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Nisaba 34, 1021 (P519450)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 1021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519450 |
| Museum no. | RBC — |
| 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(gesz'u) 4(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 842 1/2 sar, hoed at 5 sara (per day), |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 188 1/2 days |
| 3 | 8(gesz2) 4(u) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta | 420 sar, hoed at 4 sarta (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) | its labor: 210 days |
| 5 | 3(gesz2)# sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta | 180 sar, reeds plucked, at 20 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| 6 | a2#-bi u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) | its labor: 9 days |
| 7 | [a2] lu2 hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 8 | [...] sar al 3(disz) sar | ... 3 sar of hoeing, |
| 9 | [a2-bi u4 n]-kam | its labor: n days |
| 10 | [a2 sza3-gu4] | labor of oxen drivers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-sza3 ...]-x | field ...; |
| 2 | [ugula ...]-kal-la | foreman: ...-kalla |
| 3 | kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a | under seal of Gugua |
| 4 | giri3 ur-{d}nisaba | via Ur-Nisaba; |
| 5 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| 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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