IM – (X000028)
School, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | IM – |
|---|---|
| ID | X000028 |
| Museum no. | IM – |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | School |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By ORACC project obmc · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:2] o i' 3'o i 3'–o i' 4'4' | (Its) wit[nesses, its month], its year. |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i' 5'5'–o i' 5'5' | [Tot.] gur of barley, |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i' 6'6'–o i' 7'7' | [an interest rate of ...] is to [be added], |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] o i' 8'8'–o i' 9'9' | [PN₂ received] from [PN₁] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] o ii' 1'o ii 1'–o ii' 3'3' | Ipqu-Nanaya received from PN; |
| Obverse Column ii [3:6] o ii' 4'4'–o ii' 6'6' | he will measure the barley at the delivery of the harvest ... |
| Obverse Column ii [6:8] o ii' 7'7'–o ii' 8'8' | (Its) witnesses, its month, its year. |
| Obverse Column iii [0:3] o iii' 1'o iii 1'–o iii' 3'3' | (If) he will not [measure (the barley)], he will [add] an interest [of ...]; |
| Obverse Column iii [3:5] o iii' 4'4'–o iii' 5'5' | he has pro[mised]. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:4] r ii' 1'r ii 1'–r ii' 4'4' | As ... he gave a built-up house plot of 1/2 sar, next to the house of Sin-... |
| Reverse Column ii [4:8] r ii' 5'5'–r ii' 8'8' | In the future Ilum-re'i and his heirs, as many as there will be, [will not raise a claim concerning] this house. |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii' 1'r iii 1'–r iii' 1'r iii 1' | [Tot.] gur of barley, |
| Reverse Column iii [1:3] r iii' 2'2'–r iii' 3'3' | for buying [...], for a partnership enterprise, |
| Reverse Column iii [3:6] r iii' 4'4'–r iii' 6'6' | [A]ba-Nanna-gin received from Damu-azu; |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii' 7'7'–r iii' 7'7' | at [the delivery] of the harvest ... |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 3' | [lu₂-ki-inim]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4' | [itud-bi] ⸢mu-bi-im⸣ | |
| 5' | [n] še gur | |
| 6' | [maš₂ ...] še-ta-⸢am₃⸣ | |
| 7' | [tah-he]-dam | |
| 8' | [ki ...]-ta | |
| 9' | [...]-ke₄ | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | [ki] ⸢x-x-x-x⸣ | |
| 2' | {m}ip-qu₂-{d}na-na-a-a | |
| 3' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 4' | mu-DU buru₁₄-ka | |
| 5' | KA AB BA x | |
| 6' | ⸢še al-aŋ₂⸣-e | |
| 7' | lu₂-ki-inim-ma | |
| 8' | itud-bi mu-bi | |
| o iii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢la⸣-[ba-aŋ₂-e] | |
| 2' | maš₂ [...] | |
| 3' | bi₂-ib-[tah-e] | |
| 4' | inim-inim-[ni] | |
| 5' | ba-[an-šum₂] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | mu x x x x ba-x-x | |
| 2' | 1/2 sar e₂ du₃-a | |
| 3' | da e₂ {d}suen-x-x | |
| 4' | in-na-an-šum₂ | |
| 5' | ud kur₂-še₃ | |
| 6' | (AN.SIPA) | |
| 7' | u₃ ibila-a-ni a-na me-a-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 8' | e₂-⸢bi⸣-[še₃ ...] | |
| r iii' | ||
| 1' | [n] še gur | |
| 2' | [x sa₁₀]-sa₁₀-de₃ | |
| 3' | [nam-tab]-ba-a-⸢ni⸣-še₃ | |
| 4' | [ki] {d}da-mu-a-zu-ta | |
| 5' | {[m}a]-ba-{d}nanna-gin₇-ke₄ | |
| 6' | [šu] ba-an-ti | |
| 7' | [mu-DU] ud buru₁₄-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
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