PBS 08/2, 107 (P262227)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 107 |
|---|---|
| ID | P262227 |
| Museum no. | CBS 07195 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 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 | One suckling child, |
| obverse 2 | Ili-awīli is his name, |
| obverse 3 | son of Ayartum, |
| obverse 4 | from Ayartum his mother |
| obverse 5 | and Erištum her husband |
| obverse 6 | Iasirum |
| obverse 7 | and Ama-sîn |
| obverse 8 | as their son |
| obverse 9 | have adopted. |
| obverse 10 | (To compensate) for the child rearing |
| obverse 11 | ... shekels of silver and 2 minas of wool |
| obverse 12 | Iasirum |
| obverse 13 | and Ama-sîn |
| obverse 14 | to Ayartum |
| obverse 15 | and Erištum |
| reverse 1 | have (lit. has) given. |
| reverse 2 | Iasirum |
| reverse 3 | and Ama-sîn |
| reverse 4 | from Ayartum |
| reverse 5 | and Erištum, ... Ili-awīli |
| reverse 6 | shall take and will go away. |
| reverse 7 | Before ... |
| reverse 8 | Before ... |
| reverse 9 | Before ... |
| reverse 10 | Before ... |
| reverse 11 | Before ... |
| reverse 12 | Before ... |
| reverse 13 | The month of Šabāṭum |
| reverse 14 | (of) the year (in which) Enlil-bani (the temple of) Emezida for Enki (has built). |
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 | _1(disz) dumu-nita2 gaba_ | |
| 2 | i3-li2-a-wi-li _mu-ni-im_ | |
| 3 | _dumu_ a-a-ar-tum | |
| 4 | _ki_ a-a-ar-tum _ama-ni-ta_ | |
| 5 | _u3_ e-ri-isz-tum _dam-a-ni_ | |
| 6 | [1(disz)] ia-si-ru-um | |
| 7 | _u3_ ama-{d}suen | |
| 8 | _nam-dumu-ni-mesz_ | |
| 9 | _[szu] ba-an-ti#-esz_ | |
| 10 | _ku3 nam-bulug3-ga2-ni-sze3_ | |
| 11 | [...] _gin2 ku3-babbar 2(disz) ma-na siki_ | |
| 12 | ia-si-ru-um | |
| 13 | _u3_ ama-{d}suen | |
| 14 | a-na a-a-ar-tum | |
| 15 | _u3_ e-ri-isz-tum | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _in#-na-an-szum2_ | |
| 2 | ia#-si-ru-um | |
| 3 | _u3_ ama-{d}suen | |
| 4 | [_ki_ a-a-ar-tum] | |
| 5 | [_u3_ e]-ri-[isz-tum ... i3-li2]-a-wi-li | |
| 6 | i-s,a-[ba]-at#-ma i-ta-la-ak | |
| 7 | _igi_ x x x x x x | |
| 8 | _igi_ x x x x x x | |
| 9 | _igi_ x x x x x x | |
| 10 | _igi_ x x x x x x | |
| 11 | _igi_ x x x x x x | |
| 12 | _igi_ ur-x x x x x | |
| 13 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | |
| 14 | _mu_ {d}en-lil2-ba-ni _e2-me-zi-da {d}en-ki-ra_ | |
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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