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TMH 11, 06 (P229743)

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

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Designation	TMH 11, 06
ID	P229743
Museum no.	HS 1608 + HS 2629
Collection	Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
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 Spada, Gabriella · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

Line	English
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 55–r i 55	evil
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 66–r i 66	violence
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 77–r i 77	excuse
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 88–r i 88	gift
Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 99–r i 99	bad thing
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 1010–r i 1010	request
Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 1111–r i 1111	restrained
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 1212–r i 1212	binding
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1313–r i 1313	knot
Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 1515–r i 1515	bandage
Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 1616–r i 1616	band
Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 1717–r i 1717	rag
Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 1818–r i 1818	incense burner
Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22	new thing
Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33	old thing
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55	that of long ago
Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66	that of former days
Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77	that of distant days
Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88	that of far away days
Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99	burnings
Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010	bad thing
Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111	account
Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212	remainder of the account
Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313	hot object
Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 1414–r ii 1414	cold object
Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 1515–r ii 1515	thing that is ...
Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii 1616–r ii 1616	dead beaten thing
Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii 1717–r ii 1717	to eat
Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii 1818–r ii 1818	... food
Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22	half bread
Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44	gift
Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55	extra
Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66	additional
Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 77–r iii 77	dough
Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88	anything
Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 99–r iii 99	whatever
Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010	beloved sister
Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 1111–r iii 1111	property
Reverse Column iii [11:12] r iii 1212–r iii 1212	acquisitions
Reverse Column iii [12:13] r iii 1313–r iii 1313	to utter hostilities
Reverse Column iii [13:14] r iii 1414–r iii 1414	to be hostile
Reverse Column iii [14:15] r iii 1515–r iii 1515	falsehood
Reverse Column iii [15:16] r iii 1616–r iii 1616	truth
Reverse Column iii [16:17] r iii 1717–r iii 1717	righteousness
Reverse Column iii [17:18] r iii 1818–r iii 1818	justice
Reverse Column iii [19:20] r iii 2020–r iii 2020	something dissolved
Reverse Column iii [21:22] r iii 2222–r iii 2222	property
Reverse Column iv [5:6] r iv 66–r iv 66	income
Reverse Column iv [6:7] r iv 77–r iv 77	expenses
Reverse Column iv [7:8] r iv 88–r iv 88	purchase
Reverse Column iv [8:9] r iv 99–r iv 99	merchandise
Reverse Column iv [9:10] r iv 1010–r iv 1010	that which is good
Reverse Column iv [10:11] r iv 1111–r iv 1111	that which is not good
Reverse Column iv [11:12] r iv 1212–r iv 1212	that which is cold
Reverse Column iv [12:13] r iv 1313–r iv 1313	goods for transportation
Reverse Column iv [13:14] r iv 1414–r iv 1414	to make a gift
Reverse Column iv [14:15] r iv 1515–r iv 1515	whatever its name
Reverse Column iv [15:16] r iv 1616–r iv 1616	whatever the thing is called
Reverse Column iv [16:17] r iv 1717–r iv 1717	reputation
Reverse Column iv [17:18] r iv 1818–r iv 1818	an offering
Reverse Column iv [18:19] r iv 1919–r iv 1919	fruit
Reverse Column iv [19:20] r iv 2020–r iv 2020	rich
Reverse Column iv [20:21] r iv 2121–r iv 2121	poor

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)
r i
4	⸢niŋ₂ x⸣-[x]
5	niŋ₂-⸢erim₂⸣
6	niŋ₂-⸢a₂-zig₃⸣
7	niŋ₂-a₂-⸢tak₄-a⸣
8	niŋ₂-šu-tak₄-a
9	niŋ₂-gig
10	niŋ₂-al-di
11	niŋ₂-sir₃-re
12	niŋ₂-keš₂
13	niŋ₂-keš₂
14	niŋ₂-keš₂
15	niŋ₂-keš₂
16	niŋ₂-keš₂
17	niŋ₂-dara₂
18	niŋ₂-⸢na⸣
19	niŋ₂ ⸢x⸣-[x]
20	niŋ₂ [...]
21	⸢niŋ₂⸣ [...]
r ii
1	niŋ₂ x-x
2	niŋ₂ gibil
3	niŋ₂ sumun
4	niŋ₂-u₃-ra
5	niŋ₂ ud su₃(BU-)ra₂
6	niŋ₂ ud-bi-ta
7	niŋ₂ [ud ri]-a
8	niŋ₂ ud ul-li₂-a
9	niŋ₂-⸢izi⸣-la₂
10	niŋ₂-gig-ga
11	niŋ₂-kas₇
12	niŋ₂-kas₇ ka la₂
13	niŋ₂ kum₂
14	niŋ₂ te-en
15	niŋ₂ ba-BAD
16	niŋ₂ sag₃ uš₂
17	niŋ₂-gu₇ ak
18	niŋ₂-gu₇ x
19	niŋ₂-[...]
r iii
1	⸢niŋ₂ x-x⸣
2	ninda sur-ra
3	niŋ₂ sur₃(\|HI×BAD\|)ra
4	kadra
5	niŋ₂-dirig-ga
6	niŋ₂-dirig-ga
7	niŋ₂-silaŋ-ŋa₂
8	niŋ₂-nam
9	niŋ₂-nam-me
10	niŋ₂-u₂-rum
11	niŋ₂-⸢u₂⸣-rum
12	niŋ₂-u₂-⸢rum⸣
13	niŋ₂-kur₂ dug₄-dug₄
14	niŋ₂-kur₂ di
15	niŋ₂-<<x>>-lul
16	niŋ₂-gi-na
17	niŋ₂-<<nu>>-zid
18	niŋ₂-si-sa₂
19	niŋ₂-si-sa₂
20	niŋ₂ zal-la
21	niŋ₂ zal-la
22	niŋ₂-ŋal₂-⸢la⸣
r iv
1	[niŋ₂-ŋal₂]-⸢la⸣
2	[niŋ₂-ŋal₂]-la
3	[niŋ₂]-⸢ŋal₂⸣-la
4	[niŋ₂] ⸢x⸣-la
5	[niŋ₂] ⸢x⸣-ra
6	[niŋ₂] ku₄-ku₄
7	⸢niŋ₂⸣ e₃
8	niŋ₂-šam₂(\|NINDA₂×(ŠE.A.AN)\|)
9	niŋ₂ šakanka
10	niŋ₂ dug₃-ga
11	niŋ₂ nu-dug₃-ga
12	niŋ₂ sed₄(\|MUŠ₃@g.DI\|)
13	niŋ₂ de₆-de₆
14	niŋ₂-ba ŋar
15	niŋ₂ mu tuku
16	niŋ₂ a-na mu še₂₁
17	niŋ₂-mu-pad₃-da
18	niŋ₂-ki-sa-ha
19	niŋ₂-sa-ha
20	⸢niŋ₂⸣-tuku
21	[niŋ₂] ⸢nu⸣-tuku

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