CBS 04582 + Ist Ni 05059 (P230786)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CBS 04582 + Ist Ni 05059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230786 |
| Museum no. | CBS 04582 + Ist Ni 05059 |
| 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' | [Tot gur of barley], without interest, |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i' 2'2'–o i' 2'2' | the barley equals the barley; |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i' 3'3'–o i' 3'3' | since the barley equals the barley, |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i' 4'4'–o i' 5'5' | he will return one gur of barley a year; |
| Obverse Column i [5:8] o i' 6'6'–o i' 8'8' | PN received from Lu-Nanna: |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] o i' 9'9'–o i' 10'10' | he will pay in full its [barley] within [tot year(s)]. |
| Obverse Column i [10:12] o i' 11'11'–o i' 12'12' | If he has not paid in full [its barley] within [tot year(s)] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:5] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 5'5' | PN₂ has received from PN₁ [tot gur of barley] - [it is not] an urra-loan ... |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] o ii' 6'6'–o ii' 7'7' | its barley [has to be] returned at the delivery of the [harvest] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [7:9] o ii' 8'8'–o ii' 9'9' | 3 [gur of barley], an interest rate ... |
| Obverse Column ii [9:12] o ii' 10'10'–o ii' 12'12' | PN₂ has [received] from PN₁ ... |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1'r i 1'–r i' 1'r i 1' | [PN₂ has re]ceived [tot gur of barley from PN₁]; |
| Reverse Column i [1:3] r i' 2'2'–r i' 3'3' | [he will mea]sure the barley [at] the harvest time. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:3] r ii' 1'r ii 1'–r ii' 3'3' | [PN₂ has recei]ved [from PN₁ ...] |
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' | ⸢maš₂ nu⸣-[ub-tuku] | |
| 2' | ⸢še⸣ še-da ba-an-da-sa₂-a | |
| 3' | ⸢mu⸣ še še-da ba-an-da-sa₂-a | |
| 4' | mu-am₃ 2(aš) gur še-ta-am₃ | |
| 5' | ⸢ib₂⸣-ta-su-su-e | |
| 6' | ⸢ki⸣ lu₂-{d}nanna-ta | |
| 7' | {[m}pa]-⸢luh⸣-bi-tum-ke₄ | |
| 8' | šu ⸢ba⸣-an-ti | |
| 9' | [mu 2-⸢kam⸣-ma-še₃ | |
| 10' | [še]-⸢bi⸣ i₃-til-le | |
| 11' | ⸢tukum⸣-bi | |
| 12' | [mu 2-⸢kam⸣-ma-ta | |
| 13' | [še-bi nu]-⸢til-le⸣ | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | ur₅-ra [nu-me-a] | |
| 3' | ki niŋ₂-[...-ta] | |
| 4' | {m}⸢x-x⸣-[x-x] | |
| 5' | šu ba-[an-ti] | |
| 6' | mu-DU ud ⸢buru₁₄⸣-[ka] | |
| 7' | še-bi gur-[ru-dam] | |
| 8' | 3(aš) [še gur] | |
| 9' | maš₂ [...] | |
| 10' | ki a-⸢x⸣-[x-x-ta] | |
| 11' | {m}AN-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 12' | ⸢šu⸣ [ba-an-ti] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | ⸢šu ba-an⸣-[ti] | |
| 2' | ud ⸢buru₁₄⸣-[ka] | |
| 3' | še i₃-⸢aŋ₂⸣-[e] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [šu ba-an]-ti | |
| 3' | [...]-ka | |
Sources & licences
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