Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Image
© Penn Museum
Transliteration
CBS 04846 = MSL 07: 179 = V20 = SLT 96
tablet
obverse model contract
reverse
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1. gi# [...]
2. gi# [...]
3. gi# [...]
4. gi# [...]
5. gi# [...]
6. gi# [...]
7. gi# [...]
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column 2
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1. {gi#}[pisan kusz si-ga]
2. {gi}pisan gi-dub#-[ba]
3. {gi}pisan gid2-da
4. {gi}pisan gu4-da
5. {gi}pisan sa2-a
6. {gi}ma#-[sa2]-ab#
7. {gi#}ma#-sa2-ab szu
8. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda
9. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda sag10!
10. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ku3
11. {gi#}ma-sa2-ab za-an#-[...]
12. [{gi}]ma#-[sa2]-ab# [ku3-an]
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1. [{gi}hal] uzu
2. gi#-ha-an
3. gi#-ha-an siki#
4. [{gi}]gum2-gum2-szu2-a
5. {gi#}nig2-esir2(|LAGABxHAL|)!-ra
6. [{gi}]nig2-kusz si-a
7. [{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)
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9. [{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A#.LAGAB#xA#|)# pisan
10. [{gi}buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) lu2]-im2#
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