Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

STUDIES IN CAPPADOCIAN TABLETS

DUMU Alj-me a-na (32) 22 ha-amn-sa-tim i-pa-gal (33) s-u-ma la,
ilq-kul 1. 1/12 CIN(TA) (34) a-na I MA-NA(im) i ITU I KAMt (35)
zi-ib-ta'm -(1-za-,,ib wa-bi-el (36) dub-b i-imi Su-ud DAM-GARI (37)
[me-ihj-ra-um S'a dub-bi-e (38) [ha-ar]-mu-tim tak-lam e-ti'-i/c
Tablet of Kukuzi s. of Zilijri-ili; tablet of Eres"-Zuin s. of
Mania; tablet of Nab-Zuin s. of Gimil-b~4im
As'ur-malik has (a claim for) 27 manelis of refined silver
against Nab-Zuin. From the "1week." of.... - month of KuZallu,
eponymy of.... - for 10 " weeks " he shall pay; Iif he does not
pay, he shall add '1 1/2 shekels on every maneh monthly as
interest. The silver and the wares have been transferred as
security (L o the name of As'ur —Malik. "The merchant shall
not pawn (?) them.
Tablet of Nazi s. of Amuru-bani; tablet of Lakib s. of Manudue; tablet of Eres'-Zuin s. of Mania
The merchant has (a claim for) 5/6 manehs -of refined silver against Eres'-Zul'n s. of Mania. From the "week" of Idin-abum
for 4 "' weeks " he shall pay; 2 if he does not pay, he shall add.1 1/2 shekels on every maneh monthly as interest.
24Tablet of Belah-As'ur S. of As'ur-nada; tablet of As'ur-taklaku. s. of Enania; tablet of Gimil-As~ur s. of' Inahi-ilim
27 The merchant has (a claim -for) 1 mnaneh of refined silver
against Gimil-As'ur. tiHe shall pay for 22 "1 weeks" from the
~'week " of Idin-abumr- month of Tanmarta, eponymy of
Enna-Zuin s. of Aljme; '" if fie doe-s not pay, he shall add 1 1/2.Shekels on every maneb monthly as interest.
That merchant is the bearer of the tablet. ~ A duplicate of
the sworn tablets has been transferred as security (?).
LI. 12 and 38. Lewy's translation of taklam (acc.) in 1. 12 as an
ad'. 'trustworthy' agreeing with A.'ur-rna/ik (gen.) is disproved'
by its case and in 1. 38 as standing for the proper name by the
absence of the prep. ana 'to'; cp. B I 4, 48. Is it not an acc. case
used adverbially?
L. 16. That the sign has the value ((4 /6 )) is proved
by L 241, 3-8.
L. 30 The month here named can be read either Takmaria (Smith)
or, more probably, Taminarta (Lewy; cp. Weidner in Bab. vi,174).