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AoF 45, 060-065 (P423879)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AoF 45, 060-065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423879 |
| Museum no. | MAH 15896 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 gesz gub-ba | 1 iku field area, planted with trees; |
| 2 | 2(u) 4(disz) sar# ki-la2 | 24 sar, weight |
| 3 | da {gesz}kiri6 e2 {d}utu | next to the orchard of the temple of Utu, |
| 4 | u3 da {gesz}kiri6 dumu-mesz u2-uq-qu2-u2 | and next to the orchard where the sons gathered, |
| 5 | ki {d}suen-re-me-ni | with Sîn-remeni |
| 6 | dumu u2-uq-qu2-u2 | son of Uqqu |
| 7 | {disz}szu-{d}dumu-zi | Šu-Dumuzi |
| 8 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 9 | 1(u) 6(disz) ku3-babbar | 16 (pieces of) silver |
| 10 | sa10 til-la-ni-sze3 | as his full price |
| 11 | in-na-an-la2 | he has paid. |
| 12 | u4 kur2-sze3 inim gal2-la# {gesz}kiri6-bi | In the future, when there will be a lawsuit, its orchard |
| 13 | in-na-an-gub-bu | he will serve. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | inim-ma nu-um-ga2-ga2 | will not raise a claim. |
| 2 | mu {d}nanna u3 ri-im-{d}suen lugal in-pa3 | year: “Nanna and Rīm-Sîn, the king, erected. |
| 3 | igi {d}suen-na-di-in es3-a-ab-du | before Sîn-nādin, Esabdu |
| 4 | DISZ ip-qu2-{d}nin-gal es3-a-ab-du | If Ipqu-Ningal, Esabdu |
| 5 | DISZ {d}suen-sze-mi szesz-a-ni | If Sîn-šeme his brother |
| 6 | DISZ {d}suen-i-din-nam szesz-a-ni | If Sîn-iddinam, his brother |
| 7 | DISZ {d}suen-we-du dumu t,a3-bi-ia | If Sîn-wedu, son of Ṭābia |
| 8 | DISZ na-bi-{d}suen gudu4 {d}GA2 | If Nabi-Suen, gudug priest of Nabu |
| 9 | DISZ ip-qu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, | If Ipqu-Baba, son of Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 10 | DISZ a-at-ta-a dumu be-li2-i-din-nam | If Atta, son of Belī-iddinam |
| 11 | DISZ ma-a-nu-um dumu sza-ta-ka-lum | If Manum, son of Šatakalum |
| 12 | DISZ un-nu-ub-tum dam {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am | If Unnubtum, wife of Sîn-iribam |
| 13 | DISZ ma-ri-il-tim dumu a-da-a-a | If Ari-iltum, son of Adaya |
| 14 | DISZ ga2-bur-zi-mu szandana | If gabur-zimu, šandanu-plant |
| 15 | DISZ {d}suen-a-sza-ri-id dub-sar | If Sîn-ašarēd, the scribe |
| 16 | lu2 inim-ma-bi-mesz | the persons whose words |
| 17 | iti du6-ku3 | month: “Dukūn,’ |
| 18 | mu 6(disz)-kam-ma i3-si-in{ki} iri{ki} nam-lugal in-dab5-ba | 6th year, when Isin, the city of kingship, was seized |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-re-me-ni | Sîn-remeni, |
| 2 | dumu u2-uq-qu2-u2 | son of Uqqu |
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