OIP 016, 086 (P230756)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | OIP 016, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230756 |
| Museum no. | CBS 11785 |
| 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 Chiera, Edward · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [1:4] o i' 2'2'–o i' 4'4' | [tot shekels of si]lver, [an interest rate of ...] is to [be added], |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i' 5'5'–o i' 6'6' | [PN₂] (received) from [PN₁ ...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:2] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 2'2' | ... he gave ...; since he rejected it, |
| Obverse Column ii [2:6] o ii' 3'3'–o ii' 6'6' | the judges remanded him to the gate of Ninurta for taking the oath. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii' 7'7'–o ii' 7'7' | In the place of the oath ... |
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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | n giŋ₄] ⸢kug⸣-babbar | |
| 3' | [maš₂ ...]-⸢ta⸣-am₃ | |
| 4' | [tah-he]-dam | |
| 5' | [ki x]-⸢x⸣-ur₂-x-ta | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢x-x⸣-[x] | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | [ba]-⸢an-šum₂-mu⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢mu⸣ ba-an-da-⸢gur⸣-[ra-aš] | |
| 3' | di-kud-e-⸢ne⸣ | |
| 4' | kan₄ {d}nin-urta-še₃ | |
| 5' | nam-erim₂ kud-ru-[de₃] | |
| 6' | ba-an-šum₂-mu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 7' | ki nam-erim₂-[ma] | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢BI⸣ KA ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.