N 3085 (P230651)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 3085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230651 |
| Museum no. | N 3085 |
| 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 [0:4] o i' 1'o i 1'–o i' 4'4' | Damu-azu bought it from [...]-Sîn, |
| Obverse Column i [4:7] o i' 5'5'–o i' 7'7' | as its full price he weighed out x shekels of silver. |
| Obverse Column i [7:10] o i' 8'8'– | [In the future], [...]-Sîn ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 3'3' | He has sworn by the name of the king that (in the future) he will not raise a claim concerning this house. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii' 4'4'–o ii' 4'4' | A built-up house plot of 1 sar and 18 iku, |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii' 5'5'–o ii' 5'5' | next to the house of Ur-Šubula, |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii' 6'6'–o ii' 6'6' | (it's) the house of Kug-Enlila, |
| Obverse Column ii [6:9] o ii' 7'7'–o ii' 9'9' | Awil-Amurru bought from Kug-Enlila; |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii' 10'10'–o ii' 10'10' | as its full price ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | [... ARAD2-{d}]suen#?-ta | |
| 3' | [... {d}da]-mu-a-zu-ke4 | |
| 4' | [...]-in-sa10 | |
| 5' | [...] x til-la-bi-sze3 | |
| 6' | [...] gin2# ku3-babbar | |
| 7' | [...]-na#-an-la2 | |
| 8' | [...] ir3#?-{d}suen | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...]-bi#-sze3#? | |
| 2' | [inim] nu-um-ga2-ga2-a | |
| 3' | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | |
| 4' | 1(disz) sar 1(u) gin2 e2 du3-a | |
| 5' | da e2 ur-{d}szu-bu-la | |
| 6' | e2 ku3-{d}en-lil2-la2 | |
| 7' | ki ku3 {d}en-lil-la2-ta | |
| 8' | {disz}lu2-{d}mar-tu-ke4 | |
| 9' | in-szi-in-sa10# | |
| 10' | [...] x x | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | 1(disz) [...] | |
| 3' | da [e2 ...] | |
| 4' | e2# [...] | |
| 5' | ki AN-[...] | |
| 6' | {disz}{d}en-lil2#-[...] | |
| 7' | nam-x [...] | |
| 8' | x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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