PBS 08/2, 137 (P261082)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P261082 |
| Museum no. | CBS 04886 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Guidi, Carlo · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Document for her manumission. |
| obverse 2 | Ištar-utar, a female slave, |
| obverse 3 | Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum, daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš, |
| obverse 4 | has set free (and) |
| obverse 5 | her forehead has cleansed; |
| obverse 6 | she has freed her from slavery (lit. she has broken the jar of her slavery). |
| obverse 7 | A manumission sealed document |
| obverse 8 | she has made out. |
| obverse 9 | The month of Kislīmum, the day 6 |
| obverse 10 | (of) the year (in which) Samsu-iluna the king, by the fierce power which Enlil gave him (destroyed Shahna, ..., Zarhanum, Putra, Šuša ---). |
| seal 1 1 | Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum, |
| seal 1 2 | nadītu of Ninurta |
| seal 1 3 | daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš |
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 | dub# nam-sikil-[la-ni-sze3] | |
| 2 | {disz}esz18-dar-u2-ta#-ar# sag-geme2# | |
| 3 | {disz}nu-t,u3-up-tum dumu s,i-li2-{d}[utu] | |
| 4 | ama-ar-gi4-ni in-gar | |
| 5 | sag-ki-ni in-dadag | |
| 6 | dug nam-geme2-ni-sze3 in-gaz | |
| 7 | dub nam-sikil-la-ni-sze3 | |
| 8 | in-na-an-tak4 | |
| 9 | iti gan#-gan-e3 u4 6(disz)-kam | |
| 10 | mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e usu ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-le mu-un-na-an-szum2-ma-ta | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | nu-t,u3-up-tum | |
| 2 | lukur {d}nin-urta | |
| 3 | dumu s,i-li2-{d}utu | |
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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