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Transliterations

of

Selected

Texts

Xo.

5.

I

sag wardam

'' sin-ma-gir

nui-n[i-ini|

warad

bal-niu-nam-he ki

l)al-mu-

nam-he

lugal-a-ni-ir

'

ka-sha

''

nu-mush-da

ad-da-ni

u

ta-ri-ba-a-tum

ama-a-ni

(line

erased)

shu-ni-a-ni

shu-ba-an-ti

-'''''

'

'' siii-nia-gir u-gu-ba-an-de

'

'

ka-sha-

''

nu-mush-da

ad-da-ni

^

ta-ri-ba-a-tuni

ama-a-ni

c-ni

u

gish-shar-ni

'

bal-mu-nam-he

ba-an-tum-mu

^'

mahar

&c.

One slave,

Sin-ma-gir

by

name, the slave of llalmunamhe, from Ilalmunamhe

his

owner, Ka-sha-nu-mush-da

his

father,

and Ta-ri-ba-a-tum liis mother, have taken

him

in charge. (Should)

Sin-ma-gir

run

away,

K

his

father, T

his mother

(say)

their

house

and

their

garden

shall

Balmunamhe

take

in

possession.

(

Witnesses

and

date

follow.)

Xo.

16.

I

sag wardam i-li-i-din-nam

mu-ni-i[m] warad

bal-mu-nam-he ki bal-

mu-nam-he lugal-a-ni-ir

^

'

ha-zi-rum u '' shamash-ga-mil

shim

(

-|-gar?)

shu-ni-

a-ni

ba-

(error

for

shu-ba)

-an-ti

'^*

in-na-ab-bi-it

^^

I'l-da-ap-pa-ar

ip-pa-ra-ku e-gal-

am kab-ta-am

[u] ra-bi-a-am

i-shi-i

-^

[i]

ma-na

ka[spim]

n]i-lal-e-ne

[mahar] &c.

This

document

is similar in nature

to

No.

5.

But

the terms

are

expressed more

largely

in

Semitic to the effect that

should

the slave

flee,

be

captured,

interned

or

enter

the

palace,

adytum

or prefecture they

will

pay one

mana

of

silver.

Xo.

22

specifies

the

casualties even

more

fully.

We

note that e-gal

the

uninflected

Sumerian

for palace

in Nos.

22,

24,

28,

is in Nos.

16 and A

inflected as a

Semitic

noun.

\o.

22.

'

''

shamash-ra-bi

mu-ni-im warad

lial-mu-nam-lie

ki

bal-mu-nam-he

lugal-a-ni-ir

'

ha-zi-ru-um

lu-ku

'

gimil-

''

mar-tu lu-ku

'

hu-na-ba-tum

dam-a-

[ni]

u

e gimil-

''

mar-tu shu-ni-a-ni

shu-ba-an-ti

' ' '^

^

e-gal

kab-ta-am

e-sal

i-shi-i-ma

ma-

ha-a u-gu-ba-an-de

na-ak-rum

i-li-iq-qi-e-su-u-ma

ur-mah

i-da-ak-shu-u-ma

'

'

ha-zi-

rum

lu-ku

gimil-

''

mar-tu lu-ku

'

hu-na-ba-tum

dam-a-ni

i\ e

gimil-

''

mar-tu

i

ma-na

kaspim

-

ni-la -e-ne

mahar

&c.

Xo.

24.

tab-lni-ul-zu-za mu-ni-im

warad

bal-mu-nam-he

ki

bal-mu-nam-he

lugal-a-ni-ir

'

'^

sin-ub-lam lu-ku

shu-ni-a-ni

shu-ba-an-ti

ma-ha-a

I'l-gu-ba-an-de

e-gal kab-ta-am

e-sal

i-shi-hi-i-ma

' ur-mah i-ik-ka-al-shu

n[a-a]

k-rum

i-li-iq-qi-

shu-i'i-ma

''

sin-ub-lam

i

[ma-na]

kaspim ni-lal-e

'''

mahar &c.

Xo.

27.

ash-shum eqlim-'

sha

''

sin-ga-mil

'

pi-ir-hu-um

shi-ip-

''

sin

mar

^

sin-ga-mil

ip-qu-ur-ma

^

''

nin-ib-ni-shu

im-hu-ru-u-ma

a-na

e

''

nin-mar-ki

[it]-

ru-( ?)du-(

?)ni-shu-nu-ti-i-ma i-na e

''

nin-mar-ki

'

daiane

^

di-nam

u-sha-hi-zu-

shu-nu-ti-i-ma

'

shi-ip-

'^

sin mar

''

sin-ga-mil

a-na ni-ish

ilum

id-di-nu-u-ma

'

shi-ip-

^

sin

mar

''

sin-ga-mil

*''

i-na

e

''

nin-mar-ki

ki-a-am

iz-ku-ur

um-ma

shu-u-ma

eqlum-' '

an-nu-um

sha

pi-ir-hu-um

'-

ip-qu-ra

-

an-ni(

?)

la

a-shag-shu

ba-zu-shu-ma

''

sin-ga-

mil a-bi-ia

ish-tu

^

sin-i-din-nam

lugal

''

sin-ga-mil

a-bi

lu-u

sa-bi-it

-''

mahar

&c.


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In

the law-case

concerning

the

field of

Singamil where

conflicting

claims

were put

in

by

Pirluim

and

by

Ship-Sin,

the

son

of Singamil,

Ninibnishu

appeared.

They car-

ried

the

case

up

to

the

temple

of Nin-mar-ki.

At

the

temple

of

Nin-mar-ki

the

judges

admitted

the

case

to

judgment.

Ship-Sin

swore

by

the

divinity.

