TCL 01, 068 & 069 (P386504)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 068 & 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386504 |
| Museum no. | AO 01763 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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) _sag_ geme2-esz18-dar | 1 (mana wool for) Geme-ištar |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ ku-nu-tum | daughter of Kunutum |
| 3 | {disz}ku-nu-tum u3 mu-ha-di | Kunutum and Muḫadi |
| 4 | u2-li-la!-a!-szi | he shall carry her |
| 5 | a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a <<i-qi2-si>> | To Šamaš and Aya he presented it. |
| 6 | i-qi2-sza-a-szi | he gave her, |
| 7 | i-na _dumu-mesz_ {d}utu-i-din-nam | among the sons of Šamaš-iddinam |
| 8 | zi-ka-ri-im | |
| 9 | u3 si2-ni-isz-tim | and sīništim |
| 10 | ma-am-ma-an mi-ma | nobody |
| 11 | e-li {disz}geme2-{d}esz18-dar | against Geme-Ištar |
| 12 | u2-ul i-szu | he does not have |
| 13 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 14 | u3 sin-mu-ba-li2-it, | and Sin-muballiṭ |
| 15 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ ARAD2-{d}suen | before Warad-Sin |
| 2 | _igi_ sza-lim-pa-li | before Šalim-pāli |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 | before Ninshubur-manšum |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar | before Šamaš-tayyar |
| 5 | _igi_ li-bu-ra | before Libura |
| 6 | _igi_ hu-szu-tum | before Hušūtum |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_ {d}nanna-tum | daughter of Nanna-tum |
| 8 | _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum | before Narubtum |
| 9 | _dumu-munus_ na-bi-sin | daughter of Nabi-sin |
| 10 | _igi_ na-ra-am-tum | before Naramtum |
| 11 | _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-illat-su2 | daughter of Šamaš-tillassu |
| 12 | _igi_ wa-qar-tum | before Waqartum |
| 13 | _dumu-munus_ sin-i-qi2-sza | daughter of Sin-iqiša |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _dub_ geme2-{d}esz18-[dar] | Tablet of Geme-Ištar |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ ku-nu#-[tum] | daughter of Kunutum |
| 3 | {disz}ku-[nu-tum um-ma-sza] | Kunutum, her mother |
| 4 | u3 mu-[ha-ad-di-tum] | and Muḫadditum |
| 5 | _dumu-munus_ [{d}utu-i-din-nam] | daughter of Šamaš-iddinam |
| 6 | u2-li-[la-a-szi] | he shall carry her |
| 7 | a-na [{d}utu u3 {d}a-a] | To Šamaš and Aya |
| 8 | i#-[qi2-sza-a-szi] | he shall give her |
| 9 | a-di {disz}ku-nu-tum um-[ma-sza] | until Kunutum her mother |
| 10 | ba-al-t,a3-at it-ta-na#-[szi]-szi#-ma | he is healthy, he keeps on giving her, and |
| 11 | _u4_-um {disz}ku-nu-tum i-lu-sza# | When Kunutum her god |
| 12 | iq-te-ru-u2-szi | they have imposed upon her. |
| 13 | ma-am-ma-an mi-im-ma | nobody |
| 14 | e-li geme2-esz18-dar | above Geme-ištar |
| 15 | u2-ul i-szu | he does not have |
| 16 | i-na _dumu-mesz_ {d}utu-i-din-nam | among the sons of Šamaš-iddinam |
| 17 | zi-ka-ri-im | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 si2-ni-isz-tim | and sīništim |
| 2 | e-li {disz}geme2-esz18-dar ma-am-ma-an mi-ma | against Geme-Ištar, nobody |
| 3 | u2-ul i-szu | he does not have |
| 4 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 {d}suen-mu-[ba]-li2-it, | year: “Šamaš, Marduk and Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 5 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| 6 | _igi_ ARAD2-{d}suen _sanga_ {d}utu | before Warad-Sin, sanga priest of Šamaš |
| 7 | _igi_ sza-lim-pa-li-ih-{d}utu _sanga_ {d}[utu] | before Šalim-pāliḫ-šamaš, sanga priest of Shamash |
| 8 | _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 _ugula lukur_ {d}[utu] | before Ninshubur-manšum, foreman of the nadītu of Shamash |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar | before Šamaš-tayyar |
| 10 | _igi_ li-bu-ra-am | before Libūru |
| 11 | _igi_ hu-szu-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}nanna-ma-an-[szum2] | before Ḫušūtum daughter of Nanna-manshum |
| 12 | _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum _dumu-munus_ e-la-li | before Narubtum, daughter of Elali |
| 13 | _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum _dumu-munus_ na-bi-{d}suen | before Narubtum daughter of Nabi-Sîn |
| 14 | _igi_ be-el-ta-ni _dumu-munus_ na-ra-am-{d}suen# | before Bēltani, daughter of Naram-Sîn |
| 15 | _igi_ sza-at-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ an-pi4-szu | before Šāt-Aya, daughter of An-pišu |
| 16 | _igi_ ti-ti-la-tum _dumu-munus_ li-pi2-it-[...] | before Titilatum, daughter of Lipit- |
| 17 | _igi_ wa-qar-tum _dumu-munus_ sin-i-qi-sza#-am# | before Waqartum, daughter of Sin-iqisham |
| 18 | _igi_ ul-lum-er-sze-et | before Ullum-eršet |
| 19 | _dumu-munus_ puzur4-{d}utu | daughter of Puzur-šamaš |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | sza-lim-pa-li-ih-{d}marduk | Šalim-paliḫ-Marduk, |
| 2 | dumu {d}suen-ga-mil | son of Sîn-gamil |
| 3 | sanga {d}utu | temple administrator of Utu |
| 4 | ARAD {d}marduk | servant of Marduk. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni | For Ninšubur-bani |
| 2 | [dumu] bur#-nu-nu | son of Burnunu |
| 3 | [ARAD e2-babbar2] | servant of the Ebabbar. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | {d}a-a-ri-sza-at | Ayarišat |
| 2 | dumu-munus {d}nin-szubur-ba-[ni] | daughter of Ninšubur-bani |
| 3 | ugula lukur {d}utu-mesz | foreman: nadītu of Utu-meš; |
| 4 | geme2 {d}utu {d}a-[a] | female slaves of Šamaš and Aya |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | {d}utu-ta-ia-ar# | Šamaš-tayyar |
| 2 | dumu a-na-qa2-ti-{d}utu-a-na-[t,a]-al# | son of Ana-qati-Šamaš-anaṭal |
| 3 | ARAD e2-babbar2 | servant of the Ebabbar. |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | li-bu-ra-am | may he bring. |
| 2 | dumu hu-nu-bu-um | son of Hunubum |
| 3 | ARAD e2-babbar2 | servant of the Ebabbar. |
| seal 6 | ||
| 1 | [x-x]-{d}x-[x] | ...-...; |
| 2 | x [(x)] {d}[...] | ... the god |
| 3 | dumu-[munus] li#-pi2-it-[...] | daughter of Lipit- |
| 4 | ARAD# {d#}a-[a] | servant of Aya. |
| seal 7 | ||
| 1 | [...]-{d?}nin?-[...] | ...-Nin- |
| 2 | lukur {d}[utu] | nadītu of Utu |
| 3 | dumu-munus ARAD-{d}suen#? | daughter of Warad-Sîn |
| 4 | geme2 {d}[...] | the slave woman of |
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