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OB Contracts, pl. C4 no. 18 (P276334)

Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	OB Contracts, pl. C4 no. 18
ID	P276334
Museum no.	N 1183
Collection	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Legal
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
1	1(diš) <(GAN₂)> a-ša₃ \|ZI&ZI.LAGAB.ŠE\|	1 <gin2> field
2	ša₃ a-ša₃ a-gar₃-a	field, meadow
3	us₂-a-DU ur-du₆-ku₃-ga dumu i₃-li₂-ia-tum	next to (the property of) Ur-dukuga, son of Iliyatum
4	u₃ ri-im-ištar dumu im-gu-u₂-a	and Rim-Ištar, son of Imgu'a
5	ša₃ ha-la-ba {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am	from the share of Damu-eribam
6	dumu {d}en-lil₂-a-bi	son of Enlil-abi
7	a-ša₃ {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am	field Damu-eribam
8	dumu {d}en-lil₂-a-bi	son of Enlil-abi
9	u₃ {d}nuska-ni-šu dumu i₃-li₂-ip-pa-al-sa₃	and Nuska-nišu, son of Ilī-ippalsa
10	ki {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am	from Damu-eribam
11	u₃ {d}nuska-ni-šu dumu dumu dam-qu-ke₄-ne-ta	and Nuska-nišu, sons of the good sons
12	{diš}ur-du₆-ku₃-ga dumu i₃-li₂-ia-tum	Ur-dukuga, son of Ilīyatum
13	in-ši-in-sa₁₀	has bought
14	sam₂(\|NINDA₂×ŠE.A.AN\|) til-la-bi-še₃	as its full price
15	6(diš) gin₂ igi 4(diš) gal₂ ku₃-babbar	6 shekels, the inverse of 4 (shekels) of silver
16	in-ne-en-la₂	he has sworn.
r
17	u₄ kur₂-še₃ {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am	when Damu-eribam
18	{diš}{d}nuska-ni-šu dumu dumu dam-qu-ke₄-ne	Nuska-nišu, son of Damqu
19	u₃ ibila-ne-ne a-na me-a-bi	and their heirs, how much
20	1(diš) <(GAN₂)> a-ša₃ a-gar₃-a-bi-še₃	1 <GAN2> field, irrigated
21	inim nu-um-ga₂-ga₂-de₃-a	shall not raise a claim
22	mu lugal teš₂-bi in-pad₃-de₃-eš	they have sworn by the name of the king.
23	igi i-din-{d}da-gan	before Iddin-Dagan
24	dumu {d}sin-e-ri-ba-am	son of Sîn-eribam,
25	igi {d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am dumu ur-du₆-ku₃-ga	before Damu-eribam, son of Ur-dukuga
26	igi ra-bu-ut-{d}sin dumu dam-qu	before Rabut-Sin, son of Damqu
27	igi i₃-li₂-a-a-ba-aš dumu {d}nin-urta-mu-uš-ta-al	before Ilī-aya-aš, son of Ninurta-musvta’al
28	igi a-ap-pa-tum bur-gul	before Appatum, stone-cutter
29	igi ha-pil₂-ki-nu-um dub-sar	before Ḫappil-kinum, the scribe
30	iti ab-e₃ u₄ 6(diš)-kam	The month of Abe, the day 6
31	mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e	Year: Samsu-iluna the king
32	dug₄-ga an {d}en-lil₂-bi-ta	from the stable of An and Enlil,
33	bad₃ uri₂{ki} u₃ unu{ki}ta	the walls of Ur and Uruk
34	mu-un-gul-la	destroyed.
seal 1
1	{d}da-mu-e-ri-ba-am	Damu-eribam
2	dumu	son
3	{d}en-lil₂-a-bi	Enlil-abī
seal 2
1	{d}nuska-ni-šu	Nuska-nišu
2	dumu	son
3	i₃-li₂-ip-pa-al-sa₃-am	Ili-ippalsam,

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