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ARN 003 (P283596)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | ARN 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283596 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 01912 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 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 | ⸢x⸣ [sar] ⸢e₂⸣ du₃-a geš-keš₂-⸢da⸣ | “The ... of the temple, the building of the house, the bitumen-tree |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣ [sar] kislah | ... garden plot |
| 3 | ha-la-ba nin-e-in-sag₅ nu-gig | In its share Nine-insag, the nugig priestess, |
| 4 | dumu lu₂-{d}nin-⸢šubur⸣ | son of Lu-Nin-ubur |
| 5 | e₂ a-bi-li-ia | the house of Abiliya |
| 6 | u₃ dumu lu₂-kal-la-ke₄-ne-ke₄ | and the sons of Lukalla |
| 7 | us₂-sa | to the left |
| 8 | šeš-da-da | to be counted |
| 9 | šeš-a-na in-na-an-šum₂ | he has given to him. |
| 10 | ki-ba gar-ra-bi-še₃ | to the place where it was established |
| 11 | 1(diš) sar 1(u) 5(diš) gin₂ e₂ du₃-a | 1 sar 15 shekels, built house; |
| 12 | geš-keš₂-da | (a kind of tree) |
| 13 | 1(diš) sar kislah | 1 sar, kislaḫ |
| 14 | e₂ šeš-da-da-ka | In the house of prayer |
| 15-16 | e₂ dumu {d}iš-bi-arad-ra-dingir-⸢mu⸣-ke₄-ne us₂-sa | the house of the sons of Išbi-arad-ilī-emû |
| 17 | šeš-da-⸢da⸣-ke₄ | of Šešda |
| 18 | nin-e-in-sag₅ nu-gig | Nine-insag, the nugig priestess |
| 19 | nin-a-na in-na-an-šum₂ | has given to his mistress |
| 20 | u₄ kur₂-še₃ | in distant days |
| 21 | nin-e-in-sag₅ nu-gig-e | Nine-insag, the nugig priestess |
| r | ||
| 1 | e₂ šeš-da-da-ka | In the house of prayer |
| 2 | in-na-an-⸢šum₂⸣-ma | he shall replace it, and |
| 3 | e₂-mu-um nu-ub-be₂-a | does not speak a daughter-in-law |
| 4 | mu lugal-bi in-pa₃ | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 5 | u₃ šeš-da-da-ke₄ | and Šuda |
| 6 | e₂ nin-e-in-sag₅-ga | the house of Nine-insag |
| 7 | in-na-an-šum₂-ma | he shall give, and |
| 8 | e₂-mu-um nu-ub-be₂-a | does not speak a daughter-in-law |
| 9 | mu lugal-bi in-pa₃ | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 10 | igi {d}nin-lil₂-e₂-kur-ra-hi-li-bi-še₃ | before Ninlil-ekur-raḫilībi |
| 11 | igi nam-mah-abzu GA₂-dub-ba-še₃ | before Nammaḫzu, the scribal apprentice |
| 12 | igi ur-{d}nin-giz-zi-da ugula e₂-sikil-še₃ | before Ur-Ningizzida, foreman of the Esikil. |
| 13 | igi za-nu-um šabra an-nu-ni-tum-še₃ | before Zanum, the temple administrator of Annunitum |
| 14 | iti gan-gan-e₃ | month: “Gan-gan-e’e, |
| 15 | mu {d}ur-{d}nin-urta | year: “Ur-Ninurta |
| 16 | [...] x [...] x | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | nin-e-in-sag₅ | Nine-insag |
| 2 | dumu | son |
| 3 | lu₂-{d}nin-šubur | Lu-Ninšubur |
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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