CUSAS 43, 55 (P252010)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 43, 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P252010 |
| Museum no. | MS 2951 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Spada, Gabriella · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Hedu-Eridu, son of Adad-lamassī, lived at Ilī-ṣiri's to learn musician's craft. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | At that time, in order to teach (his son to be) a musician (playing) the tigidlu, asila, tigi and adab instruments, to the seventh degree, |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | Adad-lamassī gave 5 shekels of silver to Ilī-ṣiri as his wage. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Ilī-ippalsam, the apprentice of the ummia. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}he2-du7#-eridu{ki}-ga | |
| 2 | dumu {d}IM-la-ma-si2 | |
| 3 | nam-nar zu-zu-de3 | |
| 4 | ki dingir-s,i-ri ba-tusz | |
| 5 | u4-ba nar {gesz}tigidlax(|SZA3.MIN3|) | |
| 6 | asila3 tigix(|NAR.TIN.LISZ|) a-da-ba | |
| 7 | a-ra2 7(disz)-kam zu-zu-de3 | |
| 8 | 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | |
| 9 | a2 dingir-s,i-ri | |
| 10 | {i7}IM-la-ma-si2 | |
| 11 | in-na-an-szum2 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i3#-li2-ip-pa-al#-sa3-am | |
| 2 | dumu# um-mi#-a | |
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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