PBS 08/2, 128 (P269725)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 08/2, 128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P269725 |
| Museum no. | CBS 15170 |
| 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 | A field of 1/2 iku (consisting of) a garden planted with trees |
| obverse 2 | in the irrigation district "field of Girsi", |
| obverse 3 | the border is the garden of Sîn-tayar's sons, |
| obverse 4 | is the garden of Awīl-ištar and Ilī-damiq his brother, |
| obverse 5 | sons of Kumunum, |
| obverse 6 | (that) Ekū’a, son of Damqum, |
| obverse 7 | for five years with 2 panu of barley |
| obverse 8 | has rented. |
| reverse 1 | Awīl-ištar and Ilī-damiq |
| reverse 2 | the tax to the Palace |
| reverse 3 | will pay. |
| reverse 4 | Before Manum-maḫiršu, the scribe; |
| reverse 5 | before Muna(w)wirum, son of Damqum. |
| reverse 6 | The month of Nisānum, the day 1, |
| reverse 7 | the year (of) Samsu-iluna the king after the year in which (he defeated the army) of Idamaraṣ. |
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 | 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub#-ba | |
| 2 | sza3 a-sza3 gir2-si | |
| 3 | za3 {gesz}kiri6 dumu-me {d}suen-ta-a-a-ar | |
| 4 | {gesz}kiri6 a-wi-il-esz18-dar u3 dingir-da-mi-iq szesz#-a-ni | |
| 5 | dumu-me ku-mu-nu-um | |
| 6 | {disz}e-ku-u2-a dumu dam-qum-ke4 | |
| 7 | mu 5(disz)-kam-sze3 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ta | |
| 8 | ib2-ta-e3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}a-wi-il-esz18-dar u3 dingir-da-mi-iq | |
| 2 | gu2-un e2-gal-sze3 | |
| 3 | ba-an-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | |
| 4 | igi ma-nu-um-ma-hir-szu dub-sar | |
| 5 | igi mu-na-wi-rum dumu dam-qum | |
| 6 | iti bara2#-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam | |
| 7 | mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal mu us2-sa i-da-ma-ra-as,{ki} | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | UR x x [...] | |
| 2 | da-ga UN HI DUB | |
| 3 | ZI x x TI x mu | |
| 4 | SAG GU x x [x] | |
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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