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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 131
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
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CDLI no.: P262225
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001txtws
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
Transliteration: Jagersma, Bram
Translation: no translation
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07193
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Acquisition history: Nippur, Babylonian Expedition

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre: Exchange
Sub-genre remarks: Contract; (Obv)13x(Rev)11x(UE)2 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: Samsu-iluna.11.11.00
Dates referenced: Samsu-iluna.11.11.00
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Tablet

obverse
1. nam-ugula-e2 e2 {d}nuska
#tr.en: The office of overseer in the temple of Nuska
2. mu-a iti 2(disz)-kam
#tr.en: for 2 months a year;
3. nam#-lu2#-nig2-dab5-ba e2 {d}nuska
#tr.en: the office of presenting offerings in Nuska's temple
4. mu-a iti 2(disz)-kam
#tr.en: for 2 months a year;
5. 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze sza3 a-sza3 {d}nin-urta
#tr.en: a field in stubble of 1 ikû in the "Ninurta" district
6. us2-a-du szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga
#tr.en: alongside (the property of) Šumum-libši, son of Ur-dukuga;
8. bala gub-ba szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga
#tr.en: the term of office of Šumum-libši, son of Ur-dukuga,
10. ki-ba gar-ra-bi-sze3
#tr.en: in exchange for
11. 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze
#tr.en: a field in stubble of 3 ikû
12. sza3 a-sza3 a-gar3 asal2#
#tr.en: in the "poplar meadow" district,
13. us2#-a-du szu-mu-um-li-[ib-szi]
#tr.en: alongside (the property of) Šumum-libši
$ rest broken

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [x x x x] x x [...]
#tr.en: ...
2'. [x x x x] x x [...]
#tr.en: ...
3'. [x] x ra x [...]
#tr.en: ...
4'. mu# a-sza3 garza2 sa2 nu-ub-du11#-ga-asz
#tr.en: Since the field (and) the office don't reach the same value,
5'. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar lu2-e2-szu-me-sza4-ke4
#tr.en: Lu-ešumeša (with) 2 shekels of silver
6'. {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi-ra
#tr.en: Šumum-libši
7'. in#-na-an-bur2
#tr.en: has compensated.
8'. [u4 kur2]-sze3# lu2 lu2-ra inim# nu#-ga2-ga2-ne-a
#tr.en: That in future one against the other shall not make a complain
9'. mu lugal-la tesz2-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
#tr.en: they have sworn by the life of the king.
10'. igi i3-li2-ma lu2 bara2 {d}utu
#tr.en: Before Ilīma, "man of the shrine" (lit.) of Šamaš;
11'. igi li-pi2-it-esz18-dar dumu lal3-e2-mah
#tr.en: before Lipit-ištar, son of Lal-emaḫ;
12'. igi a-ab-ba-tum bur-gul
#tr.en: before Abbatum, stone cutter;
13'. igi {d}nin-urta-ga-mil dub-sar
#tr.en: before Ninurta-gāmil, the scribe.
14'. iti udru{duru5} mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal bad3 uri2{ki} unu{ki}-ga mu-un-gul-la
#tr.en: The month of Šabāṭum, the year in which Samsu-iluna the king destroyed the city walls of Ur and Ururk.

seal 1
1. szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
#tr.en: Šumum-libši
2. dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga
#tr.en: son of Ur-dukuga
3. lu2-e2-[szu-me-sza4]
#tr.en: Lu-ešumeša
4. [dumu ...]
#tr.en: son of ...