PBS 08/2, 181 (P263013)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Image © Penn Museum

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 9(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a
 en: One built house plot of 1/2 SAR and 9 (and) 1/3 shekels
2. sza3 ki lukur-ra {gesz}ig u3 {gesz}sag-kul gub#-[ba]
 en: into the compound of the nadītum women, door and lock are in place,
3. da e2 sza-at-esz18-dar dumu-munus u2-ba-a-a
 en: adjoining the house of Šāt-ištar, daughter of Ubaya:
4. e2 be-le-su2-nu lukur {d}nin-urta dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
 en: the house of Bēle(s)sunu, nadītum of Ninurta, daughter of Sîn-ismeani,
5. ki-ba gar-ra-ni-sze3
 en: in exchange for
6. 1/2(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a
 en: One built house plot of 1/2 SAR and 7 (and) 1/2 shekels
7. sza3 ki lukur-ra {gesz}ig u3 {gesz}sag-kul gub-ba
 en: into the compound of the nadītum women, door and lock are in place,
8. da e2 be-le-su2-nu dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
 en: adjoining the house of Bēle(s)sunu, daughter of Sîn-ismeani:
9. e2 da-mi-iq-tum lukur {d}nin-urta dumu-munus {d}nanna-a-a
 en: the house of Damiqtum, nadītum of Ninurta, daughter of Nanna-aya.
10. e2 e2-gen7 lu2 lu2-u3
 en: A house for a house, one to the other
11. in-szi-in!(NI)-gar
 en: has given.
12. mu e2 e2-e sa2 nu-ub-du11-ga-asz
 en: Because one house doesn't reach the other (in value),
13. 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: (with) two third of a shekel of silver
reverse
1. {disz}da-mi-iq-tum#-ke4
 en: Damiqtum
2. [be-le-su2-nu-ra] in-na-an-bur2
 en: has compensated Bēle(s)sunu.
3. [u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2]-u3#
 en: (That) in future one against the other
4. [inim nu-um-ga2]-ga2#
 en: shall not make a complaint,
5. [mu lugal-bi in-pa3]-de3#-esz
 en: they have sworn by the name of the king.
  rest broken
  Partial signs visible on the edge at the end of many lines.
seal 1
1. be-le-su2-nu
 en: Bēle(s)sunu
2. dumu-munus {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
 en: daughter of Sîn-ismeani
  The final -ni written under the -a-.