Unread Atlas
TS 020 (P498177)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | TS 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498177 |
| Museum no. | BM 033174 & BM 033174a (+) BM 033268 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | {disz}a-li2-a-bu-sza | Ali-abūša |
| 2 | dumu-munus AN-A-AN | daughter of AN-A-AN |
| 3 | mu 1(disz)-e u4 1(u)-kam nam-szita4 e2 {d}nanna | 1 year, 10th day, the office of administrator of the temple of Nanna |
| 4 | {disz}a-pil-sza dumu AN-A-AN | Apilša, son of AN-A-AN |
| 5 | szesz-a-ni | his brother |
| 6 | in-ne-szum2 | he gave. |
| 7 | u4-kur2-sze3 a-li2-a-bu-sza | In the future Ali-abuša |
| 8 | inim-ma nu-ga2-a | without a claim |
| 9 | u3 u4-kur2-sze3 | and in the future |
| 10 | {disz}a-pil-sza | Apilša |
| 11 | inim-ma nu-ga2-ga2 | will not raise a claim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu lugal-bi# [in-pa3] | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 2 | igi ta*-ap#*-[pu-um] | before Tappum |
| 3 | {disz}nu-ur2-{d}[kab-ta] | Nur-Kabta |
| 4 | {disz}ni-nu-iu2* [...] | Ninuyu |
| 5 | {disz}da-da-a dumu [...] | Dadâ, son of |
| 6 | {disz}il3-szu-i-bi-[szu] | Illū-ibbišu |
| 7 | {disz}sza-at-{d}suen erisz*-dingir | Šāt-Sîn, the diviner, |
| 8 | lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz | they are witnesses. |
| 9 | iti ab-e3 u4 2(u) 4(disz)!-kam ba-zal | The month of Abe, the day 24 passed; |
| 10 | mu i7 masz-tab-ba ba-ba-al | year: “The Twins Canal was dug. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [... a]-pil#-sza# [...] | ... her son ... |
| 2 | [mu] 1(disz)-e u4 1(u)-[kam] | 1 year, 10th day |
| 3 | nam-szita4 e2 {d}[...] | the šita-priestship of the temple of |
| 4 | nam {disz}a-li2-a-bu-[sza ...] | the fate of Ali-abūša |
| 5 | {disz}a-pil-sza dumu AN-[a-AN] | Apilša, son of AN-a-AN |
| 6 | in#-ne-szum2 | he gave |
| 7 | [u4-kur3]-sze3# a-pil-sza dumu [...] | In the future Apilša, son of ..., |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [{disz}sza-at-{d}]suen# erisz*-dingir* | Šāt-Sîn, the diviner |
| 2' | [{disz}ta-ap]-pu-um gudu4 {d}gu#?-[la] | Tabum, gudu priest of Gula |
| 3' | [{disz}nu]-ur2-{d}kab-ta | Nur-Kabta |
| 4' | [{disz}]ni-nu-u2 | Ninû |
| 5' | {disz}i-szu-i-bi-szu | Išu-ibbīszu, |
| 6' | {disz}da-da-a | Dadâ |
| 7' | lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz | they are witnesses. |
| 8' | iti ab-e3 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | The month of Addarum, the day 24 |
| 9' | mu i7 masz-tab-ba ba-ba#-al | year: “The double-way of the Euphrates was dug. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-pil-sza | her son |
| 2 | dumu AN-A-AN | son of AN-A-AN |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.