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NABU 2007/048 (P333094)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Adab · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NABU 2007/048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333094 |
| Museum no. | OIM A00688 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Adab (mod. Bismaya) |
| Coordinates | 31.9509, 45.6233 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _7(disz) gin2 igi 6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | 7 6/6 shekels 6 grains of silver |
| 2 | _nam_ sze-e-im sza-mi-im | the province of heaven and earth |
| 3 | _ki_ qi2-isz-ti-er3-ra | from Qišti-Erra |
| 4 | {disz}a-hi-sza-gi-isz _nu-[banda3]_ | Aḫi-šagiš, the captain |
| 5 | u3 a-hi-sa-tum! | and Aḫisatum |
| 6 | _szu ba-an-ti-[mesz]_ | they received. |
| 7 | _iti sig4-[a]_ | month: "Bricks." |
| 8 | _kar-ra_ i-la-ku-u2# | they will go to the quay |
| 9 | _sze i3-ag2-e-<mesz>_ | he will measure the barley. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ e-du-u2-um | before Edum |
| 2 | _igi_ {d}en-lil2-ma-lik _szesz-a-ni#_ | before Enlil-malik, his brother |
| 3 | _igi_ i3-li2-ma-a-bi x UR | before Ilīma-abî ... |
| 4 | _igi_ s,i-li2-e2-mah _dam#?-[gar3?]_ | before Ṣillī-emaḫ, merchant? |
| 5 | _igi_ mu-ha-du-um _szu#-[i?]_ | before Muḫadum, the ... |
| 6 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 7 | _mu du11-ga zi-[da] {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki#-[ga-ta] i7-sikil-la# mu-ba-al_ | By the righteous command of Enlil and Enki he dug the Isikila canal. |
Sources & licences
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