PBS 08/2, 179 (P263012)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P263012 |
| Museum no. | CBS 08100 |
| 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 | 4 kor (and) 2 pānū of barley |
| obverse 2 | is the price of the hire of an ox |
| obverse 3 | (that) from Imgur-šamaš, land registrar, |
| obverse 4 | Lu-ninurta |
| obverse 5 | owns. |
| obverse 6 | At the time of the harvest |
| obverse 7 | his heart shall be satisfied. |
| reverse 1 | Before Sîn-magir, son of Lu-ninurta; |
| reverse 2 | before Naplus-ea-balaṭu, the scribe. |
| reverse 3 | The month of Abum (of) |
| reverse 4 | the year (in which Samsu-iluna the king) the canal "Samsu-iluna is source of abundance" dug. |
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 | 4(asz) 2(barig) sze gur | |
| 2 | sa10-am3 a2 gu4 | |
| 3 | ugu im-gur-{d}utu sa12-du5 | |
| 4 | {disz}lu2-{d}nin-urta-ke4 | |
| 5 | in-tuku | |
| 6 | mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka | |
| 7 | sza3-ga-ni bi2-ib-du10-ge | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi {d}suen-ma-gir dumu lu2-{d}nin-urta | |
| 2 | igi na-ap-lu-us2-e2-a-ba-la-t,u3 dub-sar | |
| 3 | iti NE-NE-gar | |
| 4 | mu id2 sa-am-su-i-lu-na-na-qa2-ab-nu-uh2-szi mu-un-ba-al-la2 | |
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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