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Nisaba 34, 0979 (P507313)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0979 |
|---|---|
| ID | P507313 |
| Museum no. | RBC 03104 |
| 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 | [...] 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 sze-sag11-a | ... 40 workdays, male laborers, barley rations |
| 2 | 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 zar3-tab-ba | 93 1/2 workdays, male laborers, at Zartaba; |
| 3 | 6(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ki-su7-ra [gub-ba] | 353 1/2 workdays, male laborers stationed in the Kisu |
| 4 | 4(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ha-[asz-ak] | 42 workdays, male laborers, he hastened |
| 5 | 5(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 [...] | 157 workdays, male laborers |
| 6 | [a]-sza3 [...] | field |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 lugal-[ku3-zu] | under seal of Lugal-kuzu |
| 2 | gurum2-ak [giri3 lu2]-{d}suen# | inspections, via Lu-Suen |
| 3 | mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-<<sza>>-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year: “For the 2nd time, Šaššarum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-ku3-zu | Lugal-kuzu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-nigar{+gar} szusz3 | son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager |
Sources & licences
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