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CT 06, pl. 43, Bu 1891-05-09, 2191 (P365157)

Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCT 06, pl. 43, Bu 1891-05-09, 2191
IDP365157
Museum no.BM 092641
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenrePurchase and sale contracts
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 44.2552

English translation

Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

LineEnglish
obverse 1A built house plot of 30 shekels
obverse 2next to (the property of) Nig-utu
obverse 3and next to (the property of) Arwītum
obverse 4daughter of Ilī-bānī,
obverse 5from Innabatum daughter of Būr-sîn
obverse 6and Ḫuššutum daughter of Qara'-šumuya
obverse 7Kamazi daughter of Išḫitīya
obverse 8has bought. As its full price
obverse 9she has paid the silver. The sale
obverse 10is concluded, the transaction is settled.
obverse 11(That) in future, one against the other
obverse 12shall not return (on the decision)
obverse 13(by) the name of Šamaš (and) Ayya, (by) the name of Marduk
obverse 14and Apil-sîn
obverse 15they have sworn.
obverse 16Before Warad-sîn;
reverse 1before Šumuḫ-sîn;
reverse 2before Adad-rēmēni;
reverse 3before Ilabrat-manšum;
reverse 4before Šamaš-tayār;
reverse 5before Ayya-tallik, overseer of the nadītus of Šamaš;
reverse 6before Damiqtum
reverse 7daughter of Šamaš-tappâšu;
reverse 8before Lamassi daughter of Sîn-ennam;
reverse 9before Ḫuddultum
reverse 10daughter of Nūr-ilīšu;
reverse 11before Erištum
reverse 12daughter of Yatarum;
reverse 13before Arwītum
reverse 14daughter of Ilī-bānī;
reverse 15before Ayya-rešat
reverse 16daughter of Teantenum.
left 1A built house plot of 20 shekel she has sold (lit. has given for silver),
left 2half a ... (belongs to) Ḫuššutum (and) Innabatum.

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1_1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2i-ta nig2-{d}utu
3u3 i-ta ar-wi-tum
4_dumu-munus_ i3-li2-ba-ni
5_ki_ in-na-ba-tum _dumu-munus_ bur{ur2}-sin
6u3 hu-szu-tum _dumu-munus_ qa-ra-szu-mu-ia
7{disz}ka-ma-zi _dumu-munus_ isz-hi-ti-ia
8_in-szi-sa10 sa10 til-la-be2-esz
9_ku3-babbar in-na-la2 gesz-gan-na_
10_ib2-ta-bala inim al-til_
11_u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-<ra>_
12_nu-mu-un-gi-gi4-dam_
13_mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a _mu_ {d}marduk
14u3 a-pil2-{d}suen
15_in-pa3-de3-esz_
16_igi_ ARAD-{d}suen
reverse
1_igi_ szu-mu-uh-sin
2_igi_ {d}iszkur-re-me-ni
3_igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2
4_igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar
5_igi_ {d}a-a-tal-lik _ugula lukur_ {d}utu
6_igi_ da-mi-iq-tum
7_dumu-munus_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu
8_igi_ la-ma-si2 _dumu-munus_ sin-en-nam
9_igi_ hu-du-ul-tum
10_dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
11_igi_ e-ri-isz-tum
12_dumu-munus_ ia-ta-rum
13_igi_ ar-wi-tum
14_dumu-munus_ i3-li2-ba-ni
15_igi_ {d}a-a-re-sza!-at
16_dumu-munus_ TE-AN-TE-nu-um
left
1_1/3(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ i-di-in
21/2(disz) NE hu-szu-tum in-na-ba-tum-ma

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