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ARN 045 (P283591)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARN 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283591 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 00642 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {diš}dingir-ga-mil šeš-gal | Ilī-gamil, chief steward |
| 2 | {diš}ma-⸢ri⸣-er-ṣe-tim šeš-[a]-⸢ni⸣ | Merodach-Baladan, his brother |
| 3 | u₃ dingir-šu-⸢ba⸣-ni šeš-a-⸢ni⸣ | and Ilu-ebâni, his brother |
| 4 | {[diš}da]-mi-⸢iq⸣-i₃-li₂-šu-ke₄ | Damiq-elišu |
| 5 | dumu i-din-ya₃ | son of Iddinya, |
| 6 | nam-ibila-ni-še₃ | his heirship |
| 7 | ba-da-an-ri-eš | they have imposed upon him |
| 8 | e₂ a-ša₃ {geš}kiri₆ nig₂-gur₁₁ a-na me-a-bi | The house, the field, the orchard, and the property as many as there are |
| 9 | nig₂ da-mi-iq-i₃-li₂-šu | property of Damiq-ilišu |
| 10 | teš₂-a si₃-ga-bi | Together they are reconciled |
| 11 | i₃-ba-e-ne | they shall divide. |
| 12 | tukum-bi da-mi-iq-i₃-li₂-⸢šu⸣ | If Damiq-ilī-ešû |
| 13 | {diš}dingir-ga-mil {diš}ma-ri-er-ṣe-⸢tim⸣ | Ili-gamil, Mari-eršbetim-e23 |
| 14 | u₃ dingir-šu-ba-ni dumu-ne-⸢ne⸣-[ra] | and Ilum-šubāni, his sons |
| 15 | dumu-⸢mu⸣ nu-me-en-de₃-[en] | we are not children |
| 16 | ba-an-na-dug₄-⸢x⸣ | he made pleasant for him. |
| 17 | nig₂-gur₁₁ ad-da-⸢ni⸣ [...] | The property of his father |
| 18 | ba-⸢ra⸣-[e₃-de₃] | to go out |
| 19 | ⸢tukun-bi⸣ {[diš}dingir-ra-mil] | Ilī-ramil |
| 20 | {diš}ma-ri-er-x-tim | Mari-Ertim, |
| 21 | u₃ dingir-[šu-ba-ni] | and Ilu-šubāni |
| 22 | {diš}da-mi-⸢iq⸣-[i₃-li₂-šu ad-da-ne-ne-ra] | Damiq-elišu his fathers |
| 23 | ad-da-[mu nu-me-en] | I am not my father |
| 24 | ba-an-na-[dug₄-ge-eš] | they will give to him. |
| 25 | 1/1(diš) ma-na ku₃-[babbar in-ne-en-la₂] | 1/1 mina of silver he has paid |
| 26 | še-ga-ne-⸢ne⸣-[ta] | from the Šeganeans |
| 27 | mu lugal-bi [in-pad₃-de₃-eš] | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
Sources & licences
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