <...> | bound reeds |
| 6' | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta | labor of hirelings: 6 sila3 each |
| 7' | 3(u) 5(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 35 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day), |
| 8' | a2-bi u4 7(disz)-kam a2 sza3-gu4#-[ka] | its labor: 7 days, labor of oxen drivers |
| 9' | a-sza3 nesag a-sza3 {d}szara2-ka-[...] | field nesag, field Šaraka- |
| 10' | u3 gaba ki-ak a-sza3-ge [kin-ak] | and on the other side of the work assignment in the field work assignment |
| 11' | ugula lu2-du10-ga | foreman: Lu-duga; |
| 12' | giri3 ur-mes | via Ur-mes; |
| 13' | kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a | under seal of Gugua |
| 14' | mu us2-sa bad3 mar-[tu] mu-du3 | year following: "The Amorite wall he built." |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | gu-u2-gu-a | Gugua, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ma-an-szum2 | son of Manšum |
Sources & licences
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