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TS 023 (P498180)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498180 |
| Museum no. | BM 033203 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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' | i-na _e2_ {d}utu-du-[ur-szu] | in the temple of Šamaš-duršēzu |
| 2' | {disz}u-bar-{d}ku-usz [_gudu4_] | Ubar-Kuš, gudug priest |
| 3' | {disz}{d}utu-ha-zi-ir _[szesz-a-ni]_ | Šamaš-hazir, his brother |
| 4' | u3 um-mi-t,a3-ba-at _ama#-a#-ni#_ | and the slander of his mother |
| 5' | _ki_ u-bar-{d}ku-usz _gudu4_ | from Ubar-Kuš, gudug priest |
| 6' | {disz}{[d]}utu-ha-zi-ir _szesz-a-ni_ | Šamaš-hazir, his brother |
| 7' | u3 um-mi-t,a3-ba-at _ama-a-ni_ | and the slander of his mother |
| 8' | {disz}a*-pil2*-er-s,e-tim _dumu_ {d}utu-u2#-[...] | Apil-erṣetim, son of Šamaš- |
| 9' | [...]-x-zu-li _ama_ {d}utu-du-ur-szu# | ...-zuli, the mother of Šamaš-durši |
| 10' | [x] _iti# 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u)-kam_ | ... 1st month, 10th day |
| 11' | [...] _in-szi-sa10_ | ... he bought. |
| 12' | [...] _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | ... for his full price |
| 13' | [...] x x e | ... above |
| 14' | [... {d}]utu# | ... Utu |
| 15' | [... ri-im-{d}]suen# _lugal_ | Rīm-Sîn, the king |
| 16' | [... _in]-pa3!-de3-mesz#_ | they have sworn. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [...]-ra# | ... for ... |
| 3' | [... nu]-ur2#-{d}szara2 | ... Nur-Šara |
| 4' | [...]-dim# _ra2-gaba_ | ...-dim, courier |
| 5' | [...] u2 | ... plants |
| 6' | [...] ku da | ... ... |
| 7' | [... {d}nin]-urta# _nar_ | ... Ninurta, the singer |
| 8' | _[lu2-inim-ma-bi]-mesz_ | witnesses |
| 9' | _[iti ...] u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_ | Month ..., 25th day, |
| 10' | _[mu {gesz}tukul mah an] {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta# [i3-si-in] iri{ki} nam-lugal-la [u3 a2-dam didli-bi] a-na-me-a-bi [sipa zi {d}ri]-im-{d}[suen ...] mu nam-lugal-bi-sze3 du-[ri2-esz]_ | year: “With the great weapon of An, Enlil and Enki Isin the city of kingship and all its settlements faithful shepherd Rīm-Sîn ... for the sake of their royal majesty they dedicated it. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-pa-t,e4-er | Sîn-paṭer, |
| 2 | _dumu_ na!?-bi-i3-li2-szu | son of Nabi-ilišu |
| 3 | _ARAD_ AN {d}mar-tu | servant of Anu and Martu. |
Sources & licences
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