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JAOS 036, 035-036 (P405835)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | JAOS 036, 035-036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405835 |
| Museum no. | SM 1899.02.043 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| 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)
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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(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze | 1 bur3 field, grain-fed, |
| 2 | sza3 a-sza3 {d}szu-zi-an-na | in the field of Šuzianna |
| 3 | us2-a-du ur-{d}pa-bil2-sag dumu lu2-{d}suen | alongside (the property of) Ur-Pabilsag, son of Lu-Suen |
| 4 | a-sza3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu sag-{d}en-lil2-la2 | field of Lu-dingira, son of Sag-Enlila; |
| 5 | u3 ibila ur-{d}szu-mah-ke4-ne | and heirs of Ur-Šumaḫ |
| 6 | ki lu2-dingir-ra dumu sag-{d}en-lil2-la2 | from Lu-dingira, son of Sag-Enlila |
| 7 | u3 ibila ur-{d}szu-mah-ke4-ne-ta | and heirs of Ur-Šumaḫ |
| 8 | {disz}dingir-szu-mu-ba-li-it, dumu hi-li-abzu#-ke4 | Ilu-šumu-balliṭ, son of Ḫili-abzu |
| 9 | in-szi-in-sa10# | he bought. |
| 10 | sa10-am3 til-la-bi-sze3# | as its full price |
| 11 | 1/2(disz) ma-na 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 1/2 mana 3 shekels silver, |
| 12 | in-ne-en-la2 | he has sworn. |
| 13 | u4 kur2-sze3 | in the future |
| 14 | {disz}lu2-dingir-ra | Lu-dingira |
| 15 | u3 ibila ur-{d}szu-mah-ke4-ne | and heirs of Ur-Šumaḫ |
| 16 | [a]-sza3-bi-sze3 | for this field |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | inim# nu-um-ga2-ga2-ne-a | shall not raise a claim |
| 2 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| 3 | igi ur-{d#}pa-bil2-sag dumu [lu2]-{d}suen | before Ur-Pabilsag, son of Lu-Suen |
| 4 | igi e#-[te]-el-pi4-{d}en-lil2 dumu ARAD2-e2-gu-la | before Etel-pî-Enlil, son of Warad-egula |
| 5 | igi lu2-dingir-ra | before Lu-dingira |
| 6 | igi lugal-ibila dumu lu2-{d}suen | before Lugal-ibila, son of Lu-Suen |
| 7 | igi puzur4-{d}da-mu dumu ur-{d}en-lil2-la2 | before Puzur-damu, son of Ur-Enlila |
| 8 | igi dingir-da-nu-me-a dub-sar | before Dingir-danumea, the scribe |
| 9 | iti kin-{d}inanna | month: “Palace-of-Inanna,’ |
| 10 | mu {d}en-lil2-ba-ni lugal-e alan ku3-sig17 {d}nin-urta-ra mu-un-na-an-dim2-ma-a | year: “Enlil-bani, the king, fashioned a gold statue for Ninurta.'' |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-dingir-ra | Lu-dingira |
| 2 | dumu sag-{d}en-lil2-la2 | son of Sag-Enlila, |
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