Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Dūr-Abī-ēšuḫ (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Image
© [see publications]
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gin2 igi 4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
2. _sa10 dug ka-du3!(NI)
3. _1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ge-er-ri
4. _inim {na4}kiszib-a-ni nu-me-a_
5. _ki_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _dub-sar_
6. a-na qa2-be2-e {d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 _nu-esz3_
7. {disz}i-szi-a-ba-la _dumu_ a-zu-pi2-ri
8. _u3_ u2-sa-tum _dumu_ zi-im-ra-tum
9. _szu ba-an-ti-me-esz_
10. i-na sza-la-am ge-er-ri-szu#-nu
11. a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu-nu
reverse
1. _ku3-babbar i3-la2-e-mesz_
2. it-ti sza-al-mi _u3_ ke-ni
3. _ku3-babbar_-szu i-le-eq-qe2
4. _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _ugula gidri_
5. _igi_ i-la-tum _dumu_ lu2-{d}nusku
6. _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}en-lil2 _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_
single ruling
blank space
seal impression
7. _iti sze-saga-ku5 u4 3(disz)-kam_
8. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni szu silim-ma ab-di-di-NE-a_
some text moved to preceding line
left
seal impression
1. _{na4}kiszib3_ i-szi-ba-la-a
2. _u3_ u2-sa-tum
seal 1
(uninscribed)
seal 2
(uninscribed)