ZA 097, 001-025 (P230716)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 097, 001-025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230716 |
| Museum no. | CBS 11324 |
| 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 Klein, Jacob & Sharlach, Tonia M. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:4] o i 1o i 1–o i 44 | A suckling ma[le child], found in a [well], saved from the mouth of a dog, having no father, having no mother, having no sister, having no brother, and having no step brother |
| Obverse Column i [4:7] o i 55–o i 77 | Ištar-rīmti-ilī adopted him as her son (and) named him: Ilī-tūram. |
| Obverse Column i [7:13] o i 88–o i 1313 | In the future, if a legal claim should arise (and) any person should say to her: "Bring me (back) my son", he will repay her in full a 20 liter jar of human milk (as compensation and) take him as his child. |
| Obverse Column i [13:18] o i 1414–o i 1818 | If Ilī-tūram says to Ištar-rīmti-ilī, his mother: "You are not my mother!", they will shave him (and) she will sell him. |
| Obverse Column i [18:23] o i 1919–o i 2323 | And if Ištar-rīmti-ilī says Ilī-tūram, her son: "You are not my son!", she has to pay 1/2 mina of silver. |
| Obverse Column i [23:25] o i 2424–o i 2525 | Willingly they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| Obverse Column i [25:29] o i 2626–o i 2929 | Sîn-māgir, son of Kug-Enlila, approached Išme-Dagan the king in (the hall called) Evil-Does-not-Pass, appeared (in court) and said: |
| Obverse Column i [29:37] o i 3030– | "O king, Bēli-ennam, my father's brother, took away by force the temple office, the house (and) the field, the inheritance-share of my father, and for 10 years I was looking at it with jealousy!" |
| Obverse Column ii [5:12] o ii 66–o ii 1212 | Išme-Dagan, the king, commanded that the assembly of Nippur and the judges should be gathered (and) judge the case in the Ubšu-ukkina. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:20] o ii 1313–o ii 2020 | In the Ubšu-ukkina they stepped before Šamaš ... The witnesses came forth, confirmed (the fact) that he (= Bēli-ennam) took away by force the temple office, the house (and) the field. |
| Obverse Column ii [20:23] o ii 2121–o ii 2323 | The assembly [of Nippur] and the judges inves[tigated] (them and ruled): |
| Obverse Column ii [23:29] o ii 2424–o ii 2929 | "Because the temple office, the house (and) the fie[ld, were held] in distraint, and [for] 10 years [he was looking at them with] jealousy, [Bēli-ennam] must pay 2 minas of silver and [...]". |
| Obverse Column ii [29:31] o ii 3030–o ii 3131 | Nuska-[... (was) the commissioner]. Final verdict [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:8] r i 1r i 1–r i 88 | Lu-Ninsia[nna], Imgurrum, [his] brother, Arad-Enlil, [his] brother, and Nūr-ilīšu, his brother, when they were dividing up unheritance shares, they raised a claim against Ubārum, their brother. |
| Reverse Column i [8:14] r i 99–r i 1414 | They said to him: "Addaya, who was not (your) father, gave you 60 shekels of silver, from the silver which was in his hands. We ought to split (these) up as inheritance shares!" |
| Reverse Column i [14:23] r i 1515–r i 2323 | Ubārum appeared (in court) and said: "This is what [Ad]daya, [who was (my) father], gave me: (only) three male slaves 'who walk behind'; and as long as he lives, I will provide him with my rent." |
| Reverse Column i [23:38] r i 2424– | After they stood at the gate of Ninurta in order 'to beat the lap', Ubārum appeared at the gate of Ninurta and declared: "Addaya, my father, did not give me anything at all, from one shekel of silver to one mina of silver; (only) three male slaves 'who walk behind'; and as long as he lives I will provide him with my rent." |
| Reverse Column ii [6:23] r ii 77–r ii 2323 | Those ..., the three of them, having made a court statement against their brother Ubārum, ... garden of his slave-girl, ..., and tot iku of the barley stubble field, [the field of] Enlil-ud-e and the northern field; 2 iku of the pig-stall field, bordering the field of Idāya, 2 iku of the field ..., 5 iku of uncultivated field, 1 eše of garlic-planted field, 2 iku of hard-soil field; i e1vse of the 'Great Harvest' field. Total of 2 bur of fields. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | esz3 nibru{ki} ki-tusz ku3! libir ul-ta gar-ra-ba | |
| 2 | [iri?] numun# i-i dim-gal ki-en-gi-ra | |
| 3 | kur# za3 til-bi-sze3 mu mah-bi ar2-re-esz i-im-ak-ne | |
| 4 | hur-sag an-ta-gal2 ni2 su zi gur3#?-ru# | |
| 5 | gesz#?-bur nu2#-a-ba sun7-na la-ba-ra-e3# | |
| 6 | x-ta#? e2#? gal#? gu sa-bi gid2-i#?-[x?] | |
| 7 | x-x igi-te-en-ba hul-gal2 x x? [x?] | |
| 8 | u4# {d}en-lil2-le iri-ni u3!-bi2-in-x [...] igi zalag im-szi-in-bar#-[...] | |
| 9 | ARAD2-{d}suen nun sza3 sze-ga-na#-me#-en# nig2-si-sa2 ga2-ga2 nig2-lul gil-le#-e-de3 | |
| 10 | gu3 hul2! ma-ni-in-de2 | |
| 11 | a2-bi mu-da-an#-ag2#! | |
| 12 | nun#?-e sipa zi sza3-hul2#?-le# nig2 mu-DI#? [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nibru#{ki}-a nig2 x [...] ki edin-sze3# x [...] | |
| 2 | i? x x x?-bi#? | |
| 3 | lu2 x-bi |MASZ.EN.KAK|-a#-ni#? | |
| 4 | x {d}nin-lil2#-ka szu# he2-bi2-bar | |
| 5 | gu2#-un-bi hu-mu-du8 | |
| 6 | sza3-bi# he2-em#-[x?]-du10#? | |
| 7 | sahar ku3#?-bi hu#?-mu#?-[...] | |
| 8 | nig2 ak-ak-da#-ga2 e2# dingir-re-e#-ne#-[...] i-ni-gar-gar-ra-x [...] | |
| 9 | um-mi-a ku3-zu um-mi-a [...] u3-mu#-[x] x-ib2#?-[...] | |
| 10 | in?-SZESZ#? x x he2#-eb2#-x [...] | |
| 11 | a-ra2 na-me-ka# nig2 ga2-[la? nu?-dag? ...] na-me ba#?-ra?#-ha#?-lam#? | |
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