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    business

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    classical

    period

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    Transliterations

    of

    Selected

    Texts

    Xo.

    5.

    I

    sag wardam

    '' sin-ma-gir

    nui-n[i-ini|

    warad

    bal-niu-nam-he ki

    l)al-mu-

    nam-he

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    '

    ka-sha

    ''

    nu-mush-da

    ad-da-ni

    u

    ta-ri-ba-a-tum

    ama-a-ni

    (line

    erased)

    shu-ni-a-ni

    shu-ba-an-ti

    -'''''

    '

    '' siii-nia-gir u-gu-ba-an-de

    '

    '

    ka-sha-

    ''

    nu-mush-da

    ad-da-ni

    ^

    ta-ri-ba-a-tuni

    ama-a-ni

    c-ni

    u

    gish-shar-ni

    '

    bal-mu-nam-he

    ba-an-tum-mu

    ^'

    mahar

    &c.

    One slave,

    Sin-ma-gir

    by

    name, the slave of llalmunamhe, from Ilalmunamhe

    his

    owner, Ka-sha-nu-mush-da

    his

    father,

    and Ta-ri-ba-a-tum liis mother, have taken

    him

    in charge. (Should)

    Sin-ma-gir

    run

    away,

    K

    his

    father, T

    his mother

    (say)

    their

    house

    and

    their

    garden

    shall

    Balmunamhe

    take

    in

    possession.

    (

    Witnesses

    and

    date

    follow.)

    Xo.

    16.

    I

    sag wardam i-li-i-din-nam

    mu-ni-i[m] warad

    bal-mu-nam-he ki bal-

    mu-nam-he lugal-a-ni-ir

    ^

    '

    ha-zi-rum u '' shamash-ga-mil

    shim

    (

    -|-gar?)

    shu-ni-

    a-ni

    ba-

    (error

    for

    shu-ba)

    -an-ti

    '^*

    in-na-ab-bi-it

    ^^

    I'l-da-ap-pa-ar

    ip-pa-ra-ku e-gal-

    am kab-ta-am

    [u] ra-bi-a-am

    i-shi-i

    -^

    [i]

    ma-na

    ka[spim]

    n]i-lal-e-ne

    [mahar] &c.

    This

    document

    is similar in nature

    to

    No.

    5.

    But

    the terms

    are

    expressed more

    largely

    in

    Semitic to the effect that

    should

    the slave

    flee,

    be

    captured,

    interned

    or

    enter

    the

    palace,

    adytum

    or prefecture they

    will

    pay one

    mana

    of

    silver.

    Xo.

    22

    specifies

    the

    casualties even

    more

    fully.

    We

    note that e-gal

    the

    uninflected

    Sumerian

    for palace

    in Nos.

    22,

    24,

    28,

    is in Nos.

    16 and A

    inflected as a

    Semitic

    noun.

    \o.

    22.

    '

    ''

    shamash-ra-bi

    mu-ni-im warad

    lial-mu-nam-lie

    ki

    bal-mu-nam-he

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    '

    ha-zi-ru-um

    lu-ku

    '

    gimil-

    ''

    mar-tu lu-ku

    '

    hu-na-ba-tum

    dam-a-

    [ni]

    u

    e gimil-

    ''

    mar-tu shu-ni-a-ni

    shu-ba-an-ti

    ' ' '^

    ^

    e-gal

    kab-ta-am

    e-sal

    i-shi-i-ma

    ma-

    ha-a u-gu-ba-an-de

    na-ak-rum

    i-li-iq-qi-e-su-u-ma

    ur-mah

    i-da-ak-shu-u-ma

    '

    '

    ha-zi-

    rum

    lu-ku

    gimil-

    ''

    mar-tu lu-ku

    '

    hu-na-ba-tum

    dam-a-ni

    i\ e

    gimil-

    ''

    mar-tu

    i

    ma-na

    kaspim

    -

    ni-la -e-ne

    mahar

    &c.

    Xo.

    24.

    tab-lni-ul-zu-za mu-ni-im

    warad

    bal-mu-nam-he

    ki

    bal-mu-nam-he

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    '

    '^

    sin-ub-lam lu-ku

    shu-ni-a-ni

    shu-ba-an-ti

    ma-ha-a

    I'l-gu-ba-an-de

    e-gal kab-ta-am

    e-sal

    i-shi-hi-i-ma

    ' ur-mah i-ik-ka-al-shu

    n[a-a]

    k-rum

    i-li-iq-qi-

    shu-i'i-ma

    ''

    sin-ub-lam

    i

    [ma-na]

    kaspim ni-lal-e

    '''

    mahar &c.

