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JCSSS 2, 73 (P480603)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCSSS 2, 73 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480603 |
| Museum no. | BM 081135 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 | _9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 9 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | _sza3# ku3-babbar_ sze-e _lu2-mesz kurun2-na_ | from the silver, the barley of the men and the grain |
| 3 | sza a-na _sa10 udu szu-gi-na#_ | that for the purchase of the šugīnu sheep |
| 4 | _szu#-bar-ra e2 {d}utu_ sza! babila2?{ki} | the šubarra of the temple of Šamaše of Babylon |
| 5 | sza _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu# gibil egir inim mah {d}marduk# [lugal bala]-an-ni bi2-in-gi-na-ta_ | of the year in which Samsu-ditana the king a new year after the great word of Marduk king of his reign restored |
| 6 | _[mu]-kux(DU)_ | delivery; |
| 7 | [{d}marduk]-mu-sza-lim _lu2 kurun2-na_ | Marduk-mušallim, the brewer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [nam-ha]-ar-ti | Received |
| 2 | [a-ta-na]-ah#-dingir _dumu_ dingir-pi4-an-nu-ni-tum# | Atanah-ili, son of Ilī-pî-annunitu |
| 3 | a-na qa2-be2-e ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum | to speak he has chosen me, |
| 4 | ra-bi si2-ik-ka3-tum | Its great one is a sikkatum |
| 5 | _igi#_ [...]-{d}iszkur _sanga_ an-nu-ni-tum# | before ...-Adad, the priest of Annunitum |
| 6 | _igi_ id-da-tum _dumu e2-[dub-ba-a]_ | before Iddatum, son of the scribal apprentice |
| 7 | _iti# ab-e3 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 24 |
| 8 | [_mu_] sa-am-su-di-ta#-na _lugal#-e# mu# gibil# egir inim mah {d}marduk lugal bala-an-ni_ | year: “Samsu-ditana, the king, a new year after the great word of Marduk, king of my reign, |
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