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TS 004 (P498163)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498163 |
| Museum no. | BM 033192 |
| 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)
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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 | [n] _a-sza3#_ [...] | ... field ... |
| 2 | [...] _da?_ x | ... ... |
| 3 | [...] x na an ni | ... rising of heaven |
| 4 | [u3 _da] kiri6#_ a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku _sipa_ | and next to the orchard of Ana-Sîn-taklāku, the shepherd |
| 5 | [_ki_ {disz}]ar#-wi-u2-um | from Arwum |
| 6 | _dumu_ szi-ik-lum | son of Šiklum |
| 7 | [u3] il3-szu-illat-su2 _dumu-ni_ | and Ilshu-illatsu, his son |
| 8 | [{disz}]i-na-sza-me-e-wa-s,um# | Ina-šame-waṣum |
| 9 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 10 | [n] 2/3(disz) _gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | n 2/3 shekels 15 grains of silver |
| 11 | _sa10# til-la-a-ni-sze3_ | for his full price |
| 12 | _in#-na-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| 13 | _inim#-gal2-la a-sza3-ne-ne_ | the property of their fields |
| 14 | _in-na-gub-bu-de3-en_ | I will stand for him. |
| 15 | _u4-kur2-sze3 inim-ma nu-ga2-ga2_ | In the future, he will not raise a claim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz_ | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| 2 | _igi_ nig2-gur11-{d}nanna _dumu_ lu2-{d}nanna | before Niggur-nanna, son of Lu-Nanna |
| 3 | {disz}im-gur-{d}suen? _dumu_ ha*-ab*-di*-{d}suen* | Imgur-Sîn, son of Habdi-Sin |
| 4 | {disz}sa3-si2-ia _dumu_ s,i*-su*-na*-aw*-ra*-at* | Sasiya, son of Ṣisunawrat |
| 5 | {disz}a-ra-szu!-ta _nar_ | Arašuta, singer |
| 6 | {disz}qi2-sza-at-{d}suen _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ | Qišat-Sîn, gardener |
| 7 | _dumu_ {d}suen-be-el-i3-li2 | son of Sîn-bel-ilī |
| 8 | {disz}be-li2-i-din-nam _lu2-kisal-luh#_ | Belī-iddinam, the guard |
| 9 | _dumu_ ma-sa-gu-la | son of Masagula |
| 10 | {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ su2-sa-a | Ipquša, son of Susa |
| 11 | _lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz_ | the witnesses |
| 12 | _[iti] NE-NE-gar_ | month: "NENEgar," |
| 13 | _[mu e2] {d}bara2-ul-gar-ra [sza3] adab#{ki} mu-un-du3-a [alan] ku3-sig17_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _lugal larsa{ki} mu-un-dim2_ | year: “The temple of Bara-ulgara in Adab was erected. A gold statue of Sîn-iddinam, king of Larsa, fashioned. |
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