CBS 08663 + N 3510 (P230464)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CBS 08663 + N 3510 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230464 |
| Museum no. | CBS 08663 + N 3510 |
| 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 ORACC project obmc · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:5] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 5'5' | Lu-Ninur[ta has deposited for sto]rage 40? [gur of barley] in the house ... of Ilī-amranni; |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] o i 6'6'–o i 7'7' | the [monthly] rent (for this deposit) is 20 grains of silver. |
| Obverse Column i [7:11] o i 8'8'–o i 11'11' | [Lu]-Ninurta will pay to Ilī-amranni [1 1/3 shekels of silver per] year. |
| Obverse Column i [11:15] o i 12'12'–o i 15'15' | From this rent Ilī-amranni has received 2/3 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse Column i [15:17] o i 16'16'–o i 17'17' | He (Lu-Ninurta) will pay the rest of the rent in the eleventh month. |
| Obverse Column i [17:20] o i 18'18'–o i 20'20' | If th[at house] is burglarized [and that sealed tablet] is broken (i.e. the document is invalidated), |
| Reverse Column i [0:4] r i' 1r i 1–r i' 44 | Ilī-amranni, the owner [of the house] will repay to Lu-Ninurta [the barley] that has been lost. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 1r ii 1 | (x gur of barley), as an ešdea loan, |
| Reverse Column ii [1:4] r ii' 22–r ii' 44 | Kūbi-nādā received from Niŋ-DUDU: |
| Reverse Column ii [4:6] r ii' 55–r ii' 66 | to be returned at the delivery of the harvest. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:8] r ii' 77–r ii' 88 | (Its) witnesses, its [month, its] year. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii' 99–r ii' 99 | 5 [gur of barley], |
| Reverse Column ii [9:11] r ii' 1010–r ii' 1111 | an interest rate [of 100 sila of barley per] 1 gur (33.3%) [is to be] charged, ... |
| Reverse Column iii [0:2] r iii' 1r iii 1–r iii' 22 | 6 gur of barley, on trust, |
| Reverse Column iii [2:5] r iii' 33–r iii' 55 | Lu-Enlila received from Abīya; |
| Reverse Column iii [5:7] r iii' 66–r iii' 77 | to be returned in the fourth month. |
| Reverse Column iii [7:10] r iii' 88–r iii' 1010 | If he will not [return] it in the fourth month, |
| Reverse Column iii [10:12] r iii' 1111–r iii' 1212 | he will add an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur. |
| Reverse Column iii [12:13] r iii' 1313–r iii' 1313 | 7 gur of barley, |
| Reverse Column iii [13:15] r iii' 1414–r iii' 1515 | an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (33.3%) is to be charged, |
| Reverse Column iii [15:17] r iii' 1616–r iii' 1717 | PN [received] from Lugalkuzu |
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' | 4(u) [še gur] | |
| 2' | e₂ (UŠ.⸢UŠ) x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | {m}i₃-li₂-am-ra-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4' | {m}lu₂-{d}nin-⸢urta⸣ | |
| 5' | in-⸢sig₉⸣ | |
| 6' | a₂-bi [itud-da] | |
| 7' | 2(u) še kug⸣-[babbar-ta-am₃] | |
| 8' | ⸢mu⸣-[am₃ 1 1/3 giŋ₄ kug-babbar] | |
| 9' | {[m}lu₂]-{d}⸢nin-urta⸣-[ke₄] | |
| 10' | {m}i₃-li₂-am-ra-an-ni-ra | |
| 11' | i₃-la₂-e | |
| 12' | šag₄ zu₂-keš₂-bi-ta | |
| 13' | 2/3 giŋ₄⸣ kug-babbar | |
| 14' | ⸢i₃-li₂⸣-am-ra-an-ni-e | |
| 15' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 16' | ib₂-tag₄ zu₂-keš₂-bi | |
| 17' | {iti}ud₂-duru₅-⸢ka⸣ i₃-la₂-e | |
| 18' | [tukum]-bi | |
| 19' | [e₂]-⸢bi⸣ al-burudₓ(U) | |
| 20' | [u₃ kišib-bi] al-zi₂-ir | |
| r i' | ||
| 1 | [še] niŋ₂ u₂-gu ⸢ba⸣-[an-de₂] | |
| 2 | {[m}i₃]-li₂-am-ra-an-ni ⸢lugal⸣ [e₂-a] | |
| 3 | {[m]}lu₂-{d}nin-urta-ra | |
| 4 | ⸢bi₂⸣-ib-si-si | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | eš-de₂-a-[še₃] | |
| 2 | ki niŋ₂-DU-DU-ta | |
| 3 | {m}ku-bi-na-da | |
| 4 | šu ba-an-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5 | mu-DU ud buru₁₄-[ka] | |
| 6 | gur-ru-⸢dam⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ki-inim-[ma] | |
| 8 | [itud]-⸢bi⸣ mu-[bi] | |
| 9 | 5(aš) [še gur] | |
| 10 | ⸢maš₂⸣ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃] | |
| 11 | ⸢sig₉⸣-[ge₄-de₃] | |
| r iii' | ||
| 1 | 6(aš) še gur | |
| 2 | ŋiškim-ti-še₃ | |
| 3 | ki a-bi-ia-ta | |
| 4 | {m}lu₂-{d}en-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ | |
| 5 | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 6 | {iti}šu-numun-a-ka | |
| 7 | gur-ru-dam | |
| 8 | ⸢tukum⸣-bi | |
| 9 | {[iti]}šu-⸢numun-a⸣-ka | |
| 10 | la-ba-an-[gur] | |
| 11 | ⸢maš₂⸣ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-[ta-am₃] | |
| 12 | ⸢bi₂⸣-ib-⸢tah⸣-e | |
| 13 | 7(aš) še gur | |
| 14 | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 15 | sig₉-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 16 | ki ⸢lugal-ku₃⸣-zu-ta | |
| 17 | x x [x] x | |
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