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MSL 13, 014 D1 (P229564)

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

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DesignationMSL 13, 014 D1
IDP229564
Museum no.OIM A30173
CollectionInstitute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By ORACC project obmc · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 13 gur of barley,
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 22–o i 22without interest,
Obverse Column i [2:5] o i 33–o i 55Apil-ilišu received from Lugalbanda;
Obverse Column i [5:7] o i 66–o i 77to be returned at its due-time
Obverse Column i [7:10] o i 88–o i 1010If at its due-time he has not returned it,
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111the barley (and its) interest are to be paid.
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 1212–o i 12123 gur 2 barig 3 ban (= 450 sila) of barley.

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o i
13(aš) še gur
2maš₂ nu-ub-tuku
3ki DUN-DIB-IŠ-ta
4{m}a-gar₃-⸢x x⸣-NI {d}en-lil₂
5šu ba-an-ti
6ki uludin-bi-še₃
7gur-ru-dam
8tukum-bi
9ki uludin-bi-še₃
10la-ba-an-gur
11še ⸢maš₂⸣ gur-ru-dam
123(aš) ⸢x⸣ še gur
r i'
1[...]-kiŋ₂
2[...]-kiŋ₂
3[...]-⸢x⸣-ak
4[...]-la
5[...]-la
6[...] DU
7an
8ki
9[...]-he₂
10[...]-he₂
11[...]-IGI
12[...]-na
13[...]-na
14[...]-⸢da⸣ limmu
15[...]-ga
16[...] ⸢DU⸣-DU
17[...] ⸢DU⸣-DU
18ub
19⸢ar₂⸣
20[...]-⸢x⸣
21[...]
22[...]
r ii'
1mi₂ dug₄-ga
2mi₂ dug₄ zi-ga
3mi₂
4za₃-mi₂
5za₃-mi₂ dug₄-ga
6ma-an-⸢x⸣-tah
7ma-an-ba
8ma-an-šum₂
9ma-an-gi₄
10ma-an-zu
11ma-an-gurum
12ma-an-gurum
13ma-an-tak₄
14ma-an-tak₄
15hi-hi
16hi-hi
17hi-hi
18hi-hi
19dub₃
20dub₃ bad
21dub₃ suh
22dub₃ gurum
23[...] gurum

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