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CT 04, pl. 50, Bu 1888-05-12, 0731 (P355871)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 04, pl. 50, Bu 1888-05-12, 0731 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355871 |
| Museum no. | BM 078787 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _igi_ [...] | before ... |
| 2' | _dumu_ x-[...] | son of ... |
| 3' | _igi_ hi-isz-x-[...] | before ... |
| 4' | _dumu li-[...] | son of Li- |
| 5' | _igi_ AN-[...] | before Anu-... |
| 6' | _igi_ [...] | before ... |
| 7' | _igi_ [...] | before ... |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _dub 1(disz) sar 1(u) gin2 e2 |KI.KAL|_ | a tablet of 1 sar 10 shekels: the storehouse; |
| 2 | _da e2_ a-da-ia-tum | adjacent to the house of Adāyatum |
| 3 | _da e2_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu | adjacent to the house of Sîn-abūšu |
| 4 | u3 _da e2_ {d}suen-i-mi-ti | and adjacent to the house of Sîn-imitti |
| 5 | mu-s,u2-szu su-qu2-u2-um | his limbs are short, |
| 6 | _ki_ a-bu-wa-qar {d}suen-i-mi-ti | from Abu-waqar Sîn-imitti |
| 7 | u3 be-te-tum | and Betetum |
| 8 | _dumu-mesz_ na-ru-um-dingir | sons of Narum-ilum |
| 9 | {disz}geme2-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu | Seleucus, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 10 | _dumu-munus_ ku3-babbar-isz8-tar2 | daughter of Kubaba-Ištar |
| 11 | i-na _har ku3-babbar in-szi-sa10_ | for silver he bought. |
| 12 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 14 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 15 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 16 | _sza3-bi al-du10_ | Its inside is good. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4 kur2 lu2 lu2 nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-dam_ | If a new man does not return a man |
| 2 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 3 | u3 {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, it-mu-u2 | and Sîn-muballiṭ heard |
| 4 | _igi_ a-da-ia-tum _dumu_ ka-ni-ik-rum | before Adayatum, son of Kanikrum |
| 5 | _igi_ sza-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ a-bi-a-ra-ah | before Ša-Amurrum, son of Abi-araḫ |
| 6 | _igi_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu _dumu_ nu-rum-li-s,i2 | before Ilu-šu-ibbīszu, son of Nur-liṣi |
| 7 | _igi_ i-na-szu-dingir u3 usz-ta-asz-ni-dingir | before Ina-šu-ilī and Uša-tash-ni-ilum |
| 8 | _dumu-mesz_ ak-bu-u2 | sons of Akbû |
| 9 | _igi_ li-tir-pi2-{d}utu _dumu_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 | before Litir-pî-šamaš, son of Lipit-Ishtar |
| 10 | [_igi_ ...]-i-din-nam _dumu_ sin-dingir | Witness: ...-iddinam, son of Sin-ili |
| 11 | [_igi_ ...]-MA?-zimbir{ki}-tum | before ...-ša-Sippar |
| 12 | [_dumu_] a-hu-wa-qar | son of Ahu-waqar |
| 13 | [_igi_ a-wi]-il-{d}iszkur _dumu_ dam-qi2-ia | before Awīl-Adad, son of Damqiya |
| 14 | [_igi_ ARAD]-{d#}esz-ha-ra _dumu_ sin-ga-mil | before Warad-Ešhara, son of Sin-gamil |
| 15 | _igi#_ sza-ma-ia-tum _dumu_ du-lu-qum | before Šamayatum, son of Dulumqum |
| 16 | _igi#_ ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,ir | before Ipqatum, son of Šamaš-nāṣir |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ a-da-ia-tum | Seal of Adayatum |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ li#-[...] | Seal of Li-... |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | [_kiszib3_ ...]-tum# | Seal of ...tum |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu | Seal of Ilu-šu-ibbīszu. |
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