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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 143
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
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Citation:
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Published collation:
CDLI no.: P262142
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001txgjs
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration: Jagersma, Bram
Translation: Guidi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07103
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Acquisition history:

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre: loan
Sub-genre remarks: Loan of barley, with and without interest, and loan of money, without interest; seal impressions on tablet & case; tablet (Obv)9x(Rev)7 lines, case (Obv)10x(Rev)9 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet & envelope
Material: clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
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Surface preservation:
Condition description: Tablet+ case
Join information: P262142 lead, single entry
Seal no.: Sx
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Provenience:
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin: Samsu-iluna.05.12.00
Dates referenced: Samsu-iluna.05.12.00
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Tablet & envelope

obverse
1. 4(asz) sze gur masz2 in-tuku
#tr.en: 4 kor of barley bearing an interest,
2. 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze masz2 nu-ub-tuku
#tr.en: 1 pānum (and) 4 seahs of barley without interest,
3. 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sa10-am3 masz2 nu-ub-tuku
#tr.en: 1/2 shekel of silver bought, without interest,
4. ki na-bi-{d}utu
#tr.en: from Nabi-šamaš
5. {disz}u-bar-{d}lu-lu
#tr.en: Ubār-lulu
6. szu ba-an-ti
#tr.en: has received.
7. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
#tr.en: At the delivery of the harvest,
8. ku3-bi sze u3 masz2-bi
#tr.en: the silver, the barley and its interest
9. szum2-mu-dam
#tr.en: are to be given.

reverse
1. igi qur2-du-um
#tr.en: Before Kurdum;
2. igi nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta
#tr.en: before Nūr-kabta;
3. igi kesz3{ki}-i-din-nam dub-sar
#tr.en: before Keš-i(d)dinam, the scribe.
$ blank space
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
#tr.en: The month of Addarum
5. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal {gesz}gu-za nesag-a {d}nanna-ra mu-na-an-dim2-ma
#tr.en: (of) the year in which Samsu-iluna the king, a throne as an offering for Nanna has made.

envelope

obverse
1. 4(asz) sze gur masz2 in-tuku
#tr.en: 4 kor of barley bearing an interest,
2. 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze masz2 nu-ub-tuku
#tr.en: 1 pānum (and) 4 seahs of barley without interest,
3. 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sa10-am3 masz2 nu-ub-tuku
#tr.en: 1/2 shekel of silver bought, without interest,
4. ki na-bi-{d}utu
#tr.en: from Nabi-šamaš
5. {disz}u-bar-{d}lu-lu
#tr.en: Ubār-lulu
6. szu ba-an-ti
#tr.en: has received.
7. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
#tr.en: At the delivery of the harvest,
8. sze u3 masz2-bi
#tr.en: the barley with (lit. and) its interest
9. u3 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: and the silver
10. szum2-mu-dam
#tr.en: are to be given.

reverse
1. igi qur2-du-um
#tr.en: Before Kurdum;
2. igi nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta dumu {d}suen-i-din-nam
#tr.en: before Nūr-kabta son of Sîn-i(d)dinam;
4. igi kesz3{ki}-i-din-nam dub-sar
#tr.en: before Keš-i(d)dinam, the scribe.
$ blank space
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5
#tr.en: The month of Addarum
6. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal {gesz}gu-za nesag-a {d}nanna-ra mu-na-an-dim2-ma
#tr.en: (of) the year in which Samsu-iluna the king, a throne as an offering for Nanna has made.

seal 1
$ (uninscribed)
$ (with caption:)
1. kiszib3 nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta
#tr.en: The seal of Nūr-kabta

seal 2
$ (uninscribed)
$ (with caption:)
1. kiszib3 qur2-du-um
#tr.en: The seal of Kurdum