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TS 018 (P498175)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498175 |
| Museum no. | BM 033201 & BM 033201a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) |
| Coordinates | 31.2946, 45.9672 |
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 | 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_ | 5/6 sar 20 barley, built house; |
| 2 | 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_ | 1/2 sar of ga-nun-flour |
| 3 | 1(disz) _{gesz}ig ze2-na geszimmar_ | 1 door of juniper, |
| 4 | 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar_ | 1 door of date palm |
| 5 | _da e2_ dingir-na-s,i-ir | adjacent to the house of Dingir-nāṣir, |
| 6 | 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_ | 30 sar, orchard planted with date palms |
| 7 | 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_ | 13 1/3 volume-sar of kislah, |
| 8 | _da {gesz}kiri6_ hi-isz-sza-tum | next to the garden of Ḫiššātum, |
| 9 | _ha-la_ be-le-su2-nu | share of Belessunu |
| 10 | 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_ | 5/6 sar 20 barley, built house; |
| 11 | 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_ | 1/2 sar of ga-nun-flour |
| 12 | 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar | 1 door of date palm, |
| 13 | _da e2_ a-pil-{d}suen _szusz3_ | adjacent to the house of Apil-Sîn, cattle manager |
| 14 | 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar_ | 30 sar, date orchard |
| 15 | 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_ | 13 1/3 volume-sar of kislah, |
| 16 | _da {gesz}kiri6_ a-wi-ia-tum | next to the Awīyatum garden |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ha-la_ hi-isz-sza-tum | share of the inheritance |
| 2 | _e2 {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}szu-kar2 nig2-szu gal2*_ | house, orchard, or threshing floor, possessions |
| 3 | _nig2*-gur11* gal2-la_ | property |
| 4 | sza _ad-da-ne i3-ba-e-ne_ | of their fathers they shall divide. |
| 5 | _mu {d}nanna {d}utu_ | the year (in which) Nanna (and) Šamaš |
| 6 | u3 ri-im-{d}suen _lugal-e in-pa3_ | and Rīm-Sîn the king chose |
| 7 | _igi_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | before Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 8 | _igi_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | before Lu-Enlila |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}suen-pi-la-ah | before Sîn-pilah |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am | before Sîn-iribam |
| 11 | _igi_ pi-ir-hu-um | before Pirḫum |
| 12 | _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu | before Ubar-šamaš |
| 13 | _igi_ dumu-um-mi-im | before the daughter |
| 14 | _igi_ u-bar-um _aga-us2_ | before Ubarum, soldier |
| 15 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | before Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 16 | _igi_ e2-a-i-din-nam | before Ea-iddinam |
| 17 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur! | before Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 18 | _iti udru{duru5} | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 19 | _mu ki-sur-ra{ki} ba-an-dab5(TUG2)_ | the year in which Kisurra was seized |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_ | 5/6 sar 20 barley, built house; |
| 2 | 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_ | 1/2 sar of ga-nun-flour |
| 3 | 1(disz) _{gesz}ig ze2-na geszimmar 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar_ | 1 door of juniper, one door of date palm, |
| 4 | _da e2_ dingir-na-s,i-ir | adjacent to the house of Dingir-nāṣir, |
| 5 | 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_ | 30 sar, orchard planted with date palms |
| 6 | 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_ | 13 1/3 volume-sar of kislah, |
| 7 | _da {gesz}kiri6_ hi-isz-sza-tum | next to the garden of Ḫiššātum, |
| 8 | _ha-la_ be-le-et-su2-nu | the share of their lady |
| 9 | 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_ | 5/6 sar 20 barley, built house; |
| 10 | 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun-na_ | 1/2 sar, the Ganuna; |
| 11 | [1(disz)] _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar | 1 door of date palm |
| 12 | _da e2_ a-pil-{d}suen _szusz3_ | adjacent to the house of Apil-Sîn, cattle manager |
| 13 | 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_ | 30 sar, orchard planted with date palms |
| 14 | 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_ | 13 1/3 volume-sar of kislah, |
| 15 | _da {gesz}kiri6_ a-wi-ia-tum | next to the Awīyatum garden |
| 16 | _ha-la_ hi-isz-sza-tum | share of the inheritance |
| 17 | _e2 {gesz}kiri6 [x] x [x?] nig2-gur11_ | the house, orchard, property |
| 18 | sza _at-ta-e-ne# | of Attene |
| 19 | i3-ba-e-ne#_ | they shall pay. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4*-kur2*-sze3 nu-mu-un#-[gi4-gi4-de3]_ | in future he will not return. |
| 2 | _mu {d}nanna {d}utu_ | the year (in which) Nanna (and) Šamaš |
| 3 | u3 ri-im-{d}suen _lugal-e_ | and Rim-Sîn, the king |
| 4 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 5 | _igi_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ | before Ṣillī-Ištar, son |
| 6 | _igi_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 _dumu_ a-pil-sza-wa-qar | before Lu-Enlila, son of Apil-ša-waqar |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-pi-la-ah _dumu_ sza-ma-a-a | before Sîn-pilaḫ, son of Šamaya |
| 8 | _igi_ pi-ir-hu-um _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | before Pīḫum, son of Sîn-išmēni |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-ri-ba _dumu_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, | before Sîn-irība, son of Si̧n-muballiṭ |
| 10 | _igi_ e2-a-i-din-nam _dumu_ sa3-si2-ia | before Ea-iddinam, son of Sasiya |
| 11 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _szu-ku6_ | before Ibbi-Ninšubur, fisherman |
| 12 | _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu _dumu_ i-din-dingir | before Ubar-šamaš, son of Iddin-ili |
| 13 | _igi_ dumu-um-mi-im _dumu_ i3-li2-a-sze-ri | before Dummim, son of Ilī-ašeri |
| 14 | _igi_ u-bar-um _aga-us2_ | before Ubarum, soldier |
| 15 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _dub-sar_ | before Ibbi-Ninšubur, scribe |
| 16 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 17 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 18 | _mu ki-sur-ra{ki} ba-an-dab5# u3 {gesz}tukul kal-ga-ni-ta {d}en-lil2-le mu-na-szum2-ma!-ta bad3-an{ki} mu-na-hul-a_ | year: “Kisurra was seized and with his mighty weapon Enlil gave to him, and the city Wall of An he destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | son of Sîn-išmēni |
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