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TMH 10, 011 (P504407)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 10, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504407 |
| Museum no. | HS 2238 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| 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)
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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}]i3-li2-i3-din-nam szesz-gal | Ilī-iddinam, the elder brother |
| 2 | {disz}a-pil2-{d}mar-tu szesz-a-ni | Apil-Amurrum, his brother |
| 3 | {disz}el-lu-mu-u2-szu szesz-a-ni | Ellummušu, his brother |
| 4 | u3 in-bi-i3-li2-szu szesz-a-ni | and Inbi-ilišu, his brother |
| 5 | ibila s,i-li2-{d}utu-ke4-ne | heirs of Ṣillī-šamaš |
| 6 | {disz}nu-t,u3-up-tum lukur {d}nin-urta | Nutuptu, nadītu of Ninurta |
| 7 | nin9-a-ne-ne-ra | for their sisters |
| 8 | mu-a 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur-ta | for 2 gur 2 barig barley each, |
| 9 | 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz-ta | 6 sila3 of sesame oil |
| 10 | 6(disz) ma-na siki-ta | 6 mana wool, |
| 11 | in-na-ab-kal-la-ge-ne | they shall hold him back. |
| 12 | lu2 sze-ba i3-ba u3 siki-ba | a man of barley, oil and wool, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nu-mu-na-ab-kal-la-ge | does not hold back for him. |
| 2 | e2 a-sza3 garza nig2-gur11 a-na gal2 | “The house, the field, the granary, what is there for me? |
| 3 | {disz}s,i-li2-{d}utu ad-da-ni-ta | Ṣillī-šamaš his father |
| 4 | nig2 na-me szu la-ba-ab-ti-ge26 | Nothing is equal to it. |
| 5 | {disz}s,i-li2-{d}utu ad-da ti-la | Ṣillī-šamaš, the father who bore him, |
| 6 | kiszib3 in-tak4 | under seal of Intak; |
| 7 | igi lu2-{d}nin-si4-an-na dumu {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am | before Lu-Ninsi-ana, son of Sîn-eribam |
| 8 | igi {d}nin-urta-a-bi dumu ta-ri-bu-um | before Ninurta-abī, son of Taribum |
| 9 | igi ma-an-nu-um-ma-hir-szu dumu ip-qa2-tum | before Mannum-mahhiršu, son of Ipqatum |
| 10 | iti NE-NE-gar mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e i7 sa-am-su-i-lu-na-he2-gal2 mu-ba-al-e | The month of NE-NE-gar, the year in which Samsu-iluna the king dug the canal SamSu-iluna-hegal. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-urta | Ninurta |
| 2 | en dingir-re-ne | lord of the gods |
| 3 | lugal ki-szar2-ra | king of the world, |
| 4 | dingir#-sag#? nibru{ki} | Ilī-sag of Nippur |
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