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CT 02, pl. 06, Bu 1888-05-12, 163 (P365087)

Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 02, pl. 06, Bu 1888-05-12, 163
ID	P365087
Museum no.	BM 078298
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	_4(disz) gin2 asz-me ku3-sig17_	4 shekels of ašme-gold
2	2(disz) {na4}ha-ar-sza-na-nu sza babila{ki}	2 haršanānu-stones of Babylon,
3	ta-ak-pi2-tu-sza sza _1(disz) gin2-ta-am3_-szu-nu	her plot of 1 shekel each,
4	2(disz) {gesz}pa-asz-szu-ru ka-an-na-asz-ka-ra-ak-ku	2 sticks of ka-ana-škarakku-wood
5	1(disz) {gesz}pa-asz-szu-ur ge-er-ri	1 tray of erru-wood,
6	sza ka-aq-qa2-as-su2 _{gesz}mes_ ka-ab-lu-szu _{gesz}taskarin_	whose tops are mes-trees, whose bottoms are date palms
7	sza 3(disz) ka-ab-lu-szu	of 3 (mana wool for) Kablušu,
8	1(disz) _{gesz}asz-ne_ sza _{gesz}taskarin_	1 ašnu-tree of tamarisk
9	_3(disz) {gesz}gu-za hi-a_ sza _{gesz}mes_	3 thrones of mes wood
10	_1(disz) i3-dub dug sal-la_	1 jug of fine oil
11	_1(disz) {dug}i3-dub_ sza 3(barig) 2(ban2) ka-ar-ka-mi-su2-u2	1 idub-vessel of 3 barig 2 ban2 Karkamesû,
12	1(disz) ne-em-se-e-tum _zabar_	1 bronze nemsētum vessel,
13	1(disz) {uruda}ru-uq-qum sza 3(ban2)	1 uqqum-tool of 3 ban2 capacity
14	2(disz) ku-un-du-lu _zabar_	2 bronze kundulu-bowls,
15	e-zu-ub _tur-tur_ szi-pi2-ir _nagar_	he settled. The young, the carpenter
16	_1(disz) ur5 ad#-[bar] 2(disz) ur5 zi3-gazx(KUM)_	1 ur5 of adbar-flour, 2 urs5 of crushed emmer,
17	e#-zu-ub _{gi}pisan! hi-a_	a basket of emmer
reverse
1	[u3 szu]-ku-tim da-mi-iq-tim	and good šukû-vessels
2	[i]-nu-ma szar?-ru-ra-ba-ki	when Šarru-raba
3	[a]-na a-ha-at a-bi-ia _lukur_ {d}utu	to the side of my father the nadītu of Šamaš
4	ni-zi-bu-ma a-na _sza3_ ma-tim	we stood, and into the land
5	ni-ip-pa-ri-ru-ma	we shall inspect, and
6	a-di am-mi-s,a-du-qa2	until Ammī-ṣaduqa
7	la ni-tu-ra-am	we did not return.
8	1(gesz2) 3(u) tup-pa-at szi-ma-tim	90 šimātu-tablets,
9	sza _a-sza3_ u3 _e2_ iz-zu-az-ma	of the field and house he stood, and
10	it-ti nu-ma-tim an-ni-tim	with this omen
11	a-na babila2{ki} a-na _e2_-szu u2-sza-bi-il	to Babylon for his house he brought
12	ki-ma a-na-ku a-na zimbir{ki} as-su2-ha-am	as I have returned to Sippar,
13	ki-ma nu-ma-ta-am u3 tup-pa-at _a-sza3_ u3 _e2_	instead of the original and the tablet of the field and house
14	a-na babila2{ki} u2-sza-bi-lu	to Babylon he brought
15	i-na ba-ab-tim iq-ta-bu-nim	they said in the assembly:
16	a-na i-di-im u2-te-er-szum-ma	he returned to the army, and
17	um-ma a-na-ku-ma	thus I:
18	tup-pa-tu-ia u3 nu-ma-tum	my tablets and numatum,
19	sza i-na _e2_ ma-li-a-at	who in the house of Maliat
20	u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi	there is none.
left
1	{d}szu-nir-mesz a-lik ma-ah-ra ki-la-al-li	Šunirme, the one who came before me, the ki’alli
2	sza e2-di-ku5 u3 e2-di-ku5-kalam-ma u2-sza-asz-[sza-am-ma]	of the Edikû and the Edikikalama he brought forth, and
3	i-na ba-ab-tim [az-za-az]	I stand in the gate.

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