CUSAS 43, 44 (P252290)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 43, 44 |
|---|---|
| ID | P252290 |
| Museum no. | MS 3349 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | 5 gur of barley as a šula loan, without interest, |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Aya-kala has received from Lu-Nanna, the merchant; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | he will measure the barley in the third month. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | If in the third month he does not measure the barley, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | he will weigh out the silver (and) its interest. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | The seal of the witnesses is rolled over it. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | 50 gur of barley, |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | an interest rate of 1 barig per 1 gur will be added, |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717– | Ilum-šēmi has received from Ilum-rabi |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | he will measure the barley in the second month, at the threshing floor. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 5(asz) gur sze | |
| 2 | szu-la2 masz2 nu-tuku | |
| 3 | ki lu2-{d}nanna dam-gar3 | |
| 4 | {disz}{d}a-a-kal-la | |
| 5 | szu ba-an-ti | |
| 6 | iti sig4-a | |
| 7 | sze i3-ag2-e | |
| 8 | tukum-bi | |
| 9 | iti sig4-a | |
| 10 | sze la-ba-an-ag2 | |
| 11 | ku3 masz2-bi i3-la2-e | |
| 12 | kiszib# lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz | |
| 13 | ib2-ra | |
| 14 | 5(u)# gur sze | |
| 15 | masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) sze-ta-am3 | |
| 16 | ba-ab-dah-e | |
| 17 | ki dingir-ra-bi | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}dingir-sze-mi | |
| 2 | szu ba-an-ti | |
| 3 | iti gu4-si-sa2 | |
| 4 | kislah-ta | |
| 5 | sze i3-ag2-e | |
Sources & licences
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