CBS 08868 (P230620)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CBS 08868 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230620 |
| Museum no. | CBS 08868 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By ORACC project obmc · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:2] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 2'2' | [A man, named Abum-waqar, the slave of Ninurta-palil, Ninur]ta-palil, [his master] has freed; |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | he has cleared his forehead, |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | [smash]ed the pot of his slavery, |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i 5'5'–o i 6'6' | (and) drawn up for him a document concerning his cleaning. |
| Obverse Column i [6:8] o i 7'7'–o i 8'8' | As long as he (Ninurta-palil) lives, Abum-waqar will serve him. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | After Ninurta-pa[lil will have died], |
| Obverse Column i [9:11] o i 10'10'–o i 11'11' | any heirs of Ninurta-palil may be |
| Obverse Column i [11:13] o i 12'12'–o i 13'13' | will not raise a claim concerning his status as a slave: |
| Obverse Column i [13:15] o i 14'14'–o i 15'15' | Ninurta-palil, [the father, while alive has sworn by the name of the king]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1'r i 1'–r i' 1'r i 1' | [A woman named Amat-Šamaš], the slave-[girl of Šamaš-bani], |
| Reverse Column i [1:4] r i' 2'2'–r i' 4'4' | Šamaš-[bani] his master, has freed; |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 5'5'–r i' 5'5' | [he has cleared] her forehead, |
| Reverse Column i [5:7] r i' 6'6'–r i' 7'7' | [smashed] the pot [of her slavery], |
| Reverse Column i [7:9] r i' 8'8'–r i' 9'9' | (and) [drawn up for her] a document [concerning her cleaning] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:2] r ii' 1'r ii 1'–r ii' 2'2' | [PN] the father, while alive, has sworn by the name of the king. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:6] r ii' 3'3'–r ii' 6'6' | A man, named Iliš-tikal, the slave of Ilī-ennam, |
| Reverse Column ii [6:9] r ii' 7'7'–r ii' 9'9' | Ilī-ennam, his master, has freed |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii' 10'10'–r ii' 10'10' | (and) has cleared [his forehead] ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | {[m}{d}nin]-⸢urta-palil⸣ [lugal-a-ni] | |
| 2' | ama-ar-gi₄-ni ⸢in⸣-[ŋar] | |
| 3' | saŋ-ki-ni in-⸢dadag⸣ | |
| 4' | dug nam-arad-da-ni ⸢in⸣-[gaz] | |
| 5' | kišib nam-sikil-la-ni-[še₃] | |
| 6' | in-na-an-⸢tak₄⸣ | |
| 7' | {m}a-bu-um-wa-qar ud til₃-la-ni-[še₃] | |
| 8' | igi-ni-še₃ i₃-gub-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 9' | egir-ra {d}nin-urta-⸢palil⸣ [ba-uš₂-a-ta] | |
| 10' | ibila {d}nin-urta-⸢palil⸣ | |
| 11' | a-na me-a-[bi] | |
| 12' | nam-arad₂-da-ni-[še₃] | |
| 13' | inim nu-um-ŋa₂-[ŋa₂-a] | |
| 14' | {[m}{d}nin]-urta-palil [ad-da til₃-la] | |
| 15' | [mu lugal-bi in-pad₃] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | ⸢geme₂⸣ {[d}UTU-ba-ni] | |
| 2' | {m}{d}⸢UTU⸣-[ba-ni] | |
| 3' | lugal-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4' | ama-ar-⸢gi₄⸣-[ni] ⸢in⸣-[ŋar] | |
| 5' | saŋ-ki-ni [in-dadag] | |
| 6' | dug nam-[geme₂-ni-še₃] | |
| 7' | in-⸢gaz⸣ | |
| 8' | kišib nam-⸢sikil⸣-[la-ni-še₃] | |
| 9' | ⸢in⸣-[na-an-tak₄] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢ad-da til₃⸣-[la] | |
| 2' | mu lugal-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 3' | 1 saŋ-nita₂ | |
| 4' | {m}i₃-li₂-iš-ti-kal₂ | |
| 5' | mu-ni-im | |
| 6' | arad i₃-li₂-en-nam | |
| 7' | {m}i₃-li₂-en-nam | |
| 8' | lugal-a-ni | |
| 9' | ama-ar-gi₄-ni in-ŋar | |
| 10' | [saŋ]-ki-[ni] in-dadag | |
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