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PBS 08/2, 157
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Primary publication	PBS 08/2, 157
Author(s)	Chiera, Edward
Publication date	1922
Secondary publication(s)	Seals published Owen, NATN 005; Steinkeller, Sale Documents 050
Collection	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.	CBS 07218
Accession no.
Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Excavation no.
Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates referenced	Ibbi-Suen.07.05.12 (us2 year)
Object type	tablet
Remarks
Material	clay
Language	Sumerian
Genre	Legal
Sub-genre
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	20011220 ur3_catalogue
ATF source	cdlistaff
Translation	Guidi, Carlo
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001s1fhq
Composite no.
Seal no.	S001658 S004645
CDLI no.	P125408

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Tablet

obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-[nita?]
en: One female slave,
2. a-a-zi-mu mu-ni-im
en: Aya-zimu is her name,
3. nig2-sa10-ma-ni 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar
en: whose price is 10 shekels of silver,
4. ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-{d}utu-ra
en: from Urniĝar, son of Ur-šamaš,
5. ur-{d}kal-kal dumu ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
en: Ur-kalkal, son of Ur-enlila,
6. in-szi-sa10
en: has bought.
7. lu2 lu2 nu-gi4-gi4-de3
en: (That) man against man shall not return (on the decision)
8. mu lugal-bi i3-pa3-esz2
en: by the name of the king they have sworn.
9. igi lugal-a2-zi-da dumu ba-li2-li2-sze3
en: In the presence of Lugal-azida, son of Balili;
10. igi ARAD2-dam dumu a-ba-{d}en-lil2-gin7-sze3
en: in the presence of Waraddam, son of Aba-enlilgin;

reverse
1. igi lugal-ku3-zu sukkal esz3-sze3
en: in the presence of Lugal-kuzu, secretary of the shrine;
2. igi a-da-lal3 kisal-luh-sze3
en: in the presence of Adalal, courtyard sweeper;
3. igi zu-la ar3-ar3-sze3
en: in the presence of Zula, miller;
4. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
en: they are its witnesses.
5. iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal
en: The month of Abum, the day 12 has passed,
6. mu us2-sa bad3-gal nibru{ki} ba-du3
en: (of) the year after (the year in which) the big (city) wall of Nippur was built.

seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
en: Urniĝar
2. dumu ur-{d}utu
en: son of Ur-šamaš

seal 2
1. a-a-zi-mu
en: Aya-zimu
2. ARAD2 geme2!-{d}suen
en: slave of Geme-sîn

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