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TS 012 (P498169)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498169 |
| Museum no. | BM 033176 & BM 033176a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Purchase and sale contracts |
| Find spot | Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) |
| Coordinates | 31.2946, 45.9672 |
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 | 3(disz)* 1/3(disz) sar [...] | 3 1/3 sar |
| 2 | a2 e2 a-gu-[u2-a] | labor of the house of Agu'a |
| 3 | a2 e2 a-hu-[ni] | labor of the house of Ahuni |
| 4 | a2 e2 e2-a-tu-ra#-am# | labor of the house of Ea-turam |
| 5 | u3 a2 e2 szar-ru-ut-{d}suen | and the labor of the house of Šarrut-Sîn |
| 6 | ki-ta e3-a nam e2-sir2 a-gu-u2-a | The one who goes out from the ground, the fate of the threshing floor, |
| 7 | u3 nam e2-sir2 i3-li2-i-din-nam | and the estate of Ilī-iddinam |
| 8 | ki sza-at-ku-bi | from Ša-tukubi |
| 9 | x? nin szar-ru-ut-{d}suen | queen of Šarrut-Sîn |
| 10 | {disz}a-hu-ni | Ahuni |
| 11 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 12 | 3(disz)#? gin2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar | 3? shekels 10 grains of silver |
| 13 | sa10# til-la-ni-sze3 | for his full price |
| 14 | in#-na-la2 | he has paid. |
| 15 | [u4]-kur2-sze3 | in the future |
| 16 | [nu]-mu#-un-gi4-gi4-de3 | will not return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [mu {d}nanna] {d}utu | year: “Nanna, Šamaš |
| 2 | [u3 ri]-im#-{d}suen in-pa3-mesz | and Rīm-Sîn chose |
| 3 | igi#* lu2-{d}nanna dumu lugal-di-ku5 | before Lu-Nanna, son of Lugal-diku |
| 4 | igi mah-szi-szum simug | before Mašišum, the smith |
| 5 | igi# zi-na-a-a simug | before Zinaya, smith |
| 6 | igi lu2-{d}mar-tu | before Lu-Amurrum |
| 7 | igi szu-mi-a-bi-ia | before Šumi-abiya |
| 8 | igi lu2-{d}en-li2-la2 | before Lu-Enlila |
| 9 | igi i3-li2-i-din-nam | before Ilī-iddinam |
| 10 | igi ip-qu2-isz8-tar2 dumu sin-ma-gir | before Ipqu-Ištar, son of Sin-magir |
| 11 | igi {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am | before Sîn-iribam |
| 12 | igi {d}suen-gi-im-la-an-ni | before Sîn-gimlanni |
| 13 | igi ib-ni-e2-a nar | before Ibni-Ea, singer |
| 14 | igi nu-ur2-{d}nin-szubur dub-sar | before Nur-Ninšubur, the scribe |
| 15 | iti {gesz}apin-du8-a | month: “Plow-fodder,&us201d |
| 16 | mu bad3 gal isz-ku-un#-[...] {d}nergal | year: “The great wall Iškūn-[...] for Nergal |
| 1' | [igi] zi#-na-a-[a simug] | before Zinaya, smith |
| 2' | [igi lu2]-{d}mar-tu dumu# [...] | before Lu-Amurrum, son of |
| 3' | igi lu2-{d}en-li2-la2 dumu# [...] | before Lu-Enlila, son of |
| 4' | [igi] ip-qu2-isz8-tar2 dumu [sin-ma-gir] | before Ipqu-Ištar, son of Sin-magir |
| 5' | igi szu-mi-a-bi-ia# | before Šumi-abiya |
| 6' | igi i3-li2-i-din-nam | before Ilī-iddinam |
| 7' | igi ARAD-{d}nanna dumu# [...] | before Warad-Nanna, son of |
| 8' | igi {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am | before Sîn-iribam |
| 9' | dumu [nu]-ur2-ku-bi# | son of Nur-Kūbe |
| 10' | igi {d}suen-gi-im-la-an-[ni] | before Sîn-gimlanni |
| 11' | igi ib-ni-e2-a nar# | before Ibni-Ea, singer |
| 12' | [igi nu-ur2-{d}]nin-szubur# [dub-sar] | before Nūr-Ninšubur, scribe |
| 13' | [iti {gesz}apin-du8-a] | month: “Plow-fodder-festival,&us201d |
| 14' | [mu bad3 gal isz-ku-un-... {d}nergal] | year: “The great wall Iškun-... Nergal |
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