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CT 08, pl. 23, Bu 1891-05-09, 0486 (P370462)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 08, pl. 23, Bu 1891-05-09, 0486 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370462 |
| Museum no. | BM 080348 |
| 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 | _e2_ ma-la ma-s,u2-u2 | a house as much as there is |
| 2 | _e2_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _di-ku5 dumu_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | the house of Awīl-Sîn, judge, son of Sîir-bēla-aplim |
| 3 | u3 {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ {d}PU3?-ib-ni | and Sîn-imguranni, son of Pān-ibni |
| 4 | _ki_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _di-ku5 dumu_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | from Awīl-Sîn the judge son of Sîir-bēla-aplim |
| 5 | u3 {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ {d}suen-ib-ni | and Sin-imguranni, son of Sin-ibni |
| 6 | be-lu _e2_ | the owner of the house |
| 7 | {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am _dub-sar_ | Sîn-iqišam, scribe |
| 8 | a-na asz2!-sza!-bu-tim! x a-na _zu2-kesz2_ | to Aššabūtum, ..., as a pledge |
| 9 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ u2-sze-s,i | for 1 year he shall redeem |
| 10 | _zu2-kesz2 mu 1(disz)-kam_ | the rent for 1 year |
| 11 | _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_ | 5 shekels of silver he shall weigh out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ra-am i-se-er | he will return the money tenfold. |
| 2 | a-su2-ur-ra-am u2-da-an-na-an | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to him (Akk) He will utter a prayer to me |
| 3 | mu-sze-s,u2-szu ma-na-ah-ta-szu i-te-ep-sza | (Sum) The one who removes it (Akk) He removes its limbs, he does it |
| 4 | u3 _zu2-kesz2 e2_-szu-nu _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-ah-ru | and the rent of their house they received 2 shekels of silver. |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}utu-illat-su _ra2-gaba dumu_ {d}suen-na-di!-in-szu-mi | before Šamaš-tillassu, courier, son of Sîn-nādin-šulmi |
| 6 | _igi_ i-din!-{d}bu-ne-ne _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur | before Iddin-bunene, son of Ibni-Addu |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}en-lil2-na-di!-in-szu-mi _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}nin-szubur | before Enlil-nādin-šumi, son of Nur-Ninshubur |
| 8 | _igi_ sza-al-lu-rum _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | before Šallum, son of the scribal school |
| 9 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 15 |
| 10 | _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal-e {d}utu {d}iszkur-bi sag kal?-a ib2-ta-an-ne2-esz-a_ | year: “Samsu-ditana, the king, Šamaš and Adad bestowed upon me a strong head. |
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