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CT 47, 38 (P430924)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 47, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P430924 |
| Museum no. | BM 016486 |
| 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(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3_ te-nu-nam | a field of 1 bur3 in the meadow of Tennam |
| 2 | i-ta bur-{d}suen _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | with Bur-Sin, son of Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 3 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}nin-pirig _lukur_ {d}utu | and adjacent to the field of the daughter of Iddin-Ninpirig, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma e a-gar3_ te-nu-nam | Its first head is above the meadow. |
| 5 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma i7 7(disz) sila3-ta_ | Its second head is the canal of 7 sila3 each. |
| 6 | _ki_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | from Ilu-šubāni, son of Ibbi-Ninshubur |
| 7 | {disz}erisz-ti-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-ta-ia-ar | Erishti-Šamaš, nadītu-priest of Shamash, daughter of Sîn-tayyar |
| 8 | i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_ | with her silver ring bought. |
| 9 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 10 | _1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 1 1/3 minas of silver he paid. |
| 11 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 12 | _inim-bi al-til sza3-ga-a-ni al-du10_ | its word is finished, his heart is satisfied. |
| 13 | _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_ | In the future, a man against another shall not raise a claim |
| 14 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 15 | {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 u3 _iri_ zimbir{ki} | Hammurapi and the city of Sippar |
| 16 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ qi2-isz-nu-nu | before Qišnunu |
| 2 | _igi_ bur-{d}suen | before Bur-Sin |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}suen-sze-me | before Sîn-šeme |
| 4 | _igi_ lugal-{d}utu _dumu_ dingir-szu-na-s,i-ir | before Lugal-šamaš, son of Ilu-zunaṣir |
| 5 | _igi_ inim#-{d#}utu# _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Inim-šamaš, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}[iszkur]-ma-an-szum2 | before Adad-manšum |
| 7 | _igi_ ARAD2-{d#}nanna# _dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-a-bu-szu | before Warad-Nanna, sons of Ilu-šūzu-abūḫi-uṣur |
| 8 | _igi_ li-wi-ra _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir | before Liwira, son of Sîn-magir |
| 9 | _iti_ kin-{d}inanna u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam_ | The month of Elūnum, the day 28 |
| 10 | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e bad3 iri_ ba-s,um{ki} _ba-du3_ | year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, the wall of the city of Baṣum erected. |
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