TMH 11, 02 (P229997)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 11, 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229997 |
| Museum no. | HS 1851 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Column ii [0:1] a ii' 1'1'–a ii' 1'1' | ... [if they] have not gone (on a business trip to ...), |
| Column ii [1:3] a ii' 2'2'–a ii' 3'3' | they will give the barley ... |
| Column ii [2:4] a ii' 3'3'–a ii' 4'4' | 3 [gur of bar]ley in his brother's name, |
| Column ii [4:5] a ii' 5'5'–a ii' 5'5' | the interest has not been charged to it, |
| Column ii [5:8] a ii' 6'6'–a ii' 8'8' | Šeš-duga received from Sîn-iddinam; |
| Column ii [8:10] a ii' 9'9'–a ii' 10'10' | he will measure the barley in the sixth month. |
| Column i [0:3] b i 1'1'–b i 3'3' | ... the two of them will divide equally among themselves. |
| Column i [3:5] b i 4'4'–b i 5'5' | 12 [gur of barley], (is) the investment share of Na[nna-x], |
| Column i [5:6] b i 6'6'–b i 6'6' | 5 (gur of barley, is the investment share of) Ur-Šubula?... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a i' | ||
| 1' | [gur]-ru-de₃ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢gi₄⸣-eš | |
| 3' | ⸢tukum⸣-bi | |
| 4' | [...]-ka | |
| 5' | [gur]-ru-de₃ | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢gi₄⸣-eš | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢x⸣-nam | |
| 8' | [...]-⸢x⸣-bi | |
| 9' | [...]-NE | |
| 10' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| a ii' | ||
| 1' | la-ba-an-su₈-⸢ge⸣-[eš] | |
| 2' | še ⸢x x⸣ ba-[ra]-ab-šum₂-⸢mu⸣-[ne] | |
| 3' | 3(aš) ⸢še⸣ [gur] | |
| 4' | mu šeš-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5' | maš₂ nu-mu-ni-⸢in-tuku⸣ | |
| 6' | ki {d}suen-i-din-⸢nam⸣ | |
| 7' | {m}šeš-dug₃-ga-⸢ke₄⸣ | |
| 8' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 9' | {iti}kiŋ₂-{d}inana | |
| 10' | še al-aŋ₂-e | |
| b i | ||
| 1' | min₃-na-[ne-ne] | |
| 2' | teš₂-a sig₁₀-[ga-bi] | |
| 3' | i₃-ba-[e-ne] | |
| 4' | 1(u) 2(aš) [še gur] | |
| 5' | sig₉-ga {d}⸢nanna⸣-[x] | |
| 6' | 5(aš) ur-šu-bu-⸢la⸣ | |
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