ARN 153 (P313268)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARN 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313268 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09304 + Ist Ni 13234 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1/2(disz) sar 2(disz)#? gin2 e2 du3-a sza3 ki lukur-ra | A built-up house plot of 1/2 sar and 2 shekels in the place of the nadītu |
| 2 | 1(disz) {gesz}ig ze2-na | 1 door, ze-na, |
| 3 | da e2 nu-t,u3-ub#-tum lukur {d}nin-urta | next to the house of Nuṭubtum, nadītu of Ninurta |
| 4 | dumu-munus {d}suen-da#-a-a-an | daughter of Sin-dayyan |
| 5 | e2 e-ri#-isz#-tum# lukur# {d}nin-urta | Temple of Erištum, nadītu of Ninurta |
| 6 | dumu-munus [{d}nusku-ba-ni] | daughter of Nusku-bani |
| 7 | ki e-ri-isz-[tum] lukur# [{d}nin-urta-ta] | from Erištum, nadītu of Ninurta |
| 8 | {disz}{d}ba-ba6-he2#-[gal2] | Baba-ḫegal |
| 9 | dumu-munus [...-ke4] | daughter of ... |
| 10 | in-szi-[in-sa10] | he bought. |
| 11 | sa10 [til-la-bi-sze3] | as its full price |
| 12 | 1(u) 2(disz) [gin2 ku3-babbar] | 12 shekels of silver |
| 13 | in-na-[an-la2] | he has paid. |
| 14 | u4-kur2-sze3 e-ri#-[isz-tum] | in the future Erištum |
| 15 | u3 ibila-ni a-na-[me-a-bi] | and all his heirs |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e2-bi-sze3 {d}ba-ba6-he2-gal2 [...] | To this temple Baba-ḫegal |
| 2 | inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-ne-[a] | shall not raise a claim |
| 3 | {disz}e-ri#-isz#-tum# [...] | Erištum |
| 4 | mu lugal#-[bi in-pa3-de3-esz] | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| 5 | igi lu2-{d}[...] | before Lu- |
| 6 | igi lugal-x-[...] | before Lugal- |
| 7 | igi lugal-bi-[...] | before Lugal-bi- |
| 8 | igi bi-tum#-[...] | Before Bitum- |
| 9 | igi ir3-{d}EN-[...] | before Ir-Bel- |
| 10 | igi wa-at-[ra-at-ha-tum] | before Watrathatum |
| 11 | igi hu-un-du#-[ul-tum dumu sa3-si2-ia] | before Hundultum, son of Sasiya |
| 12 | igi a-ha-tum# [...] | before Aḫatum |
| 13 | igi be-ta-tum lukur dumu#-[munus ...] | before Betatum, nadītu, daughter of ... |
| 14 | igi la-al-la-an# [...] | Look at me, ... |
| 15 | iti [apin]-du8#-a# | month: “Piglet-of-the-Favorable-Seizing,’ |
| 16 | mu# [us2-sa {d}]da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal-e [2(disz) {gesz}szu]-nir# ku3-sig17 min-a-bi [{d}iszkur] {d}inanna ni-a-nu{ki}-ra [mu]-ne-en-dim2-ma | year following: “Damiq-ilišu, the king, 2 gold šinir-bowls, its two parts for Adad and Inanna of Nianum fashioned,— |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | e-ri-isz-tum | Erištum |
| 2 | dumu-munus {d}nusku-ba-ni | daughter of Nusku-bani |
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