N 1326 (P230644)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 1326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230644 |
| Museum no. | N 1326 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 1'r i 1' | ... he will measure the barley (in the second month). |
| Reverse Column i [1:4] r i 2'2'–r i 4'4' | If in the second month he has not [measured] the barley, |
| Reverse Column i [4:6] r i 5'5'–r i 6'6' | he will add an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur. |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7' | 1 gur 2 barig 3 ban (= 450 sila) of barley, |
| Reverse Column i [7:9] r i 8'8'–r i 9'9' | an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (i.e. 33.3%) is to be charged, |
| Reverse Column i [9:11] r i 10'10'–r i 11'11' | Ṭāb-eṭēr-Enlil [received] from Puzur-Enlil. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:2] r ii 1'r ii 1'–r ii 2'2' | [I]lī-ennam received (from PN tot. gur of barley); |
| Reverse Column ii [2:4] r ii 3'3'–r ii 4'4' | to be returned at its due-time. |
| Reverse Column ii [4:7] r ii 5'5'–r ii 7'7' | If at its due-time he has not returned it, |
| Reverse Column ii [7:9] r ii 8'8'–r ii 9'9' | [the barley] (and its) interest are to be paid. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9' | [3 gur 2 barig] 3 ban (= 1050 sila) of barley ... |
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 | ||
| 1' | ⸢še i₃⸣-[aŋ₂-e] | |
| 2' | ⸢tukum⸣-[bi] | |
| 3' | {iti}gud-si-su-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 4' | še-bi la-ba-an-[aŋ₂] | |
| 5' | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-⸢am₃⸣ | |
| 6' | bi₂-ib-tah-e | |
| 7' | 1(aš) 2(barig) 3(ban₂) še gur | |
| 8' | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-[am₃] | |
| 9' | sig₉-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 10' | ki puzur₄-{d}en-lil₂-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 11' | {m}⸢DUG₃⸣-KAR-{d}en-lil₂-⸢ke₄⸣ | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | {[m}i₃]-⸢li₂-en-nam-ke₄⸣ | |
| 2' | [šu] ba-an-ti | |
| 3' | [ki] uludin-bi-še₃ | |
| 4' | ⸢gur⸣-ru-dam | |
| 5' | ⸢tukum⸣-bi | |
| 6' | [ki] uludin-bi-še₃ | |
| 7' | ⸢la⸣-ba-an-gur | |
| 8' | [še] maš₂ ŋa₂-ŋa₂-dam | |
| 9' | 3(aš) 2(barig) 3(ban₂) še gur | |
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