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Publication
Primary publication:	PBS 08/2, 110
Author:	Chiera, Edward
Publication date:	1922
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CDLI no.:	P262162
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001txk5j
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration:	Guidi, Carlo
Translation:	Guidi, Carlo
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Collection Information
Owner:	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.:	CBS 07123
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Text Content:
Genre:	Legal
Sub-genre:	House sale
Sub-genre remarks:	Contract; Purchase of a house by two partner; Seal impressions; (Obv)12x(Rev)15x(UE)3 lines
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Language:	Sumerian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Date of Origin:	Rim-Sin.42.05.00
Dates referenced:	Rim-Sin.42.05.00
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Tablet

obverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 3(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a
#tr.en: One built house plot of 33 shekels,
2. da e2 e-sir2 {d}nin-kar-ra
#tr.en: adjacent to the house in the street of Ninkarrak
3. u3 u-bar-{d}utu szesz-a-ni
#tr.en: of Ubar-šamaš his brother,
4. sag-bi e2 {d}a-ba
#tr.en: its front is (adjacent to) the temple of Aba,
5. e2 i-din-{d}utu dumu {d}en-lil2-ra-bi#
#tr.en: is the house of I(d)din-šamaš, son of Enlil-rabi,
6. ki i-din-{d}utu-ta
#tr.en: (that) from I(d)din-šamaš
7. {disz}u-bar-{d}utu dumu {d}en-lil2-ra-bi
#tr.en: Ubar-šamaš son of Enlil-rabi,
8. u3 s,i-li2-{d}utu szesz-a-ni-ke4
#tr.en: and Ṣilli-šamaš his brother
9. in-szi-in-sa10
#tr.en: have bought;
10. sa10-am3 til-la-bi-sze3
#tr.en: its full price,
11. 1(u) 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: 11 shekels of silver,
12. in-na-an-la2-esz
#tr.en: they have paid.

reverse
1. u4 kur2-sze3 i-din-{d}utu
#tr.en: That in future I(d)din-šamaš
2. u3 ibila-a-ni
#tr.en: and his heirs
3. a-na-me-a-bi e2-bi-sze3
#tr.en: to all concerning this house
4. inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a
#tr.en: wouldn't bring a claim
5. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
#tr.en: he has sworn by the name of the king.
6. igi im-gu-tum dumu a-hu-ni
#tr.en: Before Imgūtum, son of Aḫūni;
7. igi be-el-szu-nu dumu ku-gu-za-na
#tr.en: before Bēlšunu, son of Ku(g)guza(n)na;
8. igi an-nu-um-be-el-i3-li2 dumu a-pil2-{d}suen
#tr.en: before Annum-bēl-ilī, son of Apil-sîn;
9. igi ib-ni-e2-a dumu sza-gi4-isz-ki-nu-um
#tr.en: before Ibni-ea, son of Šagiš-kīnum;
10. igi ib-ni-e2-a dumu ga-mi-dingir
#tr.en: before Ibni-ea, son of Gāmi-ilu;
11. igi {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am dumu im-gu-u2-a
#tr.en: before Sîn-erībam, son of Imgua;
12. igi {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am dumu {d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2
#tr.en: before Sîn-erībam, son of Enlil-manšum;
13. igi a-hu-szu-nu dumu hu-ba-tum
#tr.en: before Aḫūšunu, son of Ḫubatum;
14. igi {d}en-lil2-masz-zu dub-sar
#tr.en: before Enlil-mašzu, the scribe.
15. iti NE#-NE#-gar mu ki 1(u) 3(disz) us2-sa {d#}[ri-im]-{d}suen lugal-e i3-si#-in# iri# nam-lugal mu-dab5-ba
#tr.en: The month of Abum, the year 13 after Rim-sîn the king seized Isin, the royal city.

seal 1
1. i-din-{d}utu
#tr.en: I(d)din-šamaš
2. dumu {d}en-lil2-ra-bi
#tr.en: son of Enlil-rabi

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