Education in the Earliest Schools 056 (P273797)
School, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Education in the Earliest Schools 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273797 |
| Museum no. | PARS 12/01, 002 |
| Collection | Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | School |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Wilson, Mark · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 1 | 1 gur of barley, |
| Obverse Column i [1:3] o i 22–o i 33 | for which an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (i.e. 33.3%) is charged, |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i 44–o i 55 | Ea-bāni received from Lu-Ninurta; |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66 | to be returned in the second month. |
| Obverse Column i [6:8] o i 77–o i 88 | Its witnesses, its month, its year. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88 | 2? gur of barley, |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] o i 99–o i 1010 | for which an interest of 100 sila of barley per 1 gur (i.e. 33.3%) is charged, |
| Obverse Column i [10:13] o i 1111–o i 1313 | A’akalla received from Puzur-Enlil |
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 33 | [...] Bur-Adad, son of Lugalmelam, received (it) [from PN₁]; |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 44–o ii 44 | to be returned in the fifth month. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 55–o ii 55 | If he will not return it |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] o ii 66–o ii 77 | the barley (and its) interest is to be returned. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 77–o ii 77 | 10 gur of barley |
| Obverse Column ii [7:10] o ii 88–o ii 1010 | Lu-nesaŋ received from Ur-Bau, |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 1111–o ii 1111 | as its interest a built-up house plot of 1 sar, |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 1212–o ii 1212 | next to the house of Lu-Sîn |
| Obverse Column ii [12:19] o ii 1313– | and next to the house of Diŋir-manšum, [...] |
| Reverse Column i [0:7] r i' 1'r i 1'–r i' 7'7' | [...] son of [...], its side [...], 6 iku [...], Uraš-abī will give to Kuguzana; |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i' 8'8'–r i' 8'8' | its barley (is to be) measured?; |
| Reverse Column i [8:10] r i' 9'9'–r i' 10'10' | 10 shekels of silver are to be weighed out. |
| Reverse Column i [10:12] r i' 11'11'–r i' 12'12' | Uraš-abī [...] to Kuguzana |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | 1(aš) še ⸢gur⸣ | |
| 2 | maš₂ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 3 | sig₉-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 4 | ⸢ki⸣ lu₂-{d}nin-urta-ta | |
| 5 | {m}e₂-a-ba-ni-ke₄ šu ba-an-ti | |
| 6 | {[iti]}gud-si-su-ka gur-ru-dam | |
| 7 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ki-inim-ma itud-bi mu-bi | |
| 8 | 1+1(aš) še gur | |
| 9 | ⸢maš₂⸣ 1(aš) gur 1(barig) 4(ban₂) še-ta-am₃ | |
| 10 | [sig₉]-ge₄-de₃ | |
| 11 | [ki] ⸢puzur₄⸣-{d}en-lil₂-ta | |
| 12 | {[m}a]-⸢a⸣-kal-la-ke₄ | |
| 13 | [šu] ⸢ba⸣-[an]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | {m}bur-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 2 | dumu lugal-me-<<x>>-lam₂ | |
| 3 | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 4 | {iti}NE-NE-ŋar-še₃ gur-ru-dam | |
| 5 | tukum-bi la-ba-an-gur | |
| 6 | še maš₂ gur-ru(GUR-)dam | |
| 7 | 1(u) še gur | |
| 8 | ki ur-{d}ba-u₂-ta | |
| 9 | {m}lu₂-nesaŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄ | |
| 10 | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 11 | maš₂-bi-še₃ 1 sar e₂ du₃-⸢a⸣ | |
| 12 | da e₂ lu₂-{d}suen | |
| 13 | u₃ da e₂ diŋir-ma-⸢an⸣-[šum₂] | |
| 14 | ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | dumu [...] | |
| 3' | gu₂-ba ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | 6 iku ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | {m}{d}uraš-[a-bi] | |
| 6' | {m}ku-{ŋeš}gu-⸢za⸣-[na-ra] | |
| 7' | in-na-ab-šum₂-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 8' | še-bi aŋ₂-[...] | |
| 9' | 10 giŋ₄ kug-babbar | |
| 10' | la₂-e-de₃ | |
| 11' | {m}{d}uraš-a-bi | |
| 12' | {m}ku-{ŋeš}gu-za-na-ra | |
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