TMH 11, 03 (P231450)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 11, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P231450 |
| Museum no. | HS 2607 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| 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 Spada, Gabriella · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Column i [0:1] a i' 1'1'–a i' 1'1' | (Lu-Ninurta) will [pay] (to Ilī-amranni x shekels of silver a year). |
| Column i [1:5] a i' 2'2'–a i' 5'5' | [From] this re[nt Ilī-amr]anni re[ceived x shekels of s]ilver. |
| Column i [5:10] a i' 6'6'– | (Lu-Ninurta will weigh) [the rest of the re]nt [in the ... month]. |
| Column ii [0:1] a ii' 1'1'–a ii' 1'1' | [PN₂ rec]eived [x gur of barley, without interest, from PN₁]; |
| Column ii [1:4] a ii' 2'2'–a ii' 4'4' | [he will mea]sure it [in] the third month [at the q]uay of N[ippur]; |
| Column ii [4:8] a ii' 5'5'–a ii' 8'8' | i[f in the] third month he will not me[asure it at the] quay of Ni[ppur], |
| Column ii [8:10] a ii' 9'9'–a ii' 10'10' | he [will add] an interest of [1 bariga 4 ban of barley per] 1 gur. |
| Column ii [10:12] a ii' 11'11'–a ii' 12'12' | 50? [gur of] barley, (its) interest ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a i' | ||
| 1' | [i₃-la₂]-⸢e⸣ | |
| 2' | [šag₄ zu₂]-keš₂-bi-<ta> | |
| 3' | [x giŋ₄] ⸢kug⸣-babbar | |
| 4' | {[m}i₃-li₂-am]-⸢ra-an⸣-ni | |
| 5' | [šu ba-an]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6' | [ib₂-tak₄] ⸢zu₂⸣-keš₂-⸢bi⸣ | |
| a ii' | ||
| 1' | [šu] ⸢ba-an⸣-[ti] | |
| 2' | {iti}⸢šeg₁₂-a⸣-[ka] | |
| 3' | ⸢kar nibru⸣{[ki}ka] | |
| 4' | ⸢al-aŋ₂⸣-[e] | |
| 5' | ⸢tukum⸣-[bi] | |
| 6' | {iti}šeg₁₂-⸢a⸣-[ka] | |
| 7' | kar ⸢nibru⸣{[ki}ka] | |
| 8' | la-ba-⸢aŋ₂⸣-[e] | |
| 9' | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃] | |
| 10' | bi₂-⸢ib⸣-[tah-e] | |
| 11' | 5(u) ⸢še⸣ [gur] | |
| 12' | ⸢maš₂⸣ [...] | |
| b i' | ||
| 6' | [...] še₃ | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢gaz⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] še₃ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ tak₄ | |
| 10' | [...]-ni-še₃ | |
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