PBS 08/2, 131 (P262225)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P262225 |
| Museum no. | CBS 07193 |
| 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
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | The office of overseer in the temple of Nuska |
| obverse 2 | for 2 months a year; |
| obverse 3 | the office of presenting offerings in Nuska's temple |
| obverse 4 | for 2 months a year; |
| obverse 5 | a field in stubble of 1 ikû in the "Ninurta" district |
| obverse 6 | alongside (the property of) Šumum-libši, son of Ur-dukuga; |
| obverse 8 | the term of office of Šumum-libši, son of Ur-dukuga, |
| obverse 10 | in exchange for |
| obverse 11 | a field in stubble of 3 ikû |
| obverse 12 | in the "poplar meadow" district, |
| obverse 13 | alongside (the property of) Šumum-libši |
| reverse 4' | Since the field (and) the office don't reach the same value, |
| reverse 5' | Lu-ešumeša (with) 2 shekels of silver |
| reverse 6' | Šumum-libši |
| reverse 7' | has compensated. |
| reverse 8' | That in future one against the other shall not make a complain |
| reverse 9' | they have sworn by the life of the king. |
| reverse 10' | Before Ilīma, "man of the shrine" (lit.) of Šamaš; |
| reverse 11' | before Lipit-ištar, son of Lal-emaḫ; |
| reverse 12' | before Abbatum, stone cutter; |
| reverse 13' | before Ninurta-gāmil, the scribe. |
| reverse 14' | The month of Šabāṭum, the year in which Samsu-iluna the king destroyed the city walls of Ur and Ururk. |
| seal 1 1 | Šumum-libši |
| seal 1 2 | son of Ur-dukuga |
| seal 1 3 | Lu-ešumeša |
| seal 1 4 | son of ... |
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 | nam-ugula-e2 e2 {d}nuska | |
| 2 | mu-a iti 2(disz)-kam | |
| 3 | nam#-lu2#-nig2-dab5-ba e2 {d}nuska | |
| 4 | mu-a iti 2(disz)-kam | |
| 5 | 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze sza3 a-sza3 {d}nin-urta | |
| 6 | us2-a-du szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga | |
| 8 | bala gub-ba szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga | |
| 10 | ki-ba gar-ra-bi-sze3 | |
| 11 | 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze | |
| 12 | sza3 a-sza3 a-gar3 asal2# | |
| 13 | us2#-a-du szu-mu-um-li-[ib-szi] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] x x [...] | |
| 3' | [x] x ra x [...] | |
| 4' | mu# a-sza3 garza2 sa2 nu-ub-du11#-ga-asz | |
| 5' | 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar lu2-e2-szu-me-sza4-ke4 | |
| 6' | {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi-ra | |
| 7' | in#-na-an-bur2 | |
| 8' | [u4 kur2]-sze3# lu2 lu2-ra inim# nu#-ga2-ga2-ne-a | |
| 9' | mu lugal-la tesz2-bi in-pa3-de3-esz | |
| 10' | igi i3-li2-ma lu2 bara2 {d}utu | |
| 11' | igi li-pi2-it-esz18-dar dumu lal3-e2-mah | |
| 12' | igi a-ab-ba-tum bur-gul | |
| 13' | igi {d}nin-urta-ga-mil dub-sar | |
| 14' | iti udru{duru5} mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal bad3 uri2{ki} unu{ki}-ga mu-un-gul-la | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | |
| 2 | dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga | |
| 3 | lu2-e2-[szu-me-sza4] | |
| 4 | [dumu ...] | |
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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