Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur masz2 in-tuku
en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley with an interest,
2. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
en: from Nabi-Šamaš
3. {disz}a-me-er-tum dam ba-la-t,um-ke4
en: Amertum, wife of Balaṭum,
4. szu ba-an-ti
en: has received.
5. mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka
en: At the delivery of the harvest,
6. sze u3 masz2-bi
en: the barley and its interest
7. al-ag2-e
en: will be measured out.
reverse
1. igi qu2-ur-du-um dumu {d}da-mu-gal-zu
en: Before Kurdum, son of Damu-galzu;
2. igi i3-li2-e-ri-ba#-am#
en: before Ilī-eribam;
3. igi nibru{ki}-ga-mil
en: before Nippur-gāmil;
4. igi na-ap-lu-us2-e2-a
en: before Naplus-ea.
5. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 2(disz)-kam
en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 2 (of)
6. mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir nig2 babbar2-ra ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 {d}marduk-ra a mu-na-ru
en: the year (in which Samsu-iluna) dedicated to Marduk a brillantly weapon-emblem (covered with) silver and gold.
envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur masz in#-tuku#
en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley with an interest,
2. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
en: from Nabi-Šamaš
3. {disz}a-me-er-tum dam# ba-la-t,um-ke4
en: Amertum, wife of Balaṭum,
5. szu ba-an-ti
en: has received.
6. mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka
en: At the delivery of the harvest,
7. sza u3 masz2#-bi
en: the barley and its interest
8. al-ag2#-e
en: will be measured out.
reverse
1. igi qur2-du-um dumu {d}da-mu-gal-zu
en: Before Kurdum, son of Damu-galzu;
2. igi i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am dumu i3-li2-an-dul3-li2
en: before Ilī-eribam, son of Ilī-andulli;
3. igi nibru{ki}-ga-mil dumu {d}utu-na-s,ir
en: Nippur-gāmil, son of Šamaš-nāṣir;
4. igi na-ap-lu-us2-e2-a dub-sar
en: before Naplus-ea, the scribe.
5. iti apin-du8-a u4 2(disz)-kam
en: The month of Kinūnum, the day 2 (of)
6. mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir nig2 babbar2-ra {d}marduk-ra a mu-na-ru-a
en: the year in which in which (Samsu-iluna) dedicated a brillantly weapon-emblem to Marduk.
seal 1
1. a-li2-a-bi
en: Ali-abī
2. dumu-munus ta-ri-bu-um
en: daughter of Taribum
3. geme2 {d}iszkur
en: servant of Adad
seal 2
1. {d}da-mu
en: Damu
2. a-zu-gal
en: chief doctor
3. dumu {d}x-x
en: son of ...