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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 157
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
Secondary publication(s): Seals published Owen, NATN 005; Steinkeller, Sale Documents 050
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Published collation:
CDLI no.: P125408
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001s1fhq
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20011220 ur3_catalogue
Transliteration: cdlistaff
Translation: Guidi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07218
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Acquisition history: Nippur, Babylonian Expedition

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre:
Sub-genre remarks: Contract; Sale of slaves; Seal impressions, (Obv)12x(Rev)8 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
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Join information:
Seal no.: S001658, S004645
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Provenience:
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin: Ibbi-Suen.07.05.12 (us2 year)
Dates referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.05.12 (us2 year)
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Tablet

obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-[nita?]
#tr.en: One female slave,
2. a-a-zi-mu mu-ni-im
#tr.en: Aya-zimu is her name,
3. nig2-sa10-ma-ni 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: whose price is 10 shekels of silver,
4. ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-{d}utu-ra
#tr.en: from Urniĝar, son of Ur-šamaš,
5. ur-{d}kal-kal dumu ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
#tr.en: Ur-kalkal, son of Ur-enlila,
6. in-szi-sa10
#tr.en: has bought.
7. lu2 lu2 nu-gi4-gi4-de3
#tr.en: (That) man against man shall not return (on the decision)
8. mu lugal-bi i3-pa3-esz2
#tr.en: by the name of the king they have sworn.
9. igi lugal-a2-zi-da dumu ba-li2-li2-sze3
#tr.en: In the presence of Lugal-azida, son of Balili;
10. igi ARAD2-dam dumu a-ba-{d}en-lil2-gin7-sze3
#tr.en: in the presence of Waraddam, son of Aba-enlilgin;

reverse
1. igi lugal-ku3-zu sukkal esz3-sze3
#tr.en: in the presence of Lugal-kuzu, secretary of the shrine;
2. igi a-da-lal3 kisal-luh-sze3
#tr.en: in the presence of Adalal, courtyard sweeper;
3. igi zu-la ar3-ar3-sze3
#tr.en: in the presence of Zula, miller;
4. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
#tr.en: they are its witnesses.
5. iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal
#tr.en: The month of Abum, the day 12 has passed,
6. mu us2-sa bad3-gal nibru{ki} ba-du3
#tr.en: (of) the year after (the year in which) the big (city) wall of Nippur was built.

seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
#tr.en: Urniĝar
2. dumu ur-{d}utu
#tr.en: son of Ur-šamaš

seal 2
1. a-a-zi-mu
#tr.en: Aya-zimu
2. ARAD2 geme2!-{d}suen
#tr.en: slave of Geme-sî