N 4127 (P230668)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 4127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230668 |
| Museum no. | N 4127 |
| 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 [0:1] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 1'o i 1' | [1 eše (= 21600 m²) of barley stubble(?) field], |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | 3 iku (= 10800 m²) of ... field, |
| Obverse Column i [2:4] o i 3'3'–o i 4'4' | its field ... (is) within the northern field, |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | (its) flank bordering the canal ..., |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | (which is) the field of Enlil-heŋal |
| Obverse Column i [6:9] o i 7'7'–o i 9'9' | Mannum-māhiršu bought from Enlil-heŋal; |
| Obverse Column i [9:11] o i 10'10'–o i 11'11' | he paid to him 16 shekels of silver as its full price; |
| Obverse Column i [11:14] o i 12'12'–o i 14'14' | in the future Enlil-h[eŋal] and his heirs, as [many as there will be, will not raise a cla]im concerning this field; |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15' | [he has sworn] by the name of the king. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | 1(eše₃) gana₂ a-šag₄ šub₅ še] | |
| 2' | 3(iku) gana₂ a-šag₄ [...] | |
| 3' | x-x a-šag₄-ga-bi | |
| 4' | šag₄ a-šag₄ igi-⸢nim⸣ | |
| 5' | us₂-a-DU {id₂}(ŊAR.AN.⸢X.X⸣) | |
| 6' | a-šag₄ {d}en-lil₂-he₂-ŋal₂ | |
| 7' | ki {d}en-lil₂-he₂-ŋal₂-ta | |
| 8' | {m}ma-an-nu-um-ma-hir-šu-ke₄ | |
| 9' | in-ši-in-sa₁₀ | |
| 10' | sam₂ til-la-bi-še₃ | |
| 11' | 16 giŋ₄ kug-babbar in-na-an-⸢la₂⸣ | |
| 12' | ud kur₂-še₃ {d}en-lil₂-⸢he₂⸣-[ŋal₂] | |
| 13' | u₃ ibila-a-ni a-⸢na⸣ [me-a-bi] | |
| 14' | a-šag₄-bi-še₃ ⸢inim⸣ [nu-um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a] | |
| 15' | ⸢mu lugal-bi⸣ [in-pad₃] | |
Sources & licences
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