Ship-Sin, the

son

of

Singamil,

at

the

temple

of Nin-mar-ki

himself

made

solemn oath.

This

field

to

which

Pirhum

and

I

lay

claim

; it

is

not

his

field. It

was the property

of

Singamil,

my

father.

Since

the time

of

Sinidinnam the king verily

Singamil

my father

held

it.

Ship

Sin,

the

defendant

in

this

document,

appeared before the

court

ten years later

in

another

dispute

about

real

estate

which

is described in No.

56.

Ninibnishu

in this

and

Ubar

Shamash

in the

other

appeared

for

the

defendant. (Syllables

3

and

4

in

lines

8

of Xo.

27

and

10 of

Xo.

56

are

uncertain,

though

it

is

apparent what the

scribe

meant.)

No.

28.

'

il-lu-lum

mu-ni-im

warad bal-mu-nam-he ki bal-mu-nam-he

lugal-a-

ni-ir

=

lu-ush-ta-mar

u

ha-am-ba

nin-de

shu-ni-a-ni

shu-ba-an-ti- *

e-gal

kab-ta-am

l>i-it-sal

i-shi-i-ma

'

ma-lia-a

u-gu-ba-an-de

na-ak-rum

i-li-iq-qi-e-shu-ma

ur-mah

i-da-ak-shu-u-ma

lu-iish-ta-mar

u

ha-am-ba

nin-de

^^

I

ma-na

kaspim

ni-lal-e-ne

nialiar

&c.

No.

56.

ash-shum

e

sha

shi-ip-

''

sin

ki

''

.sin-ga-mil a-bi-shu

i-sha-mu

i-ta-mu

'

''

sin-erish

ip-ku-ur-shu-ma

^

um-ma shu-u-ma kaspum u-ul

gu-mu-ra

u-bar-

^

shamash

im-hu-rn-u-ma

[a-n]a

e

''nin-mar-ki

'

it-ru-da-ash-shu-nu-ti-ma

di-kud-

' '*

sha e

''

nin-mar-ki

di-nam

u-sha-hi-zu-shu-nu-ti-ma

shi-ip-

^

sin

a-na

ni-ish

ilum

id-di-nu-u-ma

'''

'

shi-ip-

'^

sin

su-nu-uk

e

sha i-sha-mu il-ki-e-ma

ki-a-am

iz-kur

um-ma

shu-ma

ta-pi-i

su-nu-uk-ki-im

-

an-ni-im kaspam

ga-am-ra-am lu

na-ad-na-

kn

zi-it-tuni

e-Ii-ia la

il)-ba-shu-u-ma

-^

mahar

&c.

TR.\x.';r..\Tiox.

Concerning

the house which Shi-ip-Sin from

Sin-ga-mil

his

father

swore

that

he

bought.

Sin-erish

laid

claim

to it;

furthermore

he said (that)

the

complete

price

fhad)

not

(been

paid).

(Then)

U-bar-Shamash

appeared.

Unto

the

temple

of

Nin-mar-ki

they sent

him.

The judges

of the

temple

of

Nin-mar-ki

undertook

judgment.

Shi-ip-Sin

gave

oath

by

the

divinity.

Shi-ip-Sin

a

re-measur-

ing

of

the

house

(-

property)

which

he

bought

accepted;

furthermore

he

himself

made

oath

(with) the

companions

of

this re-measuring

(viz.)

the full price,

truly, has

been

paid thee;

the

portion

(of the

payment)

against

me does not

hold. In

the

pres-

ence of,

&c.

No.

A.

I

sag wardam

a-na-e-a-tak-la-ku mu-ni-im warad

bal-mu-nam-he

ki

bal-

niu-nam-he

lugal-a-ni-ir

' ^sin-ga-mil pashish

''

nin-e-gal shu-ni-a shu-ba-an-ti a-na-

e-a-tak-la-ku

ma-ha-a

u-gu-ba-an-de e-gal-am

kab-ta-am

*

11

ra-bi-a-am

i-shi-i-ma

'

'

sin-ga-mil i

ma-na kaspim

ni-lal-e

mahar

&c.

No.

B.

[

ta]l)-bu-u[l-z]u-za m[u-ni-i]m warad bal-mu-nam-he

ki bal-mu-

nam-he

lugal-a-ni-ir

'

[gimil]

-

''

mar-tu

shu-ni-a

shu-ba-an-ti ma-ha u-gu-ba-an-de

ur-mah

iii-ku

gimil-

''

mar-tu

'

i

ma-na

kaspim ni-lal-e

mahar


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The

interesting variants

used

in the documents

of

Bahnuiianihe

with reference

to

the loan

of

slaves

may

be summarized in the following synopsis

A

mu-ni-im,

warad

B

.

Ki

B

lugal-a-ni-ir

C

shu-ni-a(-ni)

shu-ba-an-ti

'^esh

or

esw

Shu-(gar)-tur-lal-bi

ma (or

su or ba)

-

ha-a

I'l-gii-ba-an-de or

in-na-ab-bi-it

e-gal

(-am)

kab-ta-am

e-sal (-e-ne)

or

bi-it-sal

u

ra-bi-a-am

i-shi-

(hi)

-i or

ip-pa-ra-(ak)-ku

ur-mah ni-ku

or

i-ik-ka-al-shu

or i-da-ak-shu-u

na-ak-rum i-li-iq-qi(-e)-shu(-u)

or

u-da-ap-pa-ar

C

mana

kaspim

ni-lal-e (-ne)

For a fuller treatment

with translations,

see the

American

Journal

of Semitic

Lan-

guages

and

Literatures,

Vol.

XXXIV,

No.

3,

April,

1918,

p.

199

tif.

{May,

1919)


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