CDLI-Archival View

Publication
Primary publication:	PBS 08/2, 103
Author:	Chiera, Edward
Publication date:	1922
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.:	P262078
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001v7n0c
CDLI comments:

Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration:	Guidi, Carlo
Translation:	Guidi, Carlo
Photo:	If not otherwise indicated, digital images were prepared in their current form by CDLI staff, in some cases with the kind assistance of collection staff. For terms of use, click here.
Line Art:	If not otherwise indicated, line art drawings prepared in their digital form by CDLI staff are to be credited to primary publication author(s).

Collection Information
Owner:	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.:	CBS 07024
Accession no.:
Acquisition history:

Text Content:
Genre:	Legal
Sub-genre:
Sub-genre remarks:	A man purchases from his partner a house they had bought together; (Obv)14x(Rev)18x(UE)1 lines
Composite no.:
Language:

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm):	? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description:
Join information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:

Provenience:
Provenience:	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Provenience remarks:
Excavation no.:
Findspot square:
Elevation:
Stratigraphic level:
Findspot remarks:

Chronology:
Period:	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin:	Erra-Imitti.D.12.00
Dates referenced:	Erra-Imitti.D.12.00
Date remarks:	Irra-Imiti
Alternative years:
Accounting period:

Unclear abbreviations? Can you improve upon the content of this page? Please contact us!

Tablet

obverse
1. 1(disz) sar e2 du3-a {gesz}kesz2 gub
#tr.en: One built house plot of 1 SAR, the roofing in place,
2. e2 gub-ba-ni-du10 us2-sa
#tr.en: next to the house of Gubbanidu,
3. sa10-am3 til-la-bi
#tr.en: its full price is
4. 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
#tr.en: 2/3 of mina (= 40 shekels) of silver;
5. 5/6(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 kislah
#tr.en: one unbuilt plot of 5/6 SAR and 5 shekels (= 55 shekels)
6. e2 lugal-a-ma-ru us2-sa
#tr.en: next to the house of Lugal-amaru,
7. sa10-am3 til-la-bi
#tr.en: its full price is
8. 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: 5 shekels of silver.
9. e2 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2#
#tr.en: The house, which Nanna-manšum
10. u3 dingir-szu#-mu-[ba]-li2-it,
#tr.en: and Ilšu-muba(l)liṭ
11. nam-tab-ba-ne-ne-ta
#tr.en: with their partnership
12. in-sa10-esz-a
#tr.en: had bought, (now)
13. ki {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 dumu u4-du10-mu-ta#
#tr.en: from Nanna-manšum, son of Udumu,

reverse
1. dingir-szu-mu#-[ba-li2-it,] dumu [hi-li-abzu]
#tr.en: Ilšu-muballiṭ, son of Ḫili-abzu,
2. in-szi#-[in-sa10]
#tr.en: has bought;
3. sa10-am3 til#-[la]-bi#
#tr.en: its full price,
4. 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: 2/3 of mina and 5 shekels (= 45 shekels) of silver
5. in-na-la2
#tr.en: he has paid.
6. u4 kur2-sze3 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
#tr.en: In future, that Nanna-manšum
7. e2-bi-sze3 inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a
#tr.en: will not make a claim concerning this house,
8. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
#tr.en: he has sworn by the name of the king.
9. igi {d}da-mu-mu-dah dumu du-du
#tr.en: Before Damu-mudaḫ, son of Dudu;
10. igi bur-{d}iszkur dumu lu2-{d}iszkur
#tr.en: before Bur-adad, son of Lu-adad;
11. igi {d}utu-he2-gal2 dumu {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
#tr.en: before Šamaš-ḫegal, son of Nanna-manšum;
12. igi puzur4-{d}da-mu dumu ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
#tr.en: before Puzur-damu, son of Ur-enlila;
13. igi ku-gu-za-na-sze3
#tr.en: before Ku(g)guza(n)na.
14. iti sze-sag11-ku5
#tr.en: The month of Addarum,
15. mu {d}er3-ra-i-mi-ti lugal-e ki-sur-ra ba-gul
#tr.en: the year (in which) Erra-imi(t)ti the king destroyed Kisurra.

seal 1
1. {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
#tr.en: Nanna-manšum
2. dumu u4-du10-mu
#tr.en: son of Udumu.

Archival view of P262078