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Publication
Primary publication:	PBS 08/2, 188
Author:	Chiera, Edward
Publication date:	1922
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.:	P257642
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001rxnmd
CDLI comments:

Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration:	Woestenburg, Els; Guidi, Carlo
Translation:	Guidi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner:	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.:	CBS 00077 & CBS 00077a
Accession no.:
Acquisition history:	Purchased: J. Shemtob, July 21, 1888

Text Content:
Genre:	Legal
Sub-genre:	hire
Sub-genre remarks:	Contract; Rental of a slave girl; Sippar; Tablet: 5x2x5x3 lines;* Case:6x7x3 lines, seal impressions all over the surfaces;
Composite no.:
Language:	Akkadian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet & envelope
Material:	clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm):	? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description:	Envelope & tablet, envelope u.pt broken
Join information:	P257642 lead, single entry
Seal no.:	Sx
Seal information:

Provenience:
Provenience:	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) ?
Provenience remarks:
Excavation no.:
Findspot square:
Elevation:
Stratigraphic level:
Findspot remarks:

Chronology:
Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin:	Samsu-iluna.04.12.01
Dates referenced:	Samsu-iluna.04.12.01
Date remarks:	Si 1/XII/3 or 4
Alternative years:
Accounting period:

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Tablet & envelope

obverse
1. _1(disz) geme2_ ama#-du-mu-uq-be-[el-ti]
#tr.ts: ištēt amtam ama-dumuq-bēltī
#tr.en: One female slave, Ama-dumuq-bēltī (is her name),
2. _ki_ nin!(geme2)-ti-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu
#tr.ts: itti erišti-šamaš nadīt šamaš
#tr.en: from Erišti-šamaš, nadītu of Šamaš
3. _dumu_ szu-pi2-sza
#tr.ts: mārat šū-pīša
#tr.en: daughter of Šū-pīša,
4. [{diš}]li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
#tr.ts: lipit-ištar
#tr.en: Lipit-ištar,
5. _dumu#_ sig-an-nu-[ni-tum]
#tr.ts: mār sig-annunitum
#tr.en: son of Sig-annunitum,
6. a-na _geme2_ i-gu-ur-szi
#tr.ts: ana amtim īgurši
#tr.en: as a servant has hired.
7. i-di _geme2 hi-a_
#tr.ts: idī amātim
#tr.en: The wages for the servants,

reverse
1. _1(asz) sze gur_ i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu#
#tr.ts: ištēn kur âm ina sūt šamaš
#tr.en: 1 kor of barley with the measure of (the temple of) Šamaš,
2. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im
#tr.ts: ina bāb gagim
#tr.en: at the cloister's gate
3. _i3-ag2-e_
#tr.ts: imaddad
#tr.en: he will pay (lit. measure).
4. _igi_ {d}utu u3 {d}a-a
#tr.ts: maḫar šamaš u ayya
#tr.en: Before Šamaš and Ayya;
5. _igi_ nin!(geme2)-ti-{d}utu#
#tr.ts: maḫar erišti-šamaš
#tr.en: before Erišti-šamaš,
6. _dumu_ sig-qu2-sza
#tr.ts: mārat sigquša
#tr.en: daughter of Sigquša;
7. _igi_ mu-ha-di-tum
#tr.ts: maḫar muḫa(d)dītum
#tr.en: before Muḫaddītum,
8. _dumu_ a-wi-[il-i3-li2]
#tr.ts: mārat awīl-ilī
#tr.en: daughter of Awīl-ilī.

left
1. _iti sze-sag11-ku5_
#tr.ts: waraḫ addarum
#tr.en: The month of Addarum,
2. _u4 1(disz)-kam_
#tr.ts: ūmam ištēn
#tr.en: the day 1

envelope

obverse
1. _1(disz) geme2_ ama-du-mu-uq-be-el-ti
#tr.ts: ištēt amtam ama-dumuq-bēltī
#tr.en: One female slave, Ama-dumuq-bēltī (is her name),
2. _ki_ erisz-ti-{d}utu
#tr.ts: itti erišti-šamaš
#tr.en: from Erišti-šamaš,
3. _dumu_ szu-pi2-sza
#tr.ts: mārat šū-pīša
#tr.en: daughter of Šū-pīša,
4. {disz}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
#tr.ts: lipit-ištar
#tr.en: Lipit-ištar
5. [_dumu_ sig-an]-nu-ni-tum
#tr.ts: mār sig-annunitum
#tr.en: son of Sig-annunitum
$ rest broken

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. _[i3]-ag2-e_
#tr.ts: imaddad
#tr.en: he will pay.
2'. [x] x GA-ia-tum#?
#tr.ts: ...gaiatum
#tr.en: ...gaiatum
3'. [(x)] x MASZ? A BI A TI
#tr.ts: ... abiati
#tr.en: ... Abiati
4'. i-na-di-in
#tr.ts: ina(d)din
#tr.en: will give.
5'. _igi_ {d}utu u3 {d}a-a
#tr.ts: maḫar šamaš u ayya
#tr.en: Before Šamaš and Ayya;
6'. _igi_ erisz-ti-{d}utu
#tr.ts: maḫar erišti-šamaš
#tr.en: before Erišti-šamaš,
7'. _dumu_ sig-qu2-sza
#tr.ts: mārat sigquša
#tr.en: daughter of Sigquša;
8'. _igi_ mu-ha-di-tum
#tr.ts: maḫar muḫa(d)dītum
#tr.en: before Muḫaddītum,
9'. _dumu_ a-wi-il-i3-li2
#tr.ts: mārat awīl-ilī
#tr.en: daughter of Awīl-ilī.
10'. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_
#tr.ts: waraḫ addarum ūmam ištēn
#tr.en: The month of addarum, the day 1
11'. ni-szi-ni-szu dumu ur-ru-rum
#tr.ts: nīši-nīšu mār urrurum
#tr.en: Nīši-nīšu, son of Urrurum

left
1. _mu i7 sa-am-su-i-lu-na#_
#tr.ts: šattum nār samsu-iluna
#tr.en: the year (in which Samsu-iluna dug) the canal (called) "Samsu-iluna (is abundnce)"

Archival view of P257642