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TCL 10, 042 (P386859)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 10, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386859 |
| Museum no. | AO 06373 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6 | 1 iku field, orchard |
| 2 | {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si | a date palm shoot |
| 3 | us2-sa-DU er3-ra-qu2-ra-ad | (Sum) It is a flood that wipes out the land (Akk) It wipes away the land |
| 4 | us2-sa-DU i-din-{d}mar-tu | next to Iddin-Amurrum, |
| 5 | {gesz}kiri6 isz8-tar2-dingir | the orchard of Ištar-ilum |
| 6 | ki isz8-tar2-dingir | from Ištar-ilum |
| 7 | {[d]}i-din-{d}mar-tu | Iddin-Amurrum |
| 8 | in-szi-sa10# | bought. |
| 9 | 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar] | 1/2 shekel of silver |
| 10 | [sa10]-am3 til-la-an-ni-[sze3] | as its full price |
| 11 | [in]-na#-an#-la2# | he has paid. |
| 12 | u4-kur2-sze3 u4# [nu-me-ak] | In the future, in days to come |
| 13 | {[gesz]}kiri6-mu#! [nu]-ub#-be2#-[a] | My orchard should not be mentioned |
| 14 | mu {d}[nanna {d}utu] | year: “Nanna, Šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] ri-in-{d}suen# [lugal in-pa3] | and Rīn-Sîn the king chose |
| 2 | igi a-bu-wa-qar | before Abu-waqar |
| 3 | igi szu-mu-um-li-[ib-szi] | before Šumum-libshi |
| 4 | igi {d}utu-gi-im-ma-an#-[ni] | before Šamaš-gimmani |
| 5 | igi lu-ud-lu-ul-{d}suen dumu x-[...] | before Ludlul-Sin, son of |
| 6 | igi im-gur-{d}utu | before Imgur-šamaš |
| 7 | kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz | under seal of the witnesses; |
| 8 | iti gu4-si-sa2 | month: “Oxen-of-the-tablet,’ |
| 9 | mu i7 edin-na ba-ba-al | year: “The river of the steppe was dug. |
Sources & licences
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