N 3763 (P230662)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 3763 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230662 |
| Museum no. | N 3763 |
| 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' | PN₂ received [tot shekels of sil]ver from [PN₁]; |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i' 5'5'–o i' 6'6' | to be gi[ven (back)] in the fi[fth month]. |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i' 7'7'–o i' 7'7' | [Tot] shekels of silver, |
| Obverse Column i [7:9] o i' 8'8'–o i' 9'9' | [an interest rate] of 12 shekels (of silver) per [1 mi]na is to be added, |
| Obverse Column i [9:11] o i' 10'10'–o i' 11'11' | PN₂ [received] from [PN₁]... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:2] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 2'2' | [...] to be given (back) [in ...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii' 2'2'–o ii' 2'2' | 4 shekels of sil[ver] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii' 3'3'–o ii' 3'3' | from a sealed tablet of 10 minas (of silver), |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii' 4'4'–o ii' 4'4' | delivered, |
| Obverse Column ii [4:7] o ii' 5'5'–o ii' 7'7' | Sîn-bāni received from Iddi-Ištar. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii' 8'8'–o ii' 8'8' | 1 mina of sil[ver] |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii' 9'9'–o ii' 9'9' | for a partnership enterprise |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii' 10'10'–o ii' 10'10' | the profit ... |
| Obverse Column ii [10:13] o ii' 11'11'–o ii' 13'13' | from PN₁, PN₂, PN₃ (received) ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1' | n giŋ₄ kug]-babbar | |
| 2' | [ki ...]-ta | |
| 3' | {[m}...]-TUM-ke₄ | |
| 4' | [šu ba]-⸢an⸣-ti | |
| 5' | {[iti}NE-NE]-ŋar-ka | |
| 6' | [šum₂]-mu-dam | |
| 7' | [n] giŋ₄ kug-babbar | |
| 8' | [maš₂ 1 ma]-na 12 giŋ₄-ta | |
| 9' | [tah]-⸢he⸣-dam | |
| 10' | [ki ...]-x-ta | |
| 11' | [...] x | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢šum₂-mu⸣-[dam] | |
| 2' | 4 giŋ₄ ⸢kug⸣-[babbar] | |
| 3' | šag₄ kišib 10 ma-⸢na⸣ | |
| 4' | mu-⸢DU⸣ | |
| 5' | ki i-di-iš₈-tar₂-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 6' | {m}{d}suen-ba-ni-⸢ke₄⸣ | |
| 7' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 8' | 1 ma-na ⸢kug⸣-[babbar] | |
| 9' | nam-tab-ba-[še₃] | |
| 10' | a₂-tuku x-[...] | |
| 11' | ki DU-[...-ta] | |
| 12' | {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 13' | {m}[...] | |
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