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BE 06/2, 057 (P283605)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BE 06/2, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283605 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 01995 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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 | ṭa₃-ab-ba-la-ṭu₃ dumu e-tel-pi₄-{d}utu | Babbalatbu, son of Etel-pî-šamaš |
| 2 | {diš}be-el-ti-ia dam-a-ni | Bēltiya, his wife |
| 3 | {diš}ha-bil-a-hi nam-dumu-ne-ne-še₃ ba-an-da-ri | Ḫil-aḫi was taken away as their son. |
| 4 | e₂ a-ša₃ nig₂-gur₁₁ e₂-a gal₂-la a-na me-a-bi | The house, the field and property that are in the house, how much more? |
| 5 | {diš}{d}nin-urta-ga-mil šeš-gal PA-LU-TA-na | Ninurta-gāmil, chief accountant |
| 6 | šu ba-ab-te-ga₂ | who has taken it away |
| 7 | teš₂-a si₃-ga-bi i₃-ba-e-ne | they will divide equally among themselves. |
| 8 | a-na dub nam-ibila {diš}ap-lum gala | for the tablet of heirship of Aplum, the gala-priest |
| 9 | garza a-ša₃ e₂ u₃ {geš}kiri₆ {diš}ha-bil-a-hi | The garza of the field, house and orchard of Ḫil-aḫi |
| 10 | {diš}{d}nin-urta-ga-mil šeš-a-ni | Ninurta-gamil, his son |
| 11 | inim nu-ga₂-ga₂-a | shall not raise a claim |
| 12 | tukun-bi ṭa₃-ab-ba-la-ṭu₃ | who has sworn it, |
| 13 | u₃ be-el-ti-ia dam-a-ni | and my lady, her husband |
| 14 | {diš}ha-bil-a-hi dumu-ni-ra | Ḫil-aḫi, his son, |
| 15 | dumu-mu nu-me-en ba-e-ne-in-dug₄-uš | You are not a son, you have been treated badly |
| 16 | 1/2(diš) ma-na ku₃-babbar i₃-la₂-e-ne | they will pay 1/2 mina of silver. |
| 17 | u₃ tukun-bi ha-bil-a-hi | and the support of Ḫabil-aḫu, |
| 18 | ṭa₃-ab-ba-la-ṭu₃ u₃ be-el-ti-ia | my lordship |
| 19 | ad-da nu-me-en ama nu-me-en | You are no father, you are no mother. |
| 20 | ⸢ba⸣-ne-en-dug₄-uš | they will satisfy him. |
| 21 | umbin al-ku₅-ru-ne | they cut the nails. |
| 22 | kar an-ni-ib₂-du₃-e | he built for her at the quay. |
| 23 | u₃ ku₃-še₃ ba-ab-šum₂-mu-ne | and silver they shall carry. |
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