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Nisaba 33, 159 (P517339)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 33, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P517339 |
| Museum no. | Schrijver 20-146 |
| Collection | Adolph Schrijver, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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 | 7(disz) udu 3(disz) u8 | 7 sheep, 3 ewes |
| 2 | mu lah5-ke4-ne-sze3 | because of the fugitives |
| 3 | 6(disz) udu 5(disz) u8 | 6 sheep, 5 ewes |
| 4 | 3(disz) masz2-gal 5(disz) ud5 | 3 bucks, 5 nanny goats, |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila4 | 2 lambs, |
| 6 | mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 | for the soldiers; |
| 7 | szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim | regular offerings for the kitchen; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-du10 um maszkim | Nanna-ṭāb, the overseer, |
| 2 | u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam | 22nd day, |
| 3 | ki du11-ga-ta | from Duga |
| 4 | [ba]-zi | Bazi |
| 5 | [giri3] {d}nanna-ma-ba dub-sar | via Nanna-maba, the scribe |
| 6 | [iti] ezem#-mah | month: "Great Festival," |
| 7 | [mu ma2]-dara3-abzu [ba]-ab-du8 | year: “Ma-dara-abzu was caulked. |
| left | ||
| 1 | 3(u) 1(disz) udu | 31 sheep, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-ma!-ba! | of Nanna-maba |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu u2!-na-ap#-[sze-en] | son of Unapšen |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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