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Publication
Primary publication:	PBS 08/2, 141
Author:	Chiera, Edward
Publication date:	1922
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.:	P262145
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001txgnb
CDLI comments:

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 07106
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Acquisition history:

Text Content:
Genre:	Legal
Sub-genre:	loan
Sub-genre remarks:	Contract; Loan of barley with interest; seal impressions; (Obv)8x(Rev)11 lines
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Language:	Sumerian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet & envelope
Material:	clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm):	? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description:	Case
Join information:	P262145 lead, single entry
Seal no.:	Sx
Seal information:

Provenience:
Provenience:	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin:	Samsu-iluna.07.08.02
Dates referenced:	Samsu-iluna.07.08.02
Date remarks:	Si -/-/7
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Tablet & envelope

obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur masz2 in-tuku
#tr.en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley with an interest,
2. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
#tr.en: from Nabi-Šamaš
3. {disz}a-me-er-tum dam ba-la-t,um-ke4
#tr.en: Amertum, wife of Balaṭum,
4. szu ba-an-ti
#tr.en: has received.
5. mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka
#tr.en: At the delivery of the harvest,
6. sze u3 masz2-bi
#tr.en: the barley and its interest
7. al-ag2-e
#tr.en: will be measured out.

reverse
1. igi qu2-ur-du-um dumu {d}da-mu-gal-zu
#tr.en: Before Kurdum, son of Damu-galzu;
2. igi i3-li2-e-ri-ba#-am#
#tr.en: before Ilī-eribam;
3. igi nibru{ki}-ga-mil
#tr.en: before Nippur-gāmil;
4. igi na-ap-lu-us2-e2-a
#tr.en: before Naplus-ea.
5. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 2(disz)-kam
#tr.en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 2 (of)
6. mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir nig2 babbar2-ra ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 {d}marduk-ra a mu-na-ru
#tr.en: the year (in which Samsu-iluna) dedicated to Marduk a brillantly weapon-emblem (covered with) silver and gold.

envelope

obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur masz in#-tuku#
#tr.en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley with an interest,
2. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
#tr.en: from Nabi-Šamaš
3. {disz}a-me-er-tum dam# ba-la-t,um-ke4
#tr.en: Amertum, wife of Balaṭum,
5. szu ba-an-ti
#tr.en: has received.
6. mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka
#tr.en: At the delivery of the harvest,
7. sza u3 masz2#-bi
#tr.en: the barley and its interest
8. al-ag2#-e
#tr.en: will be measured out.

reverse
1. igi qur2-du-um dumu {d}da-mu-gal-zu
#tr.en: Before Kurdum, son of Damu-galzu;
2. igi i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am dumu i3-li2-an-dul3-li2
#tr.en: before Ilī-eribam, son of Ilī-andulli;
3. igi nibru{ki}-ga-mil dumu {d}utu-na-s,ir
#tr.en: Nippur-gāmil, son of Šamaš-nāṣir;
4. igi na-ap-lu-us2-e2-a dub-sar
#tr.en: before Naplus-ea, the scribe.
5. iti apin-du8-a u4 2(disz)-kam
#tr.en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 2 (of)
6. mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir nig2 babbar2-ra {d}marduk-ra a mu-na-ru-a
#tr.en: the year in which in which (Samsu-iluna) dedicated a brillantly weapon-emblem to Marduk.

seal 1
1. a-li2-a-bi
#tr.en: Ali-abī
2. dumu-munus ta-ri-bu-um
#tr.en: daughter of Taribum
3. geme2 {d}iszkur
#tr.en: servant of Adad

seal 2
1. {d}da-mu
#tr.en: Damu
2. a-zu-gal
#tr.en: chief doctor
3. dumu {d}x-x
#tr.en: son of ...

Archival view of P262145