    Xo.

    27.

    ash-shum eqlim-'

    sha

    ''

    sin-ga-mil

    '

    pi-ir-hu-um

    shi-ip-

    ''

    sin

    mar

    ^

    sin-ga-mil

    ip-qu-ur-ma

    ^

    ''

    nin-ib-ni-shu

    im-hu-ru-u-ma

    a-na

    e

    ''

    nin-mar-ki

    [it]-

    ru-( ?)du-(

    ?)ni-shu-nu-ti-i-ma i-na e

    ''

    nin-mar-ki

    '

    daiane

    ^

    di-nam

    u-sha-hi-zu-

    shu-nu-ti-i-ma

    '

    shi-ip-

    '^

    sin mar

    ''

    sin-ga-mil

    a-na ni-ish

    ilum

    id-di-nu-u-ma

    '

    shi-ip-

    ^

    sin

    mar

    ''

    sin-ga-mil

    *''

    i-na

    e

    ''

    nin-mar-ki

    ki-a-am

    iz-ku-ur

    um-ma

    shu-u-ma

    eqlum-' '

    an-nu-um

    sha

    pi-ir-hu-um

    '-

    ip-qu-ra

    -

    an-ni(

    ?)

    la

    a-shag-shu

    ba-zu-shu-ma

    ''

    sin-ga-

    mil a-bi-ia

    ish-tu

    ^

    sin-i-din-nam

    lugal

    ''

    sin-ga-mil

    a-bi

    lu-u

    sa-bi-it

    -''

    mahar

    &c.

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    In

    the law-case

    concerning

    the

    field of

    Singamil where

    conflicting

    claims

    were put

    in

    by

    Pirluim

    and

    by

    Ship-Sin,

    the

    son

    of Singamil,

    Ninibnishu

    appeared.

    They car-

    ried

    the

    case

    up

    to

    the

    temple

    of Nin-mar-ki.

    At

    the

    temple

    of

    Nin-mar-ki

    the

    judges

    admitted

    the

    case

    to

    judgment.

    Ship-Sin

    swore

    by

    the

    divinity.

    Ship-Sin, the

    son

    of

    Singamil,

    at

    the

    temple

    of Nin-mar-ki

    himself

    made

    solemn oath.

    This

    field

    to

    which

    Pirhum

    and

    I

    lay

    claim

    ; it

    is

    not

    his

    field. It

    was the property

    of

    Singamil,

    my

    father.

    Since

    the time

    of

    Sinidinnam the king verily

    Singamil

    my father

    held

    it.

    Ship

    Sin,

    the

    defendant

    in

    this

    document,

    appeared before the

    court

    ten years later

    in

    another

    dispute

    about

    real

    estate

    which

    is described in No.

    56.

    Ninibnishu

    in this

    and

    Ubar

    Shamash

    in the

    other

    appeared

    for

    the

    defendant. (Syllables

    3

    and

    4

    in

    lines

    8

    of Xo.

    27

    and

    10 of

    Xo.

    56

    are

    uncertain,

    though

    it

    is

    apparent what the

    scribe

    meant.)

    No.

    28.

    '

    il-lu-lum

    mu-ni-im

    warad bal-mu-nam-he ki bal-mu-nam-he

    lugal-a-

    ni-ir

    =

    lu-ush-ta-mar

    u

    ha-am-ba

    nin-de

    shu-ni-a-ni

    shu-ba-an-ti- *

    e-gal

    kab-ta-am

    l>i-it-sal

    i-shi-i-ma

    '

    ma-lia-a

    u-gu-ba-an-de

    na-ak-rum

    i-li-iq-qi-e-shu-ma

    ur-mah

    i-da-ak-shu-u-ma

    lu-iish-ta-mar

    u

    ha-am-ba

    nin-de

    ^^

    I

    ma-na

    kaspim

    ni-lal-e-ne

    nialiar

    &c.

    No.

