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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Transliteration

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
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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)