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Publication
Primary publication: PBS 08/2, 132
Author: Chiera, Edward
Publication date: 1922
Secondary publication(s): PBS 05, 097 (date formula)
Citation:
Author remarks:
Published collation:
CDLI no.: P269733
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz0020fqsz
CDLI comments:
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 15177
Accession no.:
Acquisition history: Nippur

Text Content:
Genre: Legal
Sub-genre: Exchange
Sub-genre remarks: Contract; exchange of two houses of equal value; seal impressions on all the surfaces; (Obv)10x(Rev)11x(UE)1 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
Object remarks:
Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
Object preservation:
Surface preservation:
Condition description: slightly abraded, 1 col.
Join information:
Seal no.: Sx
Seal information:
Provenience:
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Provenience remarks:
Excavation no.:
Findspot square:
Elevation:
Stratigraphic level:
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Chronology:
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Period remarks:
Date of Origin: Samsu-iluna.06.06.00
Dates referenced: Samsu-iluna.06.06.00
Date remarks: Si -/VI/6
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Tablet

obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 du3-[a]
#tr.en: One built house plot of 12 1/3 shekels
2. da e2 sza-ma-a-a-tum#
#tr.en: adjoining the house of Šamatum,
3. e2 hu-mu-ru-um dumu ta#-ri-bu-um
#tr.en: the house is of Ḫumurrum son of Tarībum;
4. 1/3(disz) sar e2 du3#-[a]
#tr.en: one built house plot of 1/3 SAR
5. da e2 hu-mu#-ru-um
#tr.en: adjoining the house of Ḫumurrum,
6. e2 ib-bi-{d}utu dumu lu2-ur-sag-e-ne
#tr.en: the house is of Ibbi-šamaš son of Ku-ursaggene;
7. e2 e2-e-gen7-nam
#tr.en: one house is like the other house,
8. lu2 lu2-u3-ra in-szi-in-gar
#tr.en: one man to the other man has given.
9. u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3-ra
#tr.en: That in future one against the other

reverse
1. inim nu-ga2-ga2-a
#tr.en: wouldn't bring a claim
2. mu lugal-la tesz2-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
#tr.en: they have sworn together by the name of the king.
3. igi {d}da-gan-ma-an-szum2 dumu {d}en-lil2-lu2-ti
#tr.en: Before Dagan-manšum, son of Enlil-luti;
4. igi ri-ba-tum dumu ku3-{d}inanna
#tr.en: before Ribatum, son of Ku-inanna;
5. igi {d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni dumu i3-li2-[x]-x
#tr.en: before Sîn-imguranni, son of Ili...;
6. igi im-gur-{d}utu dumu la-a-lum
#tr.en: before Imgur-šamaš, son of Lālûm;
7. igi i-di-szum bur-gul
#tr.en: before Idišum, stone-cutter;
8. igi {d}nin-urta-ga-mil dub-sar
#tr.en: before Ninurta-gāmil, the scribe.
9. iti kin-{d}inanna
#tr.en: The month of Elūnum,
10. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal {d}utu {d}marduk-e-ne-bi-da-ra?
#tr.en: the year in which Samsu-iluna the king, for Šamaš and Marduk (brought into Ebabbar in front of Šamaš and into Esagila in front of Marduk, images praying).

seal 1
1. hu-mu-[ru-um]
#tr.en: Ḫumurrum
2. dumu ta-[ri-bu-um]
#tr.en: son of Tarībum
3. ARAD# [...]
#tr.en: Servant of ...

seal 2
$ illegible