    56.

    ash-shum

    e

    sha

    shi-ip-

    ''

    sin

    ki

    ''

    .sin-ga-mil a-bi-shu

    i-sha-mu

    i-ta-mu

    '

    ''

    sin-erish

    ip-ku-ur-shu-ma

    ^

    um-ma shu-u-ma kaspum u-ul

    gu-mu-ra

    u-bar-

    ^

    shamash

    im-hu-rn-u-ma

    [a-n]a

    e

    ''nin-mar-ki

    '

    it-ru-da-ash-shu-nu-ti-ma

    di-kud-

    ' '*

    sha e

    ''

    nin-mar-ki

    di-nam

    u-sha-hi-zu-shu-nu-ti-ma

    shi-ip-

    ^

    sin

    a-na

    ni-ish

    ilum

    id-di-nu-u-ma

    '''

    '

    shi-ip-

    '^

    sin

    su-nu-uk

    e

    sha i-sha-mu il-ki-e-ma

    ki-a-am

    iz-kur

    um-ma

    shu-ma

    ta-pi-i

    su-nu-uk-ki-im

    -

    an-ni-im kaspam

    ga-am-ra-am lu

    na-ad-na-

    kn

    zi-it-tuni

    e-Ii-ia la

    il)-ba-shu-u-ma

    -^

    mahar

    &c.

    TR.\x.';r..\Tiox.

    Concerning

    the house which Shi-ip-Sin from

    Sin-ga-mil

    his

    father

    swore

    that

    he

    bought.

    Sin-erish

    laid

    claim

    to it;

    furthermore

    he said (that)

    the

    complete

    price

    fhad)

    not

    (been

    paid).

    (Then)

    U-bar-Shamash

    appeared.

    Unto

    the

    temple

    of

    Nin-mar-ki

    they sent

    him.

    The judges

    of the

    temple

    of

    Nin-mar-ki

    undertook

    judgment.

    Shi-ip-Sin

    gave

    oath

    by

    the

    divinity.

    Shi-ip-Sin

    a

    re-measur-

    ing

    of

    the

    house

    (-

    property)

    which

    he

    bought

    accepted;

    furthermore

    he

    himself

    made

    oath

    (with) the

    companions

    of

    this re-measuring

    (viz.)

    the full price,

    truly, has

    been

    paid thee;

    the

    portion

    (of the

    payment)

    against

    me does not

    hold. In

    the

    pres-

    ence of,

    &c.

    No.

    A.

    I

    sag wardam

    a-na-e-a-tak-la-ku mu-ni-im warad

    bal-mu-nam-he

    ki

    bal-

    niu-nam-he

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    ' ^sin-ga-mil pashish

    ''

    nin-e-gal shu-ni-a shu-ba-an-ti a-na-

    e-a-tak-la-ku

    ma-ha-a

    u-gu-ba-an-de e-gal-am

    kab-ta-am

    *

    11

    ra-bi-a-am

    i-shi-i-ma

    '

    '

    sin-ga-mil i

    ma-na kaspim

    ni-lal-e

    mahar

    &c.

    No.

    B.

    [

    ta]l)-bu-u[l-z]u-za m[u-ni-i]m warad bal-mu-nam-he

    ki bal-mu-

    nam-he

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    '

    [gimil]

    -

    ''

    mar-tu

    shu-ni-a

    shu-ba-an-ti ma-ha u-gu-ba-an-de

    ur-mah

    iii-ku

    gimil-

    ''

    mar-tu

    '

    i

    ma-na

    kaspim ni-lal-e

    mahar

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    The

    interesting variants

    used

    in the documents

    of

    Bahnuiianihe

    with reference

    to

    the loan

    of

    slaves

    may

    be summarized in the following synopsis

    A

    mu-ni-im,

    warad

    B

    .

    Ki

    B

    lugal-a-ni-ir

    C

    shu-ni-a(-ni)

    shu-ba-an-ti

    '^esh

    or

    esw

    Shu-(gar)-tur-lal-bi

    ma (or

    su or ba)

    -

    ha-a

    I'l-gii-ba-an-de or

    in-na-ab-bi-it

    e-gal

    (-am)

    kab-ta-am

    e-sal (-e-ne)

    or

    bi-it-sal

    u

    ra-bi-a-am

    i-shi-

    (hi)

    -i or

    ip-pa-ra-(ak)-ku

    ur-mah ni-ku

    or

    i-ik-ka-al-shu

    or i-da-ak-shu-u

    na-ak-rum i-li-iq-qi(-e)-shu(-u)

    or

    u-da-ap-pa-ar

    C

    mana

    kaspim

    ni-lal-e (-ne)

    For a fuller treatment

    with translations,

    see the

    American

    Journal

    of Semitic

    Lan-

    guages

    and

    Literatures,

    Vol.

    XXXIV,

    No.

    3,

    April,

    1918,

    p.

    199

    tif.

    {May,

    1919)

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