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CT 08, pl. 12, Bu 1888-05-12, 160 (P370440)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 08, pl. 12, Bu 1888-05-12, 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370440 |
| Museum no. | BM 078295 |
| 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 | {disz}geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_ a-na um-mi#-a#-ra-ah-tum | Geme-Šamaš, nadītu of Šadân, to Ummi-Araḫtum |
| 2 | a-na _ibila_ ir-gu-um-ma | to an heir he raised, and |
| 3 | _di-ku5-mesz_ di-nam u2-sza-hi-zu-szi-na-ti-ma | judges a verdict for them, and |
| 4 | szi-bi-szi-na a-na {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur | their witnesses to Šamaš and Adad |
| 5 | a-na tu-ma-mi-tum | to Tumāmitum |
| 6 | i-di-nu-ma ma-har {d}utu u3# {d#}iszkur# | they gave, and before Šamaš and Adad |
| 7 | ki-a-am um-ma szu-nu-[ma _ibila_] | Thus they: "An heir |
| 8 | sza {d}utu-ga-mil u3 um-mi-[a-ra-ah-tum] | of Šamaš-gamil and Ummi-araḫtum |
| 9 | a-na geme2-{d}utu na-da-nam | to Geme-Utu given, |
| 10 | la ni-du-u2 | they did not know. |
| 11 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ szi-bi | and the judges therein |
| 12 | u2-ul im-gu-ru | he did not agree. |
| 13 | um-ma _di-ku5-mesz_ | thus the judges: |
| 14 | ki-ma szi-bu _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn. |
| 15 | u3 at-ti a-na isz8-tar2 | and you to Ištar |
| 16 | ta-ta-mi | you have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}um-mi-a-ra-ah-tum | Ummi-araḫtum |
| 2 | i-na _ka2_ isz8-tar2 ki-a-am iq-[bi]-ma | at the gate of Ishtar he said thus: |
| 3 | um-ma szi-ma a-na-ku u3 {d}utu-ga-mil | Thus she: I and Šamaš-gāmil |
| 4 | tup-pa-am la ni-isz-t,u2-ru | We did not write a tablet. |
| 5 | u3 _ibila_-ni la ni-di-nu | and our heirs we did not give |
| 6 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}amar-utu {d}urasz# | the year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk, Urasz, |
| 7 | u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | and Hammurapi they swore |
| 8 | _igi_ e2-ki-bi-gi-im# | before Ekibgigim |
| 9 | _dumu_ {d}nig2-gi-na-an-dul3#-[li2] | son of Niggina-andulli |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}utu-ra-bi | before Šamaš-rabi |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 | before Šamaš-andulli |
| 12 | _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | before Nanna-manšum |
| 13 | _igi_ i3-li2-gim-la-an-ni | before Ilī-gimlanni |
| 14 | _igi_ ni-id-nu-sza | before Nidnuša |
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