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CT 08, pl. 39, Bu 1891-05-09, 2492 (P370490)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 08, pl. 39, Bu 1891-05-09, 2492 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370490 |
| Museum no. | BM 082460 & BM 082461 |
| 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 | _1(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ | A built-up house plot of 1 sar |
| 2 | i-na ha-al-ha-la | in the district |
| 3 | i-ta _e2_ {d}suen-dingir _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba-am | from the house of Sîn-ilum, son of Sin-eribam |
| 4 | u3 i-ta _e2_ er3-ra-ha-bi-it | and from the house Erra-habit |
| 5 | _ki_ er3-ra-na-da _dumu_ na-ka-ru#!-um# | from Erra-nada, son of Nakarum |
| 6 | {disz}la-ma-si2 _lukur {d}utu_ | Lamassi, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_ na-ka-ru-um | daughter of Nakarum |
| 8 | i-na _har ku3-babbar in-szi-sa10_ | for silver he bought. |
| 9 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar in-na-la_ | the silver he shall pay. |
| 11 | _inim-bi al-til{il}_ | its word is finished. |
| 12 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 13 | _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 14 | _nu-mu-un-gi-gi-dam_ | did not return. |
| 15 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a | the year (in which) Šamaš and Aya |
| 16 | {d}amar-utu | Marduk |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 sin-mu-ba-li2-it, | and Sin-muballiṭ |
| 2 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| 3 | sza a-wa-at pi2 tup-pi2-im | of the wording of the tablet |
| 4 | an-ni-im u2-na-ka-<ru> | this he shall make known. |
| 5 | _igi_ ARAD-sin _sanga_ {d}utu | before Urad-sin, sanga priest of Šamaš |
| 6 | _igi_ szu-mu-uh2-sin _sanga_ {d}utu | before Šumu-ḫsin, sanga priest of Utu |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-re-me-ni | before Adad-remeni |
| 8 | _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar | before Šamaš-tayyar |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 [_ugula lukur_] {d}utu | before Ninshubur-manšum, foreman of the nadītu of Šamaše |
| 10 | _igi_ i-da-du-um <i3>-du8 | before Idādum, gatekeeper |
| 11 | _igi_ i-ba-lu-ut, | before Ibaluṭ |
| 12 | _igi_ e-ri-isz-tum | before Erištum |
| 13 | _dumu-mesz_ sin-dingir | sons of Sin-ilum |
| 14 | _igi_ da-mi-iq-tum | before Amīqtum |
| 15 | _igi_ la-ma-si2 | before Lamassi |
| 16 | _igi_ {d}a-a-ri-sza-at | before Aya-rišat |
| 17 | _ugula lukur_ {d}utu | foreman: nadītu of Šamaš |
| 18 | _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum | before Narubtum |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _dub 1(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ i-na ha-al-ha-la | a tablet of 1 sar, a built house in the district |
| 2 | _da e2_ {d}suen-dingir _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am | adjacent to the house of Sîn-ilī, son (of) Sin-eribam |
| 3 | u3 _da e2_ {d}er3-ra-ha-bi-it# | and next to the house of Erra-habit |
| 4 | _ki_ {d}er3-ra-na-da _dumu_ [na-ka-ru-um] | from Erra-nada, son of Nakarum |
| 5 | {disz}la-ma-si2 _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ [na-ka]-ru-um | Lamassi, nadītu of Šamaš, daughter of Nakarum |
| 6 | i-na# _har ku3-babbar in-szi-in-sa10#_ | from the silver ring he bought. |
| 7 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar in-na-al-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 9 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 10 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 11 | _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 12 | _nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-dam_ | shall not return. |
| 13 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a#-a# {d}amar-utu | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk |
| 14 | u3 {d}suen-[mu-ba-li2-it,] | and Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 15 | _in#-pa3#-[de3-mesz_ sza a-wa-at _dub_ an-ni-im u2]-na#-ka-ru#? | they have sworn by the word of this tablet. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [_igi_] ARAD*-{d#}suen# | before Warad-Sin |
| 2' | [_igi_ i-da-du-um] i3#-du8 x# | before Idādum, doorkeeper ... |
| 3' | [...] x# | |
| 4' | [_igi_ e-ri-isz]-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-dingir | before Erishtum, daughter of Sîn-ilī |
| 5' | [_igi_ ...]-x# _dumu-munus_ {d}suen#-[i]-din#-nam | before ..., daughter of Sîn-iddinam |
| 6' | _igi_ {d}a-a-ri-sza-at | before Aya-rišat |
| 7' | _ugula lukur_ {d}utu | foreman: nadītu of Šamaš |
| 8' | _mu_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li-it, | year: “Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 9' | a-na _e2_ a-bi-szu i-ru-bu | to the house of his father entered |
| 10' | _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum | before Narubtum |
| 11' | _dumu-munus_ ARAD-sin | daughter of Warad-sin |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | dingir-[...] | Ilum- |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] ZU KA? | ... ... |
| 2 | [dumu ...]-dingir | son of ...-dingir |
| 3 | [ARAD] {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | [li-pi2-it]-isz8-tar2 | Lipit-Ištar |
| 2 | [dumu {d}utu]-tab-ba-szu | son of Šamaš-tabbāzu |
| 3 | [sanga {d}]utu | sanga priest of Utu |
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