N 1323 (P230643)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 1323 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230643 |
| Museum no. | N 1323 |
| 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 [0:3] o i' 1o i 1–o i' 33 | (x gur of barley) Kūbi-nādā received from Niŋ-DUDU, the singer: |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i' 44–o i' 55 | to be returned at the delivery of the harvest. |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] o i' 66–o i' 77 | (Its) witnesses, its month, its year. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i' 88–o i' 88 | Tot gur of barley, |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] o i' 99–o i' 1010 | an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur is to be charged, |
| Obverse Column i [10:13] o i' 1111–o i' 1313 | Ilān-danna received from Ahūni; |
| Obverse Column i [13:17] o i' 1414–o i' 1717 | having no wife and children(?), ... a delivery interest (?) of 10 shekels of silver has to be brought ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii' 1o ii 1–o ii' 1o ii 1 | [...] if he will not return it, |
| Obverse Column ii [1:3] o ii' 22–o ii' 33 | he will add an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii' 44–o ii' 44 | 9 gur of barley |
| Obverse Column ii [4:6] o ii' 55–o ii' 66 | for which an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (i.e. 33.3%) is charged, |
| Obverse Column ii [6:9] o ii' 77–o ii' 99 | Lugal-ibila received from Lugal-niŋzu. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:12] o ii' 1010–o ii' 1212 | The barley and its interest have satisfied Lugal-niŋzu. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:14] o ii' 1313–o ii' 1414 | (Now) its (= of the repayment) sealed tablet has got lost from (the house of) Lugal-niŋzu: |
| Obverse Column ii [14:17] o ii' 1515–o ii' 1717 | for the second time he (= Lugal-niŋzu) has drawn up for him a copy of his sealed tablet. |
| Obverse Column iii [0:5] o iii' 1'o iii 1'–o iii' 5'5' | ... when he brings the barley, he can [enter (again)] into his house. |
| Obverse Column iii [5:9] o iii' 6'6'–o iii' 9'9' | 10 gur of barley Lu-Kalla received from Ur-kuzu; |
| Obverse Column iii [9:13] o iii' 10'10'–o iii' 13'13' | he will add the interest to the barley according to the rate in effect in the seventh 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 | [ki] niŋ₂-DU-DU ⸢nar⸣-ta | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ku⸣-bi-na-da-ke₄ | |
| 3 | ⸢šu⸣ ba-an-ti | |
| 4 | ⸢mu⸣-DU ud buru₁₄-ka | |
| 5 | ⸢gur⸣-ru-dam | |
| 6 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ki-inim-ma | |
| 7 | ⸢itud⸣-bi mu-bi | |
| 8 | [n]+4(aš) še gur | |
| 9 | ⸢maš₂⸣ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂)-ta-am₃ | |
| 10 | ⸢sig₉⸣-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 11 | ⸢ki⸣ a-hu-ni-ta | |
| 12 | {[m]}(AN.AN-)dan-<na>-ke₄ | |
| 13 | [šu] ba-an-ti | |
| 14 | ⸢dam⸣ dumu nu-tuku | |
| 15 | [mu] ⸢dam dumu⸣ nu-da-tuku-a-aš | |
| 16 | ⸢kug⸣ pad-ra₂ 10 giŋ₄ kug-babbar | |
| 17 | [ba]-⸢ab-tum₃-da-a⸣ | |
| 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 | 9(aš) še gur | |
| 5 | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 6 | sig₉-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 7 | ki lugal-niŋ₂-zu-ta | |
| 8 | {m}lugal-ibila-ke₄ | |
| 9 | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 10 | še u₃ maš₂-bi | |
| 11 | šag₄ lugal-niŋ₂-zu | |
| 12 | al-dug₃ | |
| 13 | kišib ki lugal-niŋ₂-zu | |
| 14 | ⸢u₂⸣-gu ba-an-de₂ | |
| 15 | gibil-bi-eš-am₃ | |
| 16 | gaba-ri kišib-ba-ni | |
| 17 | in-na-an-tak₄ | |
| o iii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | in-na-⸢an⸣-[x] | |
| 4' | ud ⸢še ba⸣-ab-⸢tum₃⸣-[da] | |
| 5' | e₂-a-ni-še₃ ba-⸢an⸣-[ku₄-ku₄] | |
| 6' | 2(u) še gur | |
| 7' | ki ur-ku₃-zu-ta | |
| 8' | {m}lu₂-{d}kal-la-ke₄ | |
| 9' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 10' | šakanka {iti}⸢du₆⸣-[kug] | |
| 11' | al-du-[a-gin₇] | |
| 12' | še ⸢maš₂⸣-[bi ...] | |
| 13' | bi₂-ib-[tah-e] | |
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