PBS 08/2, 107 (P262227)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07195

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; Adoption of a baby; (Obv)16x(Rev)16 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) dumu-nita2 gaba_
 en: One suckling child,
2. i3-li2-a-wi-li _mu-ni-im_
 en: Ili-awīli is his name,
3. _dumu_ a-a-ar-tum
 en: son of Ayartum,
4. _ki_ a-a-ar-tum _ama-ni-ta_
 en: from Ayartum his mother
5. _u3_ e-ri-isz-tum _dam-a-ni_
 en: and Erištum her husband
6. [1(disz)] ia-si-ru-um
 en: Iasirum
7. _u3_ ama-{d}suen
 en: and Ama-sîn
8. _nam-dumu-ni-mesz_
 en: as their son
9. _[szu] ba-an-ti#-esz_
 en: have adopted.
10. _ku3 nam-bulug3-ga2-ni-sze3_
 en: (To compensate) for the child rearing
11. [...] _gin2 ku3-babbar 2(disz) ma-na siki_
 en: ... shekels of silver and 2 minas of wool
12. ia-si-ru-um
 en: Iasirum
13. _u3_ ama-{d}suen
 en: and Ama-sîn
14. a-na a-a-ar-tum
 en: to Ayartum
15. _u3_ e-ri-isz-tum
 en: and Erištum
reverse
1. _in#-na-an-szum2_
 en: have (lit. has) given.
2. ia#-si-ru-um
 en: Iasirum
3. _u3_ ama-{d}suen
 en: and Ama-sîn
4. [_ki_ a-a-ar-tum]
 en: from Ayartum
5. [_u3_ e]-ri-[isz-tum ... i3-li2]-a-wi-li
 en: and Erištum, ... Ili-awīli
6. i-s,a-[ba]-at#-ma i-ta-la-ak
 en: shall take and will go away.
7. _igi_ x x x x x x
 en: Before ...
8. _igi_ x x x x x x
 en: Before ...
9. _igi_ x x x x x x
 en: Before ...
10. _igi_ x x x x x x
 en: Before ...
11. _igi_ x x x x x x
 en: Before ...
12. _igi_ ur-x x x x x
 en: Before ...
13. _iti udru{duru5}_
 en: The month of Šabāṭum
  some text moved to next line
14. _mu_ {d}en-lil2-ba-ni _e2-me-zi-da {d}en-ki-ra_
 en: (of) the year (in which) Enlil-bani (the temple of) Emezida for Enki (has built).
seal 1
  (not given)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract; Adoption of a baby; (Obv)16x(Rev)16 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 107

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

  • history: MC 3, 13

    [Stone1991Adoption] Stone, Elizabeth C., and David I. Owen. 1991. Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-Mešu-Liṣṣur. Vol. 3. Mesopotamina Civilizations.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07195
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-02 at 08:17:02 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2020-10-14 at 06:24:57 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2018-11-26 at 11:52:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-11-23 at 15:29:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-10-20 at 11:58:05 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
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 View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 107 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262227.
PBS 08/2, 107 artifact entry (No. P262227). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262227 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 107 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262227 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262227},
}


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