N 4073 (P230664)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 4073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230664 |
| Museum no. | N 4073 |
| 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 | [In the future PN and his heirs, as many as there will be], will not raise a claim concerning this [house]; |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i' 44–o i' 55 | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| Obverse Column i [4:8] o i' 55–o i' 88 | A built-up house plot of x sar, ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii' 1o ii 1–o ii' 1o ii 1 | A built-up house plot of 1 sar, |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii' 22–o ii' 22 | with a second floor and a wooden roof, |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii' 33–o ii' 33 | the door and the bar [are there], |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii' 44–o ii' 44 | its exit is [on the square], |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii' 55–o ii' 55 | next to the house of Lu-girgilu, |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii' 66–o ii' 66 | the house of Amarabzu, |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii' 77–o ii' 77 | son of Lugal-ezen, |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii' 88–o ii' 88 | [Diŋirdanumea bought] from [Amarabzu]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1 | [u₃ ibila-a-ni a-na me-a]-bi | |
| 2 | [e₂]-⸢bi⸣-še₃ | |
| 3 | [inim] nu-um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | |
| 4 | ⸢mu⸣ lugal-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 5 | [n] ⸢sar⸣ e₂ du₃-a | |
| 6 | [x] x-{d}lal₃-la₂-a | |
| 7 | [x x] i-bi-še₃ | |
| 8 | [...] x-ta | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1 | 1 sar e₂ du₃-a | |
| 2 | {ŋeš}bal {ŋeš}keš₂-⸢da⸣ | |
| 3 | {ŋeš}ig u₃ {ŋeš}saŋ-[kul gub-ba] | |
| 4 | ki-e₃-bi sila-[daŋal-la-še₃] | |
| 5 | da e₂ lu₂-⸢gir⸣-[gi₄-lu] | |
| 6 | e₂ ⸢amar⸣-[abzu] | |
| 7 | dumu ⸢lugal⸣-[ezen] | |
| 8 | ki [amar-abzu-ta] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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