PBS 08/2, 127 (P262231)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P262231 |
| Museum no. | CBS 07199 |
| 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 | 1 kor, 4 pānū (and) 4 sâtum of barley, |
| obverse 2 | barley for the food of Šamaš, |
| obverse 3 | from Damu-erībam son of Urdatum |
| obverse 5 | Šamaš owns. |
| obverse 6 | In the month of Šabāṭum, |
| obverse 7 | with the food, the heart of Šamaš |
| obverse 8 | will be satisfied. |
| reverse 1 | Before Ešumeša-lūmur; |
| reverse 2 | before Atâ; |
| reverse 3 | before Idatum; |
| reverse 4 | before Awīl-sîn; |
| reverse 5 | before Enlil-muba(l)liṭ, the scribe. |
| reverse 6 | The month of Elūnum, the day 20 (of) |
| reverse 7 | the year (in which) Samsu-luna the king a shining object (and) an offering (suitable for the Akitu festival dedicated). |
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(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur | |
| 2 | sze nig2-gu7 {d}utu | |
| 3 | ugu {d}da-mu-eri-ba-am dumu ur-da-tum | |
| 5 | {d}utu in-tuku | |
| 6 | iti udru{duru5}-ka | |
| 7 | nig2-gu7 sza3 {d}utu | |
| 8 | bi2-ib-du10-ge | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi e2-szu-me-sza4-lu-mur | |
| 2 | igi a-at-ta-a | |
| 3 | igi i-da-tum | |
| 4 | igi a-wi-il-{d}suen | |
| 5 | igi {d}en-lil2-mu-ba-li2-it, dub-sar | |
| 6 | iti kin-{d}inanna u4 2(u)-kam | |
| 7 | mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e nig2 babbar2-ra siskur2-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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