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TS 008 (P463111)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P463111 |
| Museum no. | BM 033179 & BM 033179a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Purchase and sale contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | igi-6(disz)-gal2 e2 u2-szu-ub-bu-um | 1/6 (shekel): the house of Ušubbum; |
| 2 | da e2 nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | next to the house of Nur-Amurrum, |
| 3 | ki ha-zi-ru-um | from Hazirum |
| 4 | {disz}puzur4-{d}bu-U2 | Puzur-Bumu-iqbi |
| 5 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 6 | igi-6(disz)-gal2 [gin2] ku3#-babbar | 1/6 shekel of silver |
| 7 | sa10# til-la-[ni-sze3] | for his full price |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | igi {d}suen-sze#-[mi] | before Sîn-šeme |
| 2' | igi nu-ur2-[{d}inanna] | before Nur-Inanna |
| 3' | igi e-te-el-pi4-e2#*-a#* | before Etel-pî-Ea |
| 4' | igi a-bu-um-wa-qar dumu za-za-a | before Abum-waqar, son of Zazâ |
| 5' | igi e-la-a dumu a-ap-pa | before Elâ, son of Apapa |
| 6' | kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz | under seal of the witnesses; |
| 7' | iti NE-NE-gar | month: NENEgar, |
| 8' | mu bad3 gal nig2-gar-ra-{d}utu ba-du3 | year: “The great wall Niggara-šamaš was erected. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | igi-6(disz)-gal2 e2 u2-szu-ub-bu-u2 | one-sixth (of a mina) of the house that they destroyed, |
| 2 | da e2 nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | next to the house of Nur-Amurrum, |
| 3 | ki [ha-zi-ru-um] | from Hazirum |
| 4 | {disz}[puzur4-{d}bu-U2] | Puzur-Bumu-iddin |
| 5 | in-[szi-sa10] | he bought. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | igi szu-nu-a-hu-u2-a | before Šunuahua |
| 2' | igi nu-ur2-{d}inanna | before Nur-Inanna |
| 3' | igi {d}suen-sze-mi | before Sîn-šeme |
| 4' | igi e-te-el-pi4-e2-a | before Etel-pi’ea |
| 5' | igi a-bu-um-wa-qar dumu za-za-a# | before Abum-waqar, son of Zazaya |
| 6' | igi ta-li-im-isz8-tar2 dub-sar | before Talim-Ištar, the scribe |
| 7' | kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz | under seal of the witnesses; |
| 8' | iti NE-NE-gar | month: NENEgar, |
| 9' | mu bad3 gal nig2-gar-ra-{d}utu ba-du3 | year: “The great wall Niggara-šamaš was erected. |
Sources & licences
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