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PBS 08/2, 137
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Primary publicationPBS 08/2, 137
Author(s)Chiera, Edward
Publication date1922
Secondary publication(s)Roth Mesop. Law, p. 106
CollectionUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.CBS 04886
Accession no.
ProvenienceNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Excavation no.
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referencedSamsu-iluna.23.09.06
Object typetablet & envelope
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLegal
Sub-genreManumission of a female slave
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20050425 fitzgerald_upenn
ATF sourceGuidi, Carlo
TranslationGuidi, Carlo
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001tq63h
Composite no.
Seal no.Sx
CDLI no.P261082

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Tablet & envelope

envelope

obverse
1. dub# nam-sikil-[la-ni-sze3]
en: Document for her manumission.
2. {disz}esz18-dar-u2-ta#-ar# sag-geme2#
en: Ištar-utar, a female slave,
3. {disz}nu-t,u3-up-tum dumu s,i-li2-{d}[utu]
en: Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum, daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš,
4. ama-ar-gi4-ni in-gar
en: has set free (and)
5. sag-ki-ni in-dadag
en: her forehead has cleansed;
6. dug nam-geme2-ni-sze3 in-gaz
en: she has freed her from slavery (lit. she has broken the jar of her slavery).
7. dub nam-sikil-la-ni-sze3
en: A manumission sealed document
8. in-na-an-tak4
en: she has made out.
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9. iti gan#-gan-e3 u4 6(disz)-kam
en: The month of Kislīmum, the day 6
10. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e usu ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-le mu-un-na-an-szum2-ma-ta
en: (of) the year (in which) Samsu-iluna the king, by the fierce power which Enlil gave him (destroyed Shahna, ..., Zarhanum, Putra, Šuša ---).

reverse
blank

seal 1
1. nu-t,u3-up-tum
en: Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum,
2. lukur {d}nin-urta
en: nadītu of Ninurta
3. dumu s,i-li2-{d}utu
en: daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš


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