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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 192
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.: P257669
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001tn9xg
CDLI comments:
Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration: Woestenburg, Els
Translation: Guidi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 00104
Accession no.:
Acquisition history: Purchased: J. Shemtob, July 21, 1888

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre: Rent
Sub-genre remarks: Contract for the upper floor of a house for one year; seven seals; 6x2x7x2 lines
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Language: Akkadian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet & envelope
Material: clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description: Tablet in its envelope (broken somewhat restored)
Join information: P257669 lead, single entry
Seal no.: Sx
Seal information:
Provenience:
Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) ?
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Excavation no.:
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Chronology:
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin: Samsu-iluna.08.2-Elunum.15
Dates referenced: Samsu-iluna.08.2-Elunum.15
Date remarks: Si 15/VI/8
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Tablet & envelope

obverse
1. _e2_ ru-ug-bu-um
#tr.ts: rugbum
#tr.en: A loft
2. _ki_ {d}utu-illat-[...]
#tr.ts: itti šamaš-tillatum
#tr.en: from Šamaš-tillatum,
3. {disz}{d}utu-be-el#-[...]
#tr.ts: šamaš-bēl…
#tr.en: Šamaš-bēl...
4. _dumu_ ta-ri#-[...]
#tr.ts: mār tari ...
#tr.en: son of Tari ...
5. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
#tr.ts: ana ištet šattim
#tr.en: for one year (has rent);
6. ki#-is,-ri _mu [1(disz)-kam]_
#tr.ts: kiṣri ištēt šattim
#tr.en: the rent (for) one year,
7. _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar]_
#tr.ts: šinip šiqil kaspam
#tr.en: 2/3 shekel of silver
8. _i3-la2-e_
#tr.ts: išaqqal
#tr.en: he will pay.

reverse
1. _iti kin-{d}inanna 2(disz)#-[kam u4] 1(u) 5(disz)-kam#_
#tr.ts: waraḫ šittā elūnim ūmam ḫamiššeret
#tr.en: (In) the month of 2-Elūnim, the day 15
2. i-ru-ub
#tr.ts: i(r)rub
#tr.en: he will enter.
3. _igi_ i-zi-ga-tar
#tr.ts: maḫar izi-gatar
#tr.en: Before Izi-gatar,
4. _dumu_ i3-li2-i-te-e
#tr.ts: mār ilī-itê
#tr.en: son of Ilī-itê;
5. _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an#-[szum2]
#tr.ts: maḫar nanna-manšum
#tr.en: before Nanna-manšum.
6. _iti kin-{d}inanna 2(disz)-kam u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
#tr.ts: waraḫ šittā elūnim ūmam ḫamiššeret
#tr.en: The month of 2-Elūnim, the day 15,
7. _mu {uruda}ki-lugal-gub hur-sag i7 didli-bi_
#tr.ts: šattum manzāzam ina ḫursāṣni u nārī mādūtim
#tr.en: of the year "(Samsu-iluna the king made a socle of copper decorated with) a mountain and rivers."

seal 1
$ (uninscribed)
$ (with caption:)
1. i-zi-ga-tar
#tr.ts: izi-gatar
#tr.en: Izi-gatar

seal 2
1. [...] {d}utu
#tr.ts: ...šamaš
#tr.en: ...Šamaš
2. [...] x x x
#tr.ts:
#tr.en: