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CT 08, pl. 03, Bu 1888-05-12, 055 (P370428)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 08, pl. 03, Bu 1888-05-12, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370428 |
| Museum no. | BM 078208 |
| 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 | _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 2 eše3 field area: furrow |
| 2 | a-na _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur_ | for 1 bur3 surface area, 1 kor of barley |
| 3 | _4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-kal_ a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | 4 1/2 iku of field Kikal for 2 years |
| 4 | a#-na _1(iku) GAN2 1(disz)-e 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze_ | for 1 iku surface area, 1 e, 1 barig 2 ban2 barley |
| 5 | _2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ | 2 eše3 4 1/2 iku field |
| 6 | [...]-x# _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ na-gu-u2 | ... 2 eshe3 of field, irrigated area |
| 7 | [...] x _i7 sza3_ ba-ar-ri-rum | ... ... the canal of the Inner City |
| 8 | [...] x u3 _u2-sal_ sza _gu2 i7_ {d}na-bi-um-he2-gal2 | ... and the meadow on the bank of the Nabium-hegal canal |
| 9 | [...] sza# _gu2 i7_ i-in-su2-ki-im-na-ku-ti | ... of the bank of the river they shall cut off. |
| 10 | [_a-sza3_] geme2#-{d}{sze3}szer7-da _lukur {d}utu_ | field Geme-Šerda, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 11 | [u3 ah]-hi-sza _dumu-mesz_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum | and her brothers, sons of Šannunitum |
| 12 | [a-na] qa2#-be2-e {d}suen-na-s,i-ir | at the command of Sîn-nāṣir |
| 13 | _dumu_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum | son of Sîn-annunitum, |
| 14 | {disz}{d}amar-utu-mu-ba-li2-it, a-bi _erin2_ | Marduk-šumu-uballiṭ, son of the troops |
| 15 | a-na er-re-szu-tim u3 te-ep-ti-tim | for errû-laments and extispicies |
| 16 | a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3-a_ | for 2 years he shall have it returned. |
| 17 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 18 | sza _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2#_ | of 2 eše3 field area: furrow |
| 19 | _5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2)! sze_ | 5 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 barley |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza _4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3# [ki-kal]_ | of 4 1/2 iku of field Kikal |
| 2 | _1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur {gesz}ban2 {d}utu#_ | 1 gur 1 barig of barley, (measured) by the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 3 | i-na zimbir{ki} _i3-ag2-e_ | in Sippar he shall measure out. |
| 4 | a-di _4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-kal_ | up to 4 1/2 iku of field Kikal |
| 5 | i-pe2-et-tu-u2 | they shall remove. |
| 6 | _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ i-ka-al | 2 eše3 field area: furrow he shall hold. |
| 7 | i-na sza-lu-usz-tim sza-at-tim | in the middle of the year |
| 8 | a-na _gu2-un_ i-ru-ub | for a talent he shall enter |
| 9 | _igi_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Ipqu-annunitum, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 10 | _igi_ gi-mil-{d}amar-utu _di-ku5_ | before Gimil-Marduk, judge |
| 11 | _dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu | son of Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 12 | _igi_ an-pi4-sza _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am | before Anopša, son of Sîn-eribam |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi | before Sîn-māgir, son (of) Sin-nadin-šumi |
| 14 | _igi_ szu-mu-um-li-s,i _dub-sar_ | before Šumum-liṣi, scribe |
| 15 | _iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam_ | The month of Tašritum, the day 18 |
| 16 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e mu gibil_ sza _egir sipa sun5-na an {d}en-lil2-bi-da-a-asz_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, new year, which after the great shepherd An and Enlil-bidaš |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-i-[...] | Ilī-i- |
| 2 | dumu# x-x-[...] | son of ... |
| 3 | [ARAD ...] | servant of . |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [dumu] AN-x-x-x-[...] | son of AN- |
| 3 | ARAD# [...] | servant of ... |
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