NABU 1994/091, CBS 07335 (P229720)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NABU 1994/091, CBS 07335 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229720 |
| Museum no. | CBS 07335 + N 5955 + N 6084 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Nemet-Nejat, Karen · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 1'o i 1' | [... the term of Dad]a-waqar |
| Obverse Column i [1:5] o i 2'2'–o i 5'5' | Wālittum, [nadītu] of Ninurta, daughter of Ešum[eša]-tukultī bought from [Dada-wa]qar: |
| Obverse Column i [5:8] o i 6'6'–o i 8'8' | she paid its full price of 48 shekels of silver with her hand ring. |
| Obverse Column i [8:16] o i 9'9'–o i 16'16' | In the future Dada-waqar and his heirs, as many as there will be, will not raise a claim concerning the offices of gudug-priest, brewer, doorkeeper of the courtyard and buršuma of the temple of Inana. |
| Obverse Column i [16:18] o i 17'17'–o i 18'18' | He has sworn by the name of the king. |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18' | Nisaba be praised! |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [bala gub-ba da]-⸢da⸣-wa-⸢qar⸣ | |
| 2' | [ki da-da-wa]-⸢qar⸣-ta | |
| 3' | {[f]}⸢wa-li⸣-tum [lukur] {d}nin-urta | |
| 4' | dumu-munus e₂-šu-⸢me⸣-[ša₄]-tu-kul₂-ti | |
| 5' | in-ši-⸢in⸣-sa₁₀ | |
| 6' | sam₂-ma til-la-⸢bi⸣-še₃ | |
| 7' | 2/3 ma-na 8 giŋ₄ ⸢kug⸣-babbar | |
| 8' | har šu-na-ka in-na-an-la₂ | |
| 9' | ud kur₂-še₃ da-da-wa-qar | |
| 10' | u₃ ibila-a-ni | |
| 11' | a-na me-a-bi | |
| 12' | ⸢nam-gudug nam⸣-{lu₂}⸢lunga⸣ | |
| 13' | nam-i₃-du₈ kisal | |
| 14' | u₃ nam-bur-⸢šu⸣-ma | |
| 15' | e₂ {d}inana-ka-še₃ | |
| 16' | inim nu-um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | |
| 17' | mu lugal-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 18' | {d}nisaba zag-mi₂ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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