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CT 04, pl. 42, Bu 1891-05-09, 2188 (P355852)

Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 04, pl. 42, Bu 1891-05-09, 2188
ID	P355852
Museum no.	BM 082054
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Business / Contracts
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

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)
obverse
1	{disz}su2-ga-gu-um _mu-ni_	Subagum, his name
2	_dumu_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu u3 um-mi-t,a3-ba-at	son of Sîn-abūšu and Ummiṭabat
3	{disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu _ad-da-ni_	Sîn-abušu, his father
4	pu-su2 u3-li-il	he filled the well.
5	a-di {disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu _ad-da-ni_ ba-al-t,u2	until Sîn-abūšu, his father, life
6	{disz}su2-ga-gu-um _dumu-ni_	Sugum, his son
7	i-ta-na-szi-szu	he gave to him
8	a-na wa-ar-ki-a-at u4-mi	in the future
9	e-li {disz}su2-ga-gu-um _dumu_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu	against Sugum, son of Sîn-abūšu
10	{disz}nu-tu-ub-tum _lukur {d}utu_	Nutubtum, nadītu of Šamaš
11	u3 na-bi-{d}suen _szesz-ni dumu-mesz_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu	and Nabi-Sîn, his brother, sons of Sīn-abušu
12	mi-im-ma e-li {disz}su2-ga-gu-um a-hi-szu-nu u2-la i-szu-u2	whatever against Sugīm, their brother, they did not have
reverse
1	_mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu	year: “Šamaš, Marduk,
2	u3 su-mu-la-el3 _ad-da-ne-ne in-pa3_	and Sumula-el, their fathers, he has sworn.
3	{disz}su2-ga-gu-um a-na	Sugum to
4	{disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu a-bi-szu	Sîn-abušu, his father
5	u2-la a-bi at-ta	“You, not my father,
6	i-qa2-bi-ma a-ra-an	he will say, and a tribute
7	ma-ru a-wi-li i-mi-du-szu	“If a man’s limbs hurt him,
8	_igi_ a-ki-ia _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ra-bi2	before me, son of Adad-rabi
9	_igi_ sin-we-de-ku _dumu_ dingir-ma-lik	before Sîn-wedeku, son of Ilī-malik
10	_igi_ sin-re-me-ni _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ba-ni	before Sîn-rēmeni, son of Adad-bani
11	_igi_ {d}utu-sze-mi _igi_ isz-me-sin	before Šamaš-šemi, before Ishme-sin
12	_igi_ me-ra-na-qi2 _dumu-mesz_ e2-a-na-da	before Meranaqi, sons of Eanada
13	_igi_ {d}suen-ga-mi-il _dumu_ e2-a-he2-gal2	before Sîn-gamil, son of Ea-ḫegal
14	_igi_ pu-ha-nu-um _dumu_ sin-en-nam	before Puhanum, son of Sin-ennam
15	_igi_ sin-a-da-lal3 _dumu_ e-ri-ib!(UR)-{d}suen	before Sin-adallal, son of Erīb-Sîn
16	_igi_ pa-la-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu	before Palatum, daughter of Sîn-abūšu
left col 1
1	_igi_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu_ ma-szum	before Iddin-Sîn, son of Mašum
left col 2
1	_igi_ a-za-tum _dumu_ wa-ar-tum	before Azatum, son of Wartum
left col 3
1	_igi_ {d}utu-numun dub-sar_	before Šamaš-zer, the scribe
2	isz-tu su-mu-la-el3 ku-nu-ka-ti ih-pu-u2!	After Sūmû-la-el destroyed your seals,

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