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Publication
Primary publication:	PBS 08/2, 140
Author:	Chiera, Edward
Publication date:	1922
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.:	P262152
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001txgwz
CDLI comments:

Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration:	Guidi, Carlo
Translation:	Guidio, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner:	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.:	CBS 07113
Accession no.:
Acquisition history:	Nippur, Babylonian Expedition

Text Content:
Genre:	Legal
Sub-genre:	Lawsuit
Sub-genre remarks:	Contract; Promise to deliver money; Seal impressions; Case (Obv)10x(Rev)10x(UE)1x(LE)1 lines
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Physical Information
Object type:	tablet & envelope
Material:	clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm):	? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description:	Case Tablet, unopened
Join information:	P262152 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.11.11.28
Dates referenced:	Samsu-iluna.11.11.28
Date remarks:	Si 11/-/-
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Tablet & envelope

envelope

obverse
1. _3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar zi3-munu4_
#tr.ts: šalāšat šaluš siqil kaspim isimmānim
#tr.en: (Concerning) the 3 1/3 shekels of silver (worth of) food ingredients
2. sza zi-iz-zi-i _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta i-ku-lu
#tr.ts: ša zizzī mār nūr-kabta īkulu
#tr.en: that Zizzī, son of Nūr-kabta, has consumed,
3. _ugu_ zi-iz-zi-i
#tr.ts: eli zizzī
#tr.en: upon Zizzī
4. {disz}la-ma-sum2 _dumu-munus_ dingir-lu2-ti _in-tuku_
#tr.ts: lama(s)sum mārat ilum-luti īšu;
#tr.en: Lamassum, daughter of Ilum-luti, has (still) a claim;
5. bu-ul-t,a-am
#tr.ts: bulṭam
#tr.en: when (Zizzī) the health
6. i-na ka-sza-di-im#
#tr.ts: ina kašadim,
#tr.en: recuperates,
7. _3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar zi3-munu4_
#tr.ts: šalāšat šaluš siqil kaspam isimmānim
#tr.en: the 3 1/3 shekels of silver (worth of) food ingredients
8. {disz}la-ma-sum2 _dumu-munus_ dingir-lu2-ti
#tr.ts: lama(s)sum mārat ilum-luti
#tr.en: Lamassum, daughter of Ilum-luti,
9. i-ip-pa-al
#tr.ts: ippal
#tr.en: he will satisfy.

reverse
1. _inim-ta_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ ha-bil-ki-nu-um
#tr.ts: kattūm nabi-šamaš mār ḫabilkinum.
#tr.en: The guarantor is Nabi-šamaš, son of Ḫabilkinum.
2. _igi_ {d}nin-urta-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ bi-tum-mu-ba-li2-it,
#tr.ts: maḫar ninurta-muša(l)lim mār bitum-muba(l)iṭ
#tr.en: Before Ninurta-mušallim, son of Bitum-muballiṭ;
3. _igi_ lu2-{d}nin-urta _dumu_ {d}nin-urta-me-sza4
#tr.ts: maḫar lu-ninurta mār ninurta-meša
#tr.en: before Lu-ninurta, son of Ninurta-meša;
4. _igi_ sza-mu-uh-{d}da-gan
#tr.ts: maḫar šamuḫ-dagan
#tr.en: before Šamuḫ-dagan;
5. _igi_ {d}pa-bil2-sag-ma-an-szum2
#tr.ts: maḫar pabilšaga-manšum
#tr.en: before Pabilšaga-manšum.
6. _iti udru{duru5} u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam_
#tr.ts: waraḫ šabāṭum ūmam ešrā samānat
#tr.en: The month of Šabāṭum, day 28,
7. _mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal bad3# uri2{ki} u3 unu{ki#}-ga mu-un-gul-la_
#tr.ts: šanat samsu-iluna šarrum dūr akkad u uruk i'but
#tr.en: the year (in which) Samsu-iluna, the king, the walls of Akkad and Uruk destroyed.

seal 1
1. x-[...]-x-x
#tr.ts: ...
#tr.en: ...
2. dumu x-[x]-x-x-x
#tr.ts: mār ...
#tr.en: son of ...
3. ARAD {d}ne3-eri11-gal
#tr.ts: warad nergal
#tr.en: servant of Nergal

seal 2
1. x [...]
2. dumu [...]
3. ARAD {d}[...]
$ (with caption:)
1'. kiszib3 {d}nin-urta-mu-sza-lim

Archival view of P262152