JCS 11, 018 05 (P423692)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Image © Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) gur sze sag
2. masz2 gi-na dah-e-dam
3. ki i-bi-{d}utu
4. {disz}i-din-{d}mar-tu
5. u3 hu-na-ba-tum
6. szu ba-an-ti-mesz
7. iti sig4-a sze masz2-bi
8. i3-ag2-e-ne
reverse
  (envelope fragment adhering to middle of reverse)
1. igi tu#-x-x
  envelope adds: dumu e2-a-ra-bi
2. {disz}da-[aq-qum]
3. {disz}{d#}[nusku-re-e'-i3]-li2?
  blank space
4. iti# [ab-e3]
5. mu e2#-mes#-lam
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) gur sze sag
2. masz2 gi-na dah-e-dam
3. ki i-bi-{d}utu
4. {disz}i-din-{d}mar-tu
5. u3 hu-na-ba-tum
6. szu ba-an-ti-mesz
7. iti sig4-a sze masz2-bi
8. i3-ag2-e-ne
reverse
1. igi tu#-x?-x dumu e2-a-ra-bi
2. {disz}da-aq#?-qum
3. {disz}{d}nusku-re-e'#-[i3]-li2
  blank space
4. iti ab-e3
5. mu e2-mes-lam
seal 1
  traces