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OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (unpub. dup.) (P227972)

Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationOIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (unpub. dup.)
IDP227972
Museum no.CBS 04826
CollectionPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By Chiera, Edward · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse Column i [0:8] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 8'8'Lugal-melam [has leas]ed in tenancy from Lu-Ešumeša, [a field ... bo]rdering [..., (which is) the fi]eld of Lu-Ešumeša, at [(the rate) of one-third, an]nually ...

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
reverse col 1
1'[...]{muszen#}
2'[...]{muszen#}
3'[...]{muszen#}
4'[...]{muszen#}
5'[...]{muszen#}
reverse col 2
2'te8[{muszen}]
3'te8-uz[{muszen}]
4'uz{muszen}
5'uz-gi4{muszen}
6'uz babbar{muszen}
7'uz kukku5{muszen}
reverse col 3
1'e?-[sig{muszen}]
2'girisz#-[...]
3'ga-[nu11{muszen}]
4'nuz# [ga-nu11{muszen}]

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