N 4768 (P230677)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 4768 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230677 |
| Museum no. | N 4768 |
| 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' 1'o i 1'–o i' 3'3' | ... [Lugal-a]ma[ru], her [master] has freed (a woman named Ištar-ennam); |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i' 4'4'–o i' 4'4' | he has cleared her forehead, |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i' 5'5'–o i' 6'6' | smashed the pot of her slavery, |
| Obverse Column i [6:8] o i' 7'7'–o i' 8'8' | (and) made ouf for her a document concerning her status as a slave. |
| Obverse Column i [8:11] o i' 9'9'– | [1 sar of a] built-up [house plot],... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:4] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 4'4' | ... As long as she lives she [will serve] her. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:6] o ii' 5'5'–o ii' 6'6' | Monthly 40 sila of flour, 2/3 sila of oil ... (she will provide her). |
| Reverse Column i [0:2] r i' 1'r i 1'–r i' 2'2' | [Ninurta-palil], the father, [while alive], has sworn (this) by the name of the king. |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 3'3'–r i' 3'3' | Ilumma, born in a foreign country ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1' | [lugal-a]-ma-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 2' | [lugal-a]-ni-ir | |
| 3' | [ama]-⸢ar-gi₄⸣-ni in-ŋar | |
| 4' | [saŋ]-ki-ni in-dadag | |
| 5' | dug nam-geme₂-ni-še₃ | |
| 6' | in-gaz | |
| 7' | ⸢kišib⸣ nam-geme₂-ni-še₃ | |
| 8' | [in]-na-an-tak₄ | |
| 9' | 1 sar e₂] du₃-a | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢kišib⸣ [nam-sikil-la-ni-še₃] | |
| 2' | in-⸢na⸣-[an-tak₄] | |
| 3' | ud til₃-la-[ni-še₃] | |
| 4' | igi-ni-še₃ ⸢i₃⸣-[gub-bu] | |
| 5' | itud-da 4(ban₂) ⸢zid₂⸣-[gu-ta-am₃] | |
| 6' | 2/3 sila₃ i₃-[ŋeš-ta-am₃] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | ad-⸢da⸣ [til₃-la] | |
| 2' | mu lugal-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 3' | {m}AN-ma kur-ra tud-da | |
Sources & licences
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