CUSAS 43, 54 (P254010)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 43, 54 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254010 |
| Museum no. | MS 4979 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | A woman, named Ištar-ennam, the slave-girl of Lugal-amaru, |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Lugal-amaru, her master, has freed. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | A built-up house plot of 1 sar (= 36 m²), |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | one zību-millstone provided with a muller, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | one cultic table, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | one ladder |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | (and) one table |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | he has given her. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | As long as he lives, she will serve him. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | In the future, any heirs of Lugal-amaru (how many there may be, will not raise a claim against Ištar-ennam) concerning her status as a slave and her share: |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818– | Lugal-amaru has sworn (this) by the name of the king. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | PN, born in a foreign country, the son of Arad-Ninurta of (the city of) IM, [... Urku]zu (has freed) ... |
| Reverse [4:10] r 1313–r 1818 | Urkuzu, his master, and Nin-heŋal, his mistress, have sworn by the name of the king that the [...] of [Ur-]kuzu will ... his [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) sag-munus | |
| 2 | {disz}isz8-tar2-en-nam mu-ni-im | |
| 3 | geme2 lugal-a-ma-ru | |
| 4 | lugal-a-ma-ru | |
| 5 | lugal-a-ni-ir# | |
| 6 | ama-ar-gi4-ni in-gar | |
| 7 | 1(disz) sar e2 du3-a | |
| 8 | 1(disz) {na4}kinkin zi-bi szu sig10-ga | |
| 9 | 1(disz) {gesz}banszur za3-gu2-la2 | |
| 10 | 1(disz) {gesz}kun | |
| 11 | 1(disz) {gesz}muru5!(|SAL:UD.EDIN|)-za#-nu-um | |
| 12 | in-na-an-szum2 | |
| 13 | u4 til-la-sze3# | |
| 14 | igi-ni-sze3 i3-gub-bu | |
| 15 | u4 kur2-sze3 | |
| 16 | ibila lugal-a-ma-[ru] | |
| 17 | nam-geme2-sze3 u3 nig2-ba#-ni-a-ni-[sze3] | |
| 18 | lugal-a-ma-ru mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}dingir-x-ma | |
| 2 | kur#-ra# tu#-da | |
| 3 | dumu# ARAD#-{d}nin#-urta# IM{ki} | |
| 4 | x [... ur-ku3]-zu | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [... ur]-ku3#-zu-ke4-ne | |
| 14 | [...]-x-ni# | |
| 15 | [...]-na#-de2#?-e-ne-a | |
| 16 | ur-ku3-zu lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 17 | u3 nin-he2#-gal2 nin-a-ni | |
| 18 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz | |
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