N 5090 (P230682)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 5090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230682 |
| Museum no. | N 5090 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:3] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 3'3' | 2 gur of barley, an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur is to be charged, |
| Reverse Column i [3:6] r i 4'4'–r i 6'6' | Lu-Nanna received from Lugal-ezen; |
| Reverse Column i [6:9] r i 7'7'–r i 9'9' | the barley with its interest are to be returned in the second month. |
| Reverse Column i [9:11] r i 10'10'–r i 11'11' | (Its) witnesses, its month, its year. |
| Reverse Column i [11:13] r i 12'12'–r i 13'13' | 3 gur of barley, without interest, |
| Reverse Column i [13:15] r i 14'14'–r i 15'15' | the barley equals the barley; |
| Reverse Column i [15:18] r i 16'16'– | since the barley equals the barley ... |
| Reverse Column ii [0:3] r ii 1'r ii 1'–r ii 3'3' | 4? gur of barley, it is not an urra-loan, (but is given) as an ešdea-loan, |
| Reverse Column ii [3:6] r ii 4'4'–r ii 6'6' | Kūbi-nādā received from Niŋ-DUDU, the singer: |
| Reverse Column ii [6:8] r ii 7'7'–r ii 8'8' | to be returned at the delivery of the harvest. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:11] r ii 9'9'–r ii 11'11' | If he has not returned it at the delivery of the harvest, |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12' | [the barley (and its)] interest are to be paid. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:14] r ii 13'13'–r ii 14'14' | (Its) witnesses, [its month], its year. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 15'15'–r ii 15'15' | 5 gur of barley ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i | ||
| 1' | 1 še⸣ [gur] | |
| 2' | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-[ta] | |
| 3' | sig₉-ge₄-⸢de₃⸣ | |
| 4' | ki lugal-ezen-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 5' | {m}lu₂-{d}nanna-[ke₄] | |
| 6' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 7' | {iti}gud-si-su-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8' | še u₃ maš₂-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 9' | gur-ru-dam | |
| 10' | lu₂-ki-inim-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11' | itud-bi mu-bi | |
| 12' | 2 še gur | |
| 13' | maš nu-ub-[tuku] | |
| 14' | še še-[da] | |
| 15' | ba-an-da-[sa₂-a] | |
| 16' | ⸢mu še še-da⸣ | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | n še ⸢gur⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢ur₅⸣-ra nu-me-a | |
| 3' | [eš]-de₂-a-še₃ | |
| 4' | [ki] niŋ₂-DU-DU nagar-ta | |
| 5' | {[m]}⸢ku⸣-bi-na-da-ke₄ | |
| 6' | ⸢šu⸣ ba-an-ti | |
| 7' | [mu]-DU ud buru₁₄{ru}ka | |
| 8' | [gur]-⸢ru-dam⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢tukum⸣-bi | |
| 10' | [mu]-DU ud buru₁₄{ru}ka | |
| 11' | [la]-ba-an-til₃ | |
| 12' | [še] maš₂ ŋa₂-ŋa₂-dam | |
| 13' | [lu₂]-ki-inim-ma | |
| 14' | [itud-bi] mu-bi | |
| 15' | [n] ⸢še⸣ gur | |
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