UM 29-13-408a (P230634)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UM 29-13-408a |
|---|---|
| ID | P230634 |
| Museum no. | UM 29-13-408a |
| 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 [0:2] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 2'2' | ... to be given (back) in the fourth month. |
| Obverse Column i [1:3] o i 2'2'–o i 3'3' | [x]+2 gur of barley, without interest, |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i 4'4'–o i 5'5' | since the barley equals the barley, |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] o i 6'6'–o i 7'7' | he will return 160 sila of barley a year; |
| Obverse Column i [7:10] o i 8'8'–o i 10'10' | [X]-Ningirima received from Lu-Ninurta; |
| Obverse Column i [10:12] o i 11'11'–o i 12'12' | to be given (back) at the delivery of the harvest. |
| Obverse Column i [11:14] o i 12'12'– | [Tot.] gur of barley ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o ii 1'–o ii 1'o ii 1' | ... [if he will] not [return it], |
| Obverse Column ii [1:3] o ii 2'2'–o ii 3'3' | [he will] add an interest [of 100 sila of barley per] 1 [gur]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | 15 [gur of barley] |
| Obverse Column ii [4:7] o ii 5'5'–o ii 7'7' | E-urbidug received from Eluti; |
| Obverse Column ii [7:10] o ii 8'8'–o ii 10'10' | the barley and its interest have satisfied Eluti. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:12] o ii 11'11'–o ii 12'12' | Its (= of the repayment) sealed tablet has been lost from (the house of) Eluti ... |
| Obverse Column iii [0:3] o iii 1'o iii 1'–o iii 3'3' | [He has sworn by] the name [of the king that] in the future he will not [raise a claim concerning ...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:5] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 55 | Puzur-Šala received from Urkuzu [tot.] gur of barley for various men; |
| Reverse Column ii [5:9] r ii' 66–r ii' 99 | in the third month the barley and its interest have to [satisfy] Urkuzu. |
| Reverse Column iii [0:2] r iii' 22–r iii' 33 | [...] he has sworn [by the name of the king] that ... |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii' 44–r iii' 44 | [Tot.] gur of barley |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii' 55–r iii' 55 | [an interest rate] of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (i.e. 33.3%) is to be charged, |
| Reverse Column iii [4:11] r iii' 66–r iii' 1212 | Lulal-massu received from Ur-Medimsag, Lugal-inimduga received as his guarantee; |
| Reverse Column iii [11:12] r iii' 1313–r iii' 1313 | in the fourth month ... |
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' | {[iti]}⸢šu⸣-numun-a-ka ⸢šum₂⸣-[mu-dam] | |
| 2' | [n]+2(aš) še ⸢gur⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢maš₂⸣ nu-ub-tuku | |
| 4' | ⸢mu⸣ še še-da | |
| 5' | ⸢ba⸣-da-sa₂-aš | |
| 6' | [mu]-am₃ 2(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 7' | ⸢ib₂⸣-ta-su-su-e | |
| 8' | [ki] lu₂-{d}⸢nin-urta⸣-ta | |
| 9' | {[m}x]-{d}nin-girima₃(|A.HA.BU.DU|)ke₄ | |
| 10' | [šu] ⸢ba⸣-an-ti | |
| 11' | [mu-DU] ⸢ud buru₁₄⸣-ka šum₂-mu-dam | |
| 12' | [n] še gur | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | la-[ba-an-gur] | |
| 2' | maš₂ 1(aš) [gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃] | |
| 3' | bi₂-⸢ib⸣-[tah-e] | |
| 4' | 1(u) 5(aš) [še gur] | |
| 5' | ki e₂-lu₂-⸢ti⸣-[ta] | |
| 6' | {m}e₂-ur₂-bi-dug₃-⸢ke₄⸣ | |
| 7' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 8' | še u₃ maš₂-bi | |
| 9' | šag₄ e₂-lu₂-ti-ke₄ | |
| 10' | al-dug₃ | |
| 11' | kišib-bi ki e₂-lu₂-ti-ta | |
| 12' | u₂-gu ba-an-⸢de₂⸣ | |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | ud kur₂-[še₃] | |
| 2' | inim nu-[um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂] | |
| 3' | mu [lugal-bi in-pad₃] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1 | ib₂-[...] | |
| 2 | 3 [...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | [n] še gur | |
| 2 | ki ur-ku₃-zu-ta | |
| 3 | puzur₄-{d}ša-la | |
| 4 | lu₂ didli-še₃ | |
| 5 | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 6 | {iti}šeg₁₂-a-ka | |
| 7 | še u₃ maš₂-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 8 | šag₄ ur-⸢ku₃⸣-[zu] | |
| 9 | ⸢bi₂⸣-[ib-dug₃-ge] | |
| r iii' | ||
| 2 | [x-x]-an-šum₂ | |
| 3 | [mu lugal]-⸢bi⸣ in-pad₃ | |
| 4 | [n] še gur | |
| 5 | [maš₂] 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 6 | sig₉-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 7 | ki ur-{d}me-dim₂-ša₄-ta | |
| 8 | {m}{d}lu₂-lal₃-mas-su-ke₄ | |
| 9 | ⸢šu⸣ ba-an-ti | |
| 10 | {[m]}⸢lugal⸣-inim-du₁₀-ga | |
| 11 | ⸢šu⸣-du₈-a-ni | |
| 12 | ⸢šu⸣ ba-an-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 13 | {[iti]}šu-numun-a-[ka] | |
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