PBS 12, 23 (P230721)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 12, 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230721 |
| Museum no. | CBS 04617 |
| 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 Langdon, Stephen H. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | A built-up house plot of x sar, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | with a second floor and a wooden roof, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the door and the bar are there, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | its exit is on the square, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | next to the house of Lu-girgilu - |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the house of Amarabzu, son of Lugal-ezen, |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Diŋirdanumea bought from Amarabzu, as its full price |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | he weighed out 1 and 1/2 shekel of silver. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | In the future Amarabzu and [his] heirs, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | as many as there will be, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | will not [raise] a claim concerning this house. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | An empty house plot of 1 and 1/2 sar. |
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 | ||
| 1 | [n] sar <e₂> du₃-a | |
| 2 | {⸢ŋeš⸣}bal {ŋeš}keš₂-da | |
| 3 | {ŋeš}ig {ŋeš}saŋ-kul gub-ba | |
| 4 | ki-e₃-bi šag₄ sila-daŋal-la-še₃ | |
| 5 | da e₂ lu₂-gir-gi₄-lu | |
| 6 | e₂ amar-abzu dumu {m}lugal-ezen | |
| 7 | ki amar-abzu-ta | |
| 8 | {m}diŋir-da-nu-me-a-ke₄ | |
| 9 | in-ši-sa₁₀ sam₂ til-la-bi-še₃ | |
| 10 | (1.1/2) giŋ₄ kug-babbar | |
| 11 | in-na-an-la₂ | |
| 12 | ud kur₂-še₃ amar-abzu u₃ ⸢ibila⸣-[a-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na a-na [me-a-bi] | |
| 2 | e₂-bi-še₃ inim nu-um-[ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a] | |
| 3 | mu lugal-bi in-[pad₃] | |
| 4 | (1.1/2) sar e₂ kislah | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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