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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 122
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
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CDLI no.: P262157
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001txk0z
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration: Jagersma, Bram
Translation: Gudi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07118
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Text Content:
Genre: Legal
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Sub-genre remarks: Contract; Rent of a field, for cultivation; (Obv)13x(Rev)8 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
Object preservation: fragment
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Provenience:
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Date of Origin: Hammurapi.31.06.00
Dates referenced: Hammurapi.31.06.00
Date remarks: Ha -/-/31
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Tablet

obverse
1. 5(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4#-sze#
#tr.en: A field in stubble of 5 ikû
2. sza3 a-sza3 edin-szum2-la2
#tr.en: in the district "Edin-šumla",
3. us2-a-du ib-ni-ia-tum
#tr.en: alongside (the property of) Ibniyatum,
4. a-sza3 lu-ub!-lu-ut,#-i3-li2 dumu nu-ur2-esz18-dar
#tr.en: (is) the field of Lubluṭ-ilī son of Nūr-ištar
6. ki lu-ub-lu-ut,-i3-li2-[ta]
#tr.en: (that) from Lubluṭ-ilī
7. [{disz}]a-pil2-{d}kab-ta dumu t,a3-ab-szar2-i3-li2
#tr.en: Apil-kabta, son of Ṭāb-šar-ilī,
9. nam-apin-la2-sze3
#tr.en: in tenancy (for cultivation)
10. igi-3(disz)-gal2-sze3
#tr.en: (at the rate of) one-third (of its produce)
11. ib2-ta-an-e3
#tr.en: has rented.
12. 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
#tr.en: 110 seahs of barley
13. szu-la2 masz2 nu-ub-tuku
#tr.en: as a “qīptum” loan, without interest,

reverse
1. ki lu-ub-lu-ut,-i3-li2-[ta]
#tr.en: from Lubluṭ-ilī
2. {disz}a-pil2-{d}kab-ta
#tr.en: Apil-kabta
3. szu ba-an-ti
#tr.en: has received.
4. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14#-ka
#tr.en: At the delivery of the harvest
5. sze-bi al-ag2-e
#tr.en: he will measure (back) the barley.
6. [igi] a#-ta-na-ah#-i3-li2
#tr.en: Before Atanaḫ-ilī;
7. [igi x]-ru-um [...]
#tr.en: before ...rum;
8. [igi] {d}suen-i-[...]
#tr.en: before Sîn-i...
$ blank space
9. [iti] kin#-{d}[inanna]
#tr.en: The month of Elūnum,
10. [mu ha-am]-mu#-ra-pi2# [lugal-e geszkim-ti] an# {d}en-lil2-bi-da# [x x e-mu-ut]-ba-lum x x [... ri-im{d}]suen [...]
#tr.en: the year: "Ḫammurapi the king, with the help of An and Enlil ... (conquered the land of) Emutbalum (and its king) Rim-sîn"