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BE 06/2, 011 (P453314)

Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	BE 06/2, 011
ID	P453314
Museum no.	Ist Ni 01916 & HS 2130
Collection	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Business / Contracts
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

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(u) gin2 e2 du3-a	10 shekels, built-up house;
2	da e2# im#-gu-u2-a	next to the house of Imgu'a
3	sa10#? [til]-la#-bi-sze3	as its full price
4	{disz}da#-[mi-iq]-i3-li2-szu	Damiq-ilišu
5	u3 [na-ru]-ub#-tum dam-a-ni	and Narubtum his wife
6	nam [na-bi]-{d}utu	the office of Nabi-šamaš
7	ki-bi# [gar]-ra#-bi-sze3	to its place of setting
8	mu-na-an-szum2-mu-ne	they gave to him.
9	1(u) gin2 e2 du3-a dur e2-a	A built-up house plot of 10 shekels, a roofed house plot
10	da e2 {d}utu-he2-gal2	next to the house of Utu-ḫegal,
11	{disz}na-bi-{d}utu dumu im-gu-u2-a	Nabi-šamaš, son of Imgu'a
12	nam da-mi-iq-i3-li-szu	the fate of Damiq-ilišu
13	u3 na-ru-ub-tum dam-a-ni	and Narubtum his wife
14	ki-bi gar-ra-bi-sze3	because of its established place
reverse
1	in-na-an-szum2	he gave to him.
2	mu dur e2 szu ba-an-ti-esz	year: “The throne of the house was erected.{š}
3	{disz}na-bi-{d}utu	Nabi-šamaš
4	nam da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu	the fate of Damiq-ilišu
5	u3 na-ru-ub-tum dam-a-ni	and Narubtum his wife
6	1(u) 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-bala	11 shekels of silver he has transferred to her,
7	u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3	In the future, one by one
8	inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a	shall not raise a claim
9	mu lugal-bi in-pa3	he has sworn by the name of the king.
10	igi i-din-ia-tum dumu {d}nanna-zi-mu	before Iddin-yatum, son of Nanna-zimu
11	igi a-pil-dingir dumu da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu	before Apil-ilī, son of Damiq-ilišu
12	igi a-hi-sza-<gi>-isz dumu {d}nanna-zi-mu	before Aḫiša-giš, son of Nanna-zimu
13	igi du7-du7-{d}iszkur bur-gul	before Dudu-Adda, the stone-cutter
14	igi {d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni dub-sar	before Sîn-imguranni, the scribe
15	iti gan-gan-e3	month: “Gan-gan-e’e,‭
16	mu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 lugal bad3-gal gu2 {i7}idigna hur#-sag-gin7 mu-un-il2-la	year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, raised the great wall on the bank of the Tigris like a mountain.’
obverse
1'	[x x x] x [...]
2'	[u3 na]-ru#-ub-tum# [...]	and the scepter . .
3'	[{disz}]na#-bi-{d}utu#-[ra]	Nabi-Utu
4'	in#-na-an-szum2#-[...]	he gave to him
reverse
1'	iti gan-gan-e3	month: “Gan-gan-e’e,‭
2'	mu ha#-am-mu-ra-pi2 lugal bad3#-gal# gu2 i7 idigna [hur]-sag#-gin7 mu-un-il2-[la]	year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, the great wall, which is on the bank of the Tigris like a mountain range, raised
seal 1
1	na-bi-{d}utu	Nabi-šamaš
2	dumu im-gu-u2-a	son of Imgua,
seal 2
1	da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu	Damiq-ilišu
2	u3 na-ru-ub-tum dam-a-ni	and Narubtum his wife

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