CUSAS 43, 47 (P252274)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 43, 47 |
|---|---|
| ID | P252274 |
| Museum no. | MS 3333 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [tot] gur of barley, |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | its in[terest rate] (on the) initial capital has been paid from the commercial journey, |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Urmah has received from Lu-Ab[u]; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | he will measure the barley in the third month. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | He (= the creditor) will take it from the financially sound and legally responsible one. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 2 minas of silver |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | for a partnership enterprise |
| Obverse [13:19] o 1414–o 1919 | Awīl-Ea, Nanna-manšum, Nūr-Šamaš and Šamaš-īn-mātim have received from Imgur-Šamaš. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | Upon the safe return from the journey |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | and once the silver is at hand, |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | they will repay it to the owner of the silver. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | They will divide equally among Imgur-Šamaš, the owner of the silver, and the other partners, the profit (of the journey), how much there may be. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [n gur] sze | |
| 2 | masz2#-bi# sag#-nig2#-[gur11-ra] | |
| 3 | kaskal-ta an#-zi#-[ga?] | |
| 4 | ki lu2-{d}ab-[u2] | |
| 5 | {disz}ur-mah#-e# | |
| 6 | szu ba-an-[ti] | |
| 7 | iti sig4-[a] | |
| 8 | sze i3-ag2-e# | |
| 9 | ki lu2 silim-ma-ta# | |
| 10 | u3 lu2 gi-na-ta | |
| 11 | szu ba-ab-te-ge26 | |
| 12 | 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar | |
| 13 | nam-tab-ba-sze3 | |
| 14 | ki im-gur-{d}utu | |
| 15 | {disz}lu2-e2-a | |
| 16 | {disz}{d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | |
| 17 | {disz}nu-ur2#-{d}utu | |
| 18 | u3 {d}utu#-i-in-ma-tim | |
| 19 | szu ba-an-ti-mesz | |
| 20 | kaskal silim-ma-ta | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ku3 silim-ma-ta | |
| 2 | lugal ku3-ga-ra | |
| 3 | ib2-gur-e-ne | |
| 4 | a2-tuku a-na gal2-la-am3 | |
| 5 | {disz}im-gur-{d}utu | |
| 6 | lugal ku3-ga-ra | |
| 7 | u3 e-ne-ne <<ne>> | |
| 8 | tesz2-a se3-ga-bi | |
| 9 | i3-ba-e-ne | |
Sources & licences
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