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TMH 10, 001b (P504396)
Business / Contracts, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 10, 001b |
|---|---|
| ID | P504396 |
| Museum no. | HS 2138 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | {disz}{d}suen#-i-qi2-sza-am dumu {d}szul-pa-e3-a2-[ag2] | Sîn-iqīšam, son of Šulpa’e-ag |
| 2 | {disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dumu-munus i3-li2-ki!-it-ti# | Ninlil-ninam, daughter of Ili-kitti |
| 3 | nam-dam-sze3 in-tuku-am3 | has married as a wife |
| 4 | mu lugal-ka-ni in-pa3 | has sworn by the name of his king. |
| 5 | 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 egir szum2-la2 | 2 iku of field behind the threshing floor, |
| 6 | 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 {d}lu2-lal3 | 1 eše3 field, meadow of Lullal; |
| 7 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz-du3-a | 1 ox, ŋešdua, |
| 8 | {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | Sîn-iqišam, |
| 9 | {d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra | For Ninlil-ninam, her spouse |
| 10 | in-na-an-ku4?-ku4? | he shall enter. |
| 11 | {disz}u-bar-[{d}]suen ibila szesz-gal | Ubār-Sîn, heir of the great brother |
| 12 | [{disz}el]-mesz-tum lukur {d}nergal | Elmeštum, nadītu of Nergal |
| 13 | [{disz}]pi2-s,i-tum lukur {d}nin-urta | Piṣitum, nadītu of Ninurta |
| 14 | u3# ibila a-na-me-a-bi | and all the heirs |
| 15 | a#-na#-bi u3-tu-ud-da | Why did you give birth? |
| 16 | ibila {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | son of Sîn-iqīšam, |
| 17 | u3 {d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra | and Ninlil-ninam, her spouse |
| 18 | e2 a-sza3 nig2-gur11 e2-a gal2-la | house, field, property of the house, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-me-a-bi nig2-gur11 {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | All this is the property of Sîn-iqīšam. |
| 2 | u3 {d}nin#-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra | and Ninlil-ninam, her spouse |
| 3 | tesz2-a se3#-ga#-bi# i3-ba-e-ne | they will divide equally among themselves |
| 4 | tukum#-bi | If |
| 5 | [{disz}{d}suen-i-qi2]-sza#-am# | Sîn-iqišam |
| 6 | [{disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin]-am3 dam#-na#-a-ra | For Ninlil-ninam, his spouse |
| 7 | [dam-mu nu-me-en ba]-na-an#-du11# | I am not my wife, she said to him. |
| 8 | [1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3]-la2-e | 1/2 mina of silver he shall weigh out |
| 9 | [u3 tukum]-bi {disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 | and if Ninlil-ninam |
| 10 | [{disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am] dam-[na]-ra | Sîn-iqīšam, his wife |
| 11 | [dam-mu nu-me-en ba-na-an]-du11# | I am not my wife, she said to him. |
| 12 | [1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2]-e# | 1/2 mina of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 13 | [igi i3-li2-we-de-ku dumu {d}]suen#-i-din-nam | before Ili-wedeku, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 14 | [igi {d}nanna-a-a dumu asz2?-ka-a] | before Nanna-aya, son of Aška |
| 15 | [igi nig2-gur11-{d}nanna dumu {d}nanna]-sag#-kal | before Niggur-Nanna, son of Nanna-sagkal |
| 16 | [...]-x-ta | from ... |
| 17 | [...] dumu# ur#-ku3-zu? | ..., son of Ur-kuzu |
| 18 | [...]-x dumu# sa-mi-lum!? | ..., son of Samil |
| 19 | [iti sze-sag11-ku5] | the month of Addarum |
| 20 | [mu {d}i-te-er-pi4]-sza lugal-e# [li-li]-is3# zabar [{d}inanna zabala]{ki#}-ra [mu-na]-dim2 | year: “Iter-piša, the king, Lilis, the bronze of Inanna of Zabalam, fashioned for him. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-lil2-nin#-am3# | Ninlil-ninam |
| 2 | dumu-munus i3-[li2-ki-it-ti] | daughter of Ili-kitti |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen#-i-qi2-sza-am | Sîn-iqišam |
| 2 | dumu# [{d}]szul#-pa-e3-[a2-ag2] | son of Šulpa’eag |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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