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Belleten 26, 043 Ni 13210 (P500489)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Belleten 26, 043 Ni 13210 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500489 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 13210 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 2(u) sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar | 20 sar, date orchard |
| 2 | a-sza3 bala ri-a | field of bala riya |
| 3 | us2-sa-du lu2-{d}nin-lil2-la2 | next to Lu-Ninlila, |
| 4 | {gesz}kiri6 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | the orchard of Nanna-manšum |
| 5 | ki {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | with Nanna-manšum |
| 6 | dumu szesz-kal-la-ta | son of Šeškalla, |
| 7 | {disz}ur-{d}gu2-la2 | Ur-Gula |
| 8 | dumu szesz-kal-la-ke4 | son of Šeškala |
| 9 | in-szi-in-sa10 | he bought. |
| 10 | sa10 til-la-bi-sze3 | as its full price |
| 11 | 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 6 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 12 | in#-na#-an#-[la2] | he has paid. |
| 13 | [u4-kur2-sze3 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2] | in future Nanna-manšum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3 ibila-ni a-na-me-a-bi] | and all his heirs |
| 2 | {gesz}kiri6-bi-[sze3] | to its orchard |
| 3 | inim-nu-um-ga2-ga2-a# | Inimnumgaa |
| 4 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 5 | igi er3-{d}en-lil2-la2 | before Er-Enlila |
| 6 | dumu na-bi-{d}en-lil2-ke4! | son of Nabi-Enlil |
| 7 | igi {d}nanna-me-sza4 dumu lu2-dingir-ra | before Nanna-meša, son of Lu-dingira |
| 8 | igi lu2-dingir-ra dub-sar | before Lu-dingira, the scribe |
| 9 | iti sig4-a | month "Bricks," |
| 10 | mu {d}en-lil2-ba-ni lugal-e a-sza3 a-gar3 sig-<ta> <i7> za3# a-ab-ba-sze3 mu-un-ba-al | year: “Enlil-bani, the king, dug a field from the lowland to the river bank of the Sea.’ |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | Nanna-manšum |
| 2 | dumu szesz-kal-la | son of Šeškalla |
Sources & licences
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