PBS 08/2, 157 (P125408)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07218

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; Sale of slaves; Seal impressions, (Obv)12x(Rev)8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract; Sale of slaves; Seal impressions, (Obv)12x(Rev)8 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001658 (composite) (P454368) S001658 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004645 (composite) (P457355) S004645 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P125408

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07218
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 006057
Penn Museum (Penn) 521685
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7218

References

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 157

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: NATN, 5

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

    Seals

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 50

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-01-15 at 06:08:45 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2017-07-02 at 13:42:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:56:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:54:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:28:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:38:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:06:56 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125408.
PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry (No. P125408). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125408 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125408 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125408},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125408},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125408.
PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry (No. P125408). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125408 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125408 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125408},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125408},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P125408
LB  - CDLI:P125408
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 157 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P125408
ER  -
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