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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 181
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
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Published collation:
CDLI no.: P263013
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001txg32
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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 08101
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Acquisition history: Nippur

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre: Exchange
Sub-genre remarks: w/seal impressions on LE.&UE.; (Obv)16x(Rev)5 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
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Surface preservation:
Condition description: rev. destroyed
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Seal no.: Sx
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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: --.--.--.--
Dates referenced: --.--.--.--
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Tablet

obverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 9(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a
#tr.en: One built house plot of 1/2 SAR and 9 (and) 1/3 shekels
2. sza3 ki lukur-ra {gesz}ig u3 {gesz}sag-kul gub#-[ba]
#tr.en: into the compound of the nadītum women, door and lock are in place,
3. da e2 sza-at-esz18-dar dumu-munus u2-ba-a-a
#tr.en: adjoining the house of Šāt-ištar, daughter of Ubaya:
4. e2 be-le-su2-nu lukur {d}nin-urta dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
#tr.en: the house of Bēle(s)sunu, nadītum of Ninurta, daughter of Sîn-ismeani,
5. ki-ba gar-ra-ni-sze3
#tr.en: in exchange for
6. 1/2(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a
#tr.en: One built house plot of 1/2 SAR and 7 (and) 1/2 shekels
7. sza3 ki lukur-ra {gesz}ig u3 {gesz}sag-kul gub-ba
#tr.en: into the compound of the nadītum women, door and lock are in place,
8. da e2 be-le-su2-nu dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
#tr.en: adjoining the house of Bēle(s)sunu, daughter of Sîn-ismeani:
9. e2 da-mi-iq-tum lukur {d}nin-urta dumu-munus {d}nanna-a-a
#tr.en: the house of Damiqtum, nadītum of Ninurta, daughter of Nanna-aya.
10. e2 e2-gen7 lu2 lu2-u3
#tr.en: A house for a house, one to the other
11. in-szi-in!(NI)-gar
#tr.en: has given.
12. mu e2 e2-e sa2 nu-ub-du11-ga-asz
#tr.en: Because one house doesn't reach the other (in value),
13. 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
#tr.en: (with) two third of a shekel of silver

reverse
1. {disz}da-mi-iq-tum#-ke4
#tr.en: Damiqtum
2. [be-le-su2-nu-ra] in-na-an-bur2
#tr.en: has compensated Bēle(s)sunu.
3. [u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2]-u3#
#tr.en: (That) in future one against the other
4. [inim nu-um-ga2]-ga2#
#tr.en: shall not make a complaint,
5. [mu lugal-bi in-pa3]-de3#-esz
#tr.en: they have sworn by the name of the king.
$ rest broken
# Partial signs visible on the edge at the end of many lines.

seal 1
1. be-le-su2-nu
#tr.en: Bēle(s)sunu
2. dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
#tr.en: daughter of Sîn-ismeani
# The final -ni written under the -a-.