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CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0725 (P355870)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0725 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355870 |
| Museum no. | BM 092588 & BM 092588A |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | _3(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2_ | 3 sar, the temple of Kigal |
| 2 | _da e2_ akszak{ki}-ia _aga-us2_ | adjoining the house of Akšak, the soldier |
| 3 | u3 _da e2_ akszak{ki}-ia _dumu_ {d}suen-sipa | and next to the house of Akšak, son of Sîn-sipa |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ a-na su2-qi2-im | Its head is 1 for the street |
| 5 | _ki_ qi2-isz-nu-nu _dumu_ ARAD2-sa3 | from Qišnunu, son of ARADsa |
| 6 | u3 hu-na-bi-ia _dam-a-ni_ | and Ḫunabiya his wife |
| 7 | {disz}i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 8 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | son of Ilšu-bani, |
| 9 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 12 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 13 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 14 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 15 | inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a | shall not raise a claim |
| 16 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk a-pil-sin | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Apil-sin, |
| 17 | u3 _iri_ zimbir[{ki}] | and the city of Sippar |
| 18 | it-mu-u2 | they heard. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza pi4 tup-pi2-im an-ni-im | According to the wording of this tablet: |
| 2 | u2-na-ka-ru | they shall cut off. |
| 3 | _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _dumu_ lu2-{d}nanna | before Awil-ilī, son of Lu-Nanna |
| 4 | _igi_ bur-{d}suen _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}suen | before Bur-Sin, son of Ibni-Sîn |
| 5 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _igi_ dingir-szu-illat-su2 | Before Ilu-šubāni, before Ilû-tillassu, |
| 6 | _dumu-mesz_ puzur4-{d}utu | sons of Puzur-Šamaš |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu _dumu_ e2-ki-AN | before Sîn-abūšu, son of Eki-AN |
| 8 | _igi_ a-ha-am-ar-szi _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu | before Aḫam-arši, son of Nur-ilišu |
| 9 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | before Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 10 | _dumu_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | son of Lu-Enlila, |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}nanna-inim-gi-na | before Nanna-inimgina |
| 12 | _dumu_ {d}suen-en-nam | son of Sin-ennam |
| 13 | _igi_ ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu | before Ipquša, son of Naram-ilišu |
| 14 | _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dub-sar_ | before Rīš-Šamaše, scribe |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _dub 3(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2_ | a tablet of 3 sar of the house of Kigal |
| 2 | _da e2_ akszak{ki}-ia _aga-us2_ | adjoining the house of Akšak, the soldier |
| 3 | u3 _da e2_ akszak{ki}-ia _dumu_ {d}suen-sipa | and next to the house of Akšak, son of Sîn-sipa |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ a-na su2-qi2-im sza {d}utu-nu-ur2-ma-tim | Its first head is for the street of Šamaš-nūr-māri. |
| 5 | _ki_ qi2-isz-nu-nu _dumu_ ARAD2-sa3 | from Qišnunu, son of ARADsa |
| 6 | {disz}i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | Ibbi-Ninšubur, son of Ilu-zubani |
| 7 | _in-szi-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | he bought, as its full price |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 9 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 10 | _inim-bi al-til u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | its word is finished. In the future, a man to another man |
| 11 | inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a | shall not raise a claim |
| 12 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk a-pil2-{d}suen | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Apil-Sîn, |
| 13 | u3 _iri_ zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2 | and Sippar they heard. |
| 14 | sza pi4 tup-pi2-im an-ni-im | According to the wording of this tablet: |
| 15 | u2-na-ka-ru | they shall cut off. |
| 16 | _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _dumu_ lu2-{d}nanna | before Awil-ilī, son of Lu-Nanna |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [_igi_ {d}nanna-inim-gi-na _dumu_ {d}suen]-en-nam | before Nanna-inimgina, son of Sin-ennam |
| 2' | [_igi_ ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ na-ra-am-i3]-li2-szu | before Ipqusha, son of Naram-ilišu |
| 3' | [_igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu] _dub#-sar_ | before Rīš-Šamaše, scribe |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ qi2-isz-nu-nu | seal of Qišnunu |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | Seal of Ilšu-bani |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ AN-x-[...] | Seal of AN-... |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ a-wi-il-dingir | Seal of Awil-ilī |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ sin-a-bu-szu | seal of Sin-abūšu |
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