CUSAS 43, 45 (P252262)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 43, 45 |
|---|---|
| ID | P252262 |
| Museum no. | MS 3321 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Spada, Gabriella · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 11–o 11 | [1 gur of barley], |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [an interest rate of 1 barig 4 ban (= 100 sila) per 1 gur will be ad]ded, |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Ea-[...] has received from Lu-[...]; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | to be returned in the second month. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | (Its) witnesses, its month, its year. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 1 gur of barley, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | an interest rate of 1 barig 4 ban (= 100 sila) per 1 gur will be added, |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Aḫūni has received from Aḫu-waqar; |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | to be given (back) in the third month. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 1 gur of barley, |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | an interest rate of 1 barig 4 ban (= 100 sila) per 1 gur will be added, |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | Ilum-šēmi has received from Šamaš-bāni; |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | he will measure the barley in the third month. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 1? gur of barley |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | an interest rate of 1 barig per 1 gur of barley will be added, |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | Sukallum has received from Sîn-ēriš; |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [he will measure] the barley in the [third?] month. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [1(asz) gur sze] | |
| 2 | [masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ta-am3] | |
| 3 | ba-ab#-[dah-e] | |
| 4 | ki lu2-[...] | |
| 5 | {disz}e2-a-x-[x] | |
| 6 | szu ba-an-ti | |
| 7 | iti gu4-si-sa2 | |
| 8 | gur-ru-dam | |
| 9 | lu2-ki-inim-ma | |
| 10 | iti-bi mu-bi | |
| 11 | 1(asz) gur sze | |
| 12 | masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ta-am3 | |
| 13 | ba-ab-dah-e | |
| 14 | ki a-hu-wa-qar | |
| 15 | {disz}a-hu-ni | |
| 16 | szu ba-an-ti | |
| 17 | iti sig4-a | |
| 18 | szum2-mu-dam | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(asz) gur sze | |
| 2 | masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ta-am3 | |
| 3 | ba-ab-dah-e | |
| 4 | ki {d}utu#-[ba]-ni#? | |
| 5 | {disz}dingir#-sze#-mi | |
| 6 | szu ba-an-ti | |
| 7 | iti sig4-a | |
| 8 | sze i3-ag2-e | |
| 9 | 1(asz)#? gur sze | |
| 10 | masz2# 1(asz) gur 1(barig) sze-ta-am3 | |
| 11 | ba-ab-dah-e | |
| 12 | ki {d}suen-APIN | |
| 13 | {disz}su-ka#-lum | |
| 14 | szu ba-[an-ti] | |
| 15 | iti [sig4-a?] | |
| 16 | sze [i3-ag3-e] | |
Sources & licences
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