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TS 006 (P498164)

Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationTS 006
IDP498164
Museum no.BM 033159 & BM 033159a
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenrePurchase and sale contracts
Find spotUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Coordinates30.9607, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
11(u) 7(disz) _gin2 e2 szub-ba sza3-ba 5(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)*-gal2 5(disz) sze da*-diri!(SI)_17 shekels: the abandoned house; in its midst, 5 1/4 (shekels) 5 barley-corns are deficit.
2da e2 ia-anext to the house of Yaya,
3u3 da e2 a-bi-t,a3-bu-umand next to the house of Abiṭābum,
4ha-la bu-za-zumshare of Buzazum
51/3(disz) sar 3(disz)* 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 sub-ba1/3 sar 3 1/3 shekels, the subba-house;
6da e2 lu2-{d}nin-uri2{ki}-manext to the house of Lu-Ninuri,
7u3 da e2 bu-za-zumand next to the house of Buzazum,
8ha-la ia-ashare of me
9u3 lu-ud-lu-ul-{d}suenand Ludlul-Sin
101(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 e2 szub-ba11 2/3 shekels, abandoned house;
11da e2 bu-za-zumnext to the house of Buzazum,
12u3 da e2 da-daand next to the house of Dada,
13ha-la a-bi-t,a3-bu-umthe share of Abī-ṭabutum,
reverse
1e2-a-ni ba-be2-e-esztheir houses were plundered.
2gesz-szub-ba i3-szub-bu-de3-eszThey fell into a trap.
3u4-kur2-sze3 szesz szesz-ra inim-ma nu!-ga2-ga2In the future, neither brother nor brother will raise a claim
4mu lugal-bi in-pa3he has sworn by the name of the king.
5igi {d}da-mu-illat-su2before Damu-tillassu
6{disz}be-li2-iBelî
7[{disz}]a#-ba-{d}nanna-gin7Aba-Nanna-gin
8[{disz}ab]-bu-u2Abbû
9[{disz}ur]-{d}nin-gesz-zi-daUr-Ningišzida
10[{disz}il3-szu]-ba-ni KA-DIIllu-šubāni,
11[lu2-inim]-ma!-bi!-metheir witnesses
12[iti] kin-{d}inannamonth: “Palace of Inanna,’
13mu# e2 {d}en-ki sza3 uri2{ki}-[ma] ba-du3year: “The house of Enki in Ur was erected.‭
obverse
1[...] e2 szub-ba... abandoned house
2[sza3-ba 5(disz)] gin2# igi-6(disz)*-gal2 5(disz)* sze da-diritherein: 5 1/6 shekels 5 grains is the dividing line
3[da e2] ia-anext to the house of Yaya
4[u3 da e2] a-bi-t,a3-bu-umand next to the house of Abi-ṭābum
5ha-[la] bu-za-umthe share of Buzum
61/3(disz) sar 3(disz)* 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 szub-ba1/3 sar 3 1/3 shekels abandoned house
7da e2 bu-za-zumnext to the house of Buzazum,
8u3 da e2 lu2-{d}nin-uri2{ki}-maand next to the house of Lu-Ninurta
9ha-la ia-ashare of me
10[u3 lu-ud-lu]-ul-{d}suenand Ludlul-Sin
11[1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 e2] szub-ba11 2/3 shekels, abandoned house
12[da e2] da-danext to the house of Dada
13[u3] da e2 bu-za-zumand next to the house of Buzazazum
14[ha]-la a-bi-t,a3-bu-umshare of Abi-ṭābum
reverse
1[e2-a]-ni ba-be2-e-[esz]their temples they erected.
2[gesz]-szub-ba i3-szub-bu-de3-eszthey fell into ruins
3u4-kur2-sze3 szesz szesz-ra inim-ma nu-ga2-ga2In the future, neither brother nor brother will raise a claim.
4mu lugal-bi in-pa3he has sworn by the name of the king.
5igi {d}da-mu-illat-su2before Damu-tillassu
6{disz}be-li2-iBelî
7{disz}a-ba-{d}nanna-gin7Aba-Nanna-gin
8{disz}ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da#-kaUr-Ningešzida
9{disz}ab-bu-u2Abbû
10{disz}{d}suen-ga-mi-il5 dumu ap-pa-a-aSîn-gamil, son of Appaya
11{disz}il3-szu-ba-ni KA-DI!Illu-šubāni,
12lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-eszthey are witnesses.
13iti kin-{d}inanna#month: “Palace of Inanna,’
14mu e2# {d}en#-ki# [...]year: “The house of Enki was erected.‭

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