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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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley
2. masz2 in-tuku
en: bearing an interest,
3. ki na-bi-{d}utu
en: from Nabi-šamaš
4. {disz}ma-szum u3 e-ri-isz-tum dumu-munus-ni
en: Mašum and Erištum his daughter
5. szu ba-an-ti-<esz>
en: have received.
6. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
en: At the delivery of the harvest
7. sze u3 masz2-bi
en: the barley with (lit. and) its interest
reverse
1. gur-ru-dam
en: they will return.
2. igi {d}en-nu-gi4-a-bi
en: Before Ennugi-abī;
3. igi i-din-dingir
en: before I(d)din-ilum.
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4. iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
en: The month of Tašrītum, the day 21
5. mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir nig2 babbar-ra ku3-babbar ku3-sig17#
en: (of) the year (in which Samsu-iluna the king dedicated to Marduk) a brillantly weapon-emblem (covered with) silver and gold.
envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) [1(barig)] sze gur
en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānum of barley
2. masz2 in-tuku
en: bearing an interest,
3. ki na-bi-{d}utu
en: from Nabi-šamaš
4. {disz}ma-szum
en: Mašum
5. u3 e-ri-isz-tum
en: and Erištum
6. szu ba-an-ti-<esz>
en: have received.
7. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka#
en: At the delivery of the harvest
8. sze# u3 masz2-[bi]
en: the barley with its interest
9. gur#-ru#-[dam]
en: they will return.
reverse
broken
seal 1
illegible