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OB Contracts, pl. C5 no. 20 + ARN 136 (P276071)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OB Contracts, pl. C5 no. 20 + ARN 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276071 |
| Museum no. | N 0910 + Ist Ni 03041 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/2(diš) sar⸣ e₂ du₃-a [da e₂]-{d}lugal-[...] | 1/2 sar (of grain) built house next to the house of Lugal- |
| 2 | 1/2(diš) sar⸣ e₂ kislah [da e₂]-i-din-{d}⸢x⸣ [...] | 1/2 sar (of barley) for the house of Kislah adjacent to E-iddin-e23 |
| 3 | [...] a-ša₃ u₂-sal ša₃ a-ša₃-a-geštin-[a ...] | ... field of Usal, field of Ašageština |
| 4 | ⸢us₂⸣-[a]-DU ur-du₆-ku₃-ga | Ur-dukuga |
| 5 | 2(diš) 2/3(diš) sar] 4(diš) 2/3(diš) gin₂ 2(u) 4(diš) še {geš}[kiri₆ ...] | 2 2/3 sar 4 2/3 shekels 24 barley-corns in the orchard |
| 6 | [... {geš]}⸢kiri₆⸣ in-[...] | ... the orchard |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢ha⸣-la-ba {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am [...] | In its courtyard, Damu-eribam |
| 11 | 1/2(diš) sar e₂-du₃ da e₂ šeš-a-ni | 1/2 sar, the school next to the house of his father |
| 12 | 1/2(diš) sar e₂ kislah da e₂ šeš-a-ni | 1/2 sar, the house of Kislah, next to the house where he lives |
| 13 | 1(diš) 1/2(diš) <(GAN₂)> ša₃ 6(diš) <(GAN₂)> a-ša₃ a-geštin-a us₂-a-DU ur-du₆-ku₃-ga | 1 1/2 <field>, of 6 iku field, field of Agaština, bordering Ur-dukuga |
| 14 | 2(diš) 2/3(diš) sar 4(diš) 2/3(diš) gin₂ {geš}kiri₆ gu-la | 2 2/3 sar 4 2/3 shekels, the great orchard; |
| 15 | zag {geš}kiri₆ šeš-a-ni | his own side of the orchard |
| 16 | 4(diš) 2/3(diš) sar {geš}kiri₆ {ŋeš}suhušₓ(|ŠA₆.TUR|) za₃ {geš}kiri₆ šeš-a-ni | 4 2/3 sar, the orchard of the šuḫsû-tree, on the side of the Orchard, his hand |
| 17 | 1(diš) {geš}ig-dib-ba 1(diš) {geš}ig ze₂-na | 1 door, 1 door of zēna-wood |
| 18 | nig₂-gu₂-na e₂ igi 3(diš) gal₂ | accounts of 3 houses |
| 19 | ha-la-ba {d}nuska-ni-šu šeš-a-ni | the share of Nuska his hand |
| 20 | ša₃ 6(diš) <(GAN₂)> a-ša₃ a-geštin-a pa₅ 1(diš)-ki-e₃ | of 6 <GAN2> field: Agaština, canal 1-ki-e |
| e. | ||
| 21 | GANA₂ ad-da-ne-ne teš₂-a si₃-ga-bi | The fields of their fathers, together |
| 22 | a i₃-nag-nag-meš | they drink water |
| r | ||
| 23 | 1/2(diš) sar e₂ du₃-a da e₂ šeš-a-ni | A built-up house plot of 1/2 sar adjacent to his own house |
| 24 | 1/2(diš) sar e₂ kislah da e₂ šeš-a-ni | 1/2 sar, the house of Kislah, next to the house where he lives |
| 25 | 1(diš) 1/2(diš) <(GAN₂)> ša₃ 6(diš) <(GAN₂)> a-ša₃ a-geštin-a us₂-a-DU šeš-a-ni | 1 1/2 <field>, of 6 iku field, field of Agaština, bordering his field |
| 26 | 2(diš) 2/3(diš) sar 4(diš) 1/3(diš) gin₂ {geš}kiri₆ gu-la | 2 2/3 sar 4 1/3 shekels, the great orchard |
| 27 | za₃ {geš}kiri₆ šeš-a-ni | at the edge of his own orchard |
| 28 | 4(diš) 2/3(diš) sar {geš}kiri₆ {ŋeš}suhušₓ(|ŠA₆.TUR|) za₃ {geš}kiri₆ šeš-a-ni | 4 2/3 sar, the orchard of the šuḫsû-tree, on the side of the Orchard, his hand |
| 29 | 1(diš) {geš}ig-dib-ba 1(diš) {geš}ig ze₂-na | 1 door, 1 door of zēna-wood |
| 30 | nig₂-gu₂-na e₂ igi 3(diš) gal₂-bi | the property of the house with 3 faces |
| 31 | ⸢ha⸣-[la-ba] ra-bu-ut-{d}sin šeš-a-ni | Rabut-Sin his brother |
| 32 | [...] geštin-na us₂-a-DU ru-[...] | ... wine ... |
| 33 | [...]-bi | ... its |
| 34 | [...]-gal₂-bi | ... its ... |
| 35ʾ | ⸢iti⸣ [...]-a u₄ [...] | (In) the month “Ea,’ the day |
| 36ʾ | [mu sa]-⸢am⸣-su-i-lu-na [lugal-e] | year: “Sa’emsu-iluna the king. |
| 37ʾ | ⸢bad₃ uri₂⸣{ki} uru{ki}⸢ga⸣ [mu-un-gul-la] | The wall of Ur and the city he destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am | Damu-eribam |
| 2 | {d}nuska-ni-šu | Nuska-nišu |
| 3 | ra-bu-ut-{d}sin | Rabut-Sin |
| 4 | dumu | son |
| 5 | me da-mi-iq-i₃-li₂-šu | Me, Damiq-ilišu |
Sources & licences
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