PBS 08/2, 119 (P262223)
Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 07191Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal > Business / Contracts (loan Contract; Loan of barley w/interest; (Obv)8x(Rev)10 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. [n] sze gur
en: n kor of barley,
2. masz2 in-tuku
en: bearing interest,
3. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
en: from Nabi-šamaš
4. {disz}nam-lugal-la-ni-du10-ke4
en: Nam-lugal-ani-dug
5. szu ba-an-ti
en: has borrowed.
6. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
en: At the delivery of the harvest,
7. sze u3 masz2-bi
en: the barley and its interest
8. i3-ag2-e
en: he will measure out.
reverse
1. [igi ma-nu-um]-ki-ma-e2-a
en: Before Manum-kīma-ea;
2. [igi u2]-ba-a-a-tum
en: before Ubayatum;
3. [igi {d}]nin#-urta-ga-mil
en: before Ninurta-gamil;
4. [igi {d}]suen#-ub-lam
en: before Sîn-ublam;
5. [igi] akszak#{ki}-i-din-nam dub-sar
en: before Akšak-i(d)dinam, the scribe.
blank space
6. [iti] apin#-du8-a u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 17
7. [mu ha]-am#-mu-ra-pi2 lugal#-e [kilib3 gu2 du3]-a-bi [kur su-bir4{ki}]-ke4#-ne sag gesz bi2-in-ra-a
en: the year in which Ḫammurapi, the king, slaughtered all his enemies of the Subartu mountains.
seal 1
(uninscribed?)
1. kiszib3 ma-nu-um-ki-ma-e2-a
en: Seal of Manum-kīma-ea
obverse
1. [n] sze gur
en: n kor of barley,
2. masz2 in-tuku
en: bearing interest,
3. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
en: from Nabi-šamaš
4. {disz}nam-lugal-la-ni-du10-ke4
en: Nam-lugal-ani-dug
5. szu ba-an-ti
en: has borrowed.
6. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
en: At the delivery of the harvest,
7. sze u3 masz2-bi
en: the barley and its interest
8. i3-ag2-e
en: he will measure out.
reverse
1. [igi ma-nu-um]-ki-ma-e2-a
en: Before Manum-kīma-ea;
2. [igi u2]-ba-a-a-tum
en: before Ubayatum;
3. [igi {d}]nin#-urta-ga-mil
en: before Ninurta-gamil;
4. [igi {d}]suen#-ub-lam
en: before Sîn-ublam;
5. [igi] akszak#{ki}-i-din-nam dub-sar
en: before Akšak-i(d)dinam, the scribe.
blank space
6. [iti] apin#-du8-a u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 17
7. [mu ha]-am#-mu-ra-pi2 lugal#-e [kilib3 gu2 du3]-a-bi [kur su-bir4{ki}]-ke4#-ne sag gesz bi2-in-ra-a
en: the year in which Ḫammurapi, the king, slaughtered all his enemies of the Subartu mountains.
seal 1
(uninscribed?)
1. kiszib3 ma-nu-um-ki-ma-e2-a
en: Seal of Manum-kīma-ea
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan Contract; Loan of barley w/interest; (Obv)8x(Rev)10 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PBS 8/2, 119
[Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.
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- Museum No.: CBS 07191
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ḫammurapi.39.08.17
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-30 at 14:08:27 | Senior, Andrew | Atf | Senior, Andrew | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2021-12-20 at 10:51:02 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Guidi, Carlo | CDLI | approved |
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| 2020-06-25 at 05:12:23 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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