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OIP 011, 096 (P227988)

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

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DesignationOIP 011, 096
IDP227988
Museum no.CBS 04846
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 [0:1] o i 1’1’–o i 1’1’[PN₂] received (x barley) [from PN₁],
Obverse Column i [1:3] o i 2’2’–o i 3’3’to be returned in the fourth month.
Obverse Column i [3:6] o i 4’4’–o i 6’6’If he will [not] return it in the fourth month,
Obverse Column i [6:8] o i 7’7’–o i 8’8’he will add [an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur].

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
1gi# [...]
2gi# [...]
3gi# [...]
4gi# [...]
5gi# [...]
6gi# [...]
7gi# [...]
reverse col 2
1{gi#}[pisan kusz si-ga]
2{gi}pisan gi-dub#-[ba]
3{gi}pisan gid2-da
4{gi}pisan gu4-da
5{gi}pisan sa2-a
6{gi}ma#-[sa2]-ab#
7{gi#}ma#-sa2-ab szu
8{gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda
9{gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda sag10!
10{gi}ma-sa2-ab ku3
11{gi#}ma-sa2-ab za-an#-[...]
12[{gi}]ma#-[sa2]-ab# [ku3-an]
reverse col 3
1[{gi}hal] uzu
2gi#-ha-an
3gi#-ha-an siki#
4[{gi}]gum2-gum2-szu2-a
5{gi#}nig2-esir2(|LAGABxHAL|)!-ra
6[{gi}]nig2-kusz si-a
7[{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)
9[{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A#.LAGAB#xA#|)# pisan
10[{gi}buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) lu2]-im2#

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