PBS 08/1, 101 (P230719)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/1, 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230719 |
| Museum no. | CBS 10987 |
| 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 Chiera, Edward · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:6] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 6'6' | Lu-diŋira bought from Šamaš-hāzir [a built-up house plot of tot sar ..., (which is) the house of Šamaš-hāz]ir: |
| Obverse Column i [6:9] o i 7'7'–o i 9'9' | he paid 3 minas 25 shekels 5 grains of silver as its full price. |
| Obverse Column i [9:14] o i 10'10'–o i 14'14' | In the future Šamaš-hāzir and his heirs, as many as there will be, will not raise a claim concerning this house. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:6] o ii 1'o ii 1'–o ii 6'6' | PN bought from Sîn-nāṣir [a built-up house plot of tot sar ..., next to the house of ...], (which is) the house of Sîn-nāṣir: |
| Obverse Column ii [6:9] o ii 7'7'–o ii 9'9' | he paid 40 shekels of silver as its full price. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:15] o ii 10'10'–o ii 15'15' | In the future Sîn-nāṣir and his heirs, as many as there will be, will not raise a claim against PN; |
| Obverse Column ii [15:17] o ii 16'16'– | he has sworn it by the name of the king. |
| Obverse Column iii [0:5] o iii 1'o iii 1'–o iii 5'5' | ... he has sworn by the name of the king that in the future one will not raise a claim against the other. |
| Obverse Column iii [5:21] o iii 6'6'–o iii 21'21' | (to be translated) |
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' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x-x⸣ | |
| 3' | [e₂ {d}utu-ha]-⸢zi⸣-ir | |
| 4' | ki {d}utu-⸢ha-zi⸣-ir-ta | |
| 5' | {m}lu₂-diŋir-ra-ke₄ | |
| 6' | in-ši-in-sa₁₀ | |
| 7' | sam₂ til-la-bi-še₃ | |
| 8' | 3 1/2 ma-na 5 giŋ₄ igi 5-ŋal₂ kug-babbar | |
| 9' | in-na-an-la₂ | |
| 10' | ud kur₂-še₃ | |
| 11' | {m}{d}utu-ha-zi-ir-ke₄ | |
| 12' | u₃ ibila-a-ni | |
| 13' | a-na me-a-bi | |
| 14' | e₂-⸢bi-še₃⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | da ⸢e₂⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | e₂ {d}suen-⸢na-ṣir⸣ | |
| 4' | ki {d}suen-na-ṣir-ta | |
| 5' | {m}pa-luh-bi-tum-ke₄ | |
| 6' | in-ši-in-sa₁₀ | |
| 7' | sam₂ til-la-bi-še₃ | |
| 8' | 2/3 ma-na kug-babbar | |
| 9' | in-na-an-la₂ | |
| 10' | ud kur₂-še₃ | |
| 11' | {m}{d}suen-na-ṣir | |
| 12' | u₃ ⸢ibila⸣-a-ni | |
| 13' | [a]-⸢na⸣ me-a-bi | |
| 14' | {m}pa-luh-bi-tum-ra | |
| 15' | inim nu-um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | |
| 16' | ⸢mu lugal-bi in-pad₃⸣ | |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢in⸣-gub | |
| 3' | ⸢ud⸣ kur₂-še₃ lu₂ lu₂-u₃ | |
| 4' | ⸢inim⸣ nu-⸢um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂⸣-a | |
| 5' | mu lugal-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 6' | 3 sar e₂ ki lukur-ra | |
| 7' | da e₂ i-lu-ni | |
| 8' | e₂ be-le-su₂-nu | |
| 9' | šeš-a-ne-ne | |
| 10' | nam-ti-la nam-dam-⸢še₃⸣ | |
| 11' | {m}la-ma-sum₂ dumu-munus nu-ur₂-ia | |
| 12' | 2 1/2 giŋ₄ kug-babbar šu ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 13' | kug-ta gub-ba-aš | |
| 14' | ib₂-ta-gub-bu | |
| 15' | itud 3-kam-ma-⸢še₃⸣ | |
| 16' | kug u₃ maš₂-bi ⸢in-na⸣-su-⸢su⸣ | |
| 17' | igi lu₂-ki-inim-ma-ke₄-ne | |
| 18' | dug₄-ga-ni bi₂-in-ŋar | |
| 19' | tukum-bi | |
| 20' | ⸢ud⸣ dug₄-ga-ni-še₃ | |
| 21' | [x-x]-⸢x-x-x⸣ | |
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