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TS 029 (P498186)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498186 |
| Museum no. | BM 033197 & BM 033197a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 | 2/3(disz)# _sar e2 du3-a_ | A built house plot of 2/3 sar |
| 2 | i-na _iri{ki}_ a-ha-nu-ta | in the city of Aḫanuta |
| 3 | _da e2_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _szabra_ | adjacent to the house of Ibbi-Ninšubur, the household manager |
| 4 | _ha-la_ a-pil-{d}iszkur | share of Apil-Adad |
| 5 | e-mi i-si2-iq-szu i-ma-qu2-tu | “If he slips through the door sockets, |
| 6 | _ki_ a-pil-{d}iszkur _dumu_ puzur4-{d}iszkur | from Apil-Addu, son of Puzur-Adad |
| 7 | {disz}inim-{d}en-lil2-la2 | Inim-Enlila, |
| 8 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 9 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 6 shekels of silver |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 11 | _in-na-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| 12 | _u4-kur2-sze3 nu-mu-un-da-bala_ | in future he will not change |
| 13 | _mu {d}ri-im-{d}suen _lugal-e_ | year: “Rīm-Sîn, the king, |
| 14 | _in-pa3-mesz*_ | have sworn. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | _igi_ e2-a-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ a-wi*-ia-tum | before Ea-nashir, son of Awiatum |
| 3 | _igi_ a-pil-{d}suen _dumu_ pa-al-hum* | before Apil-Sîn, son of Palhum |
| 4 | _igi_ ap-pa-ni-dingir _simug_ | before Appani-il, smith |
| 5 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur | before Ibni-Adad |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir | before Sîn-magir |
| 7 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 8 | _iti du6-ku3 u4 3(u)-kam_ | The month of Tašritum, the day 30 |
| 9 | _mu ki 1(u) 3(disz) i3-si-in-na{ki} in-dab5-ba | the year 13 in which Isin was seized. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2/3(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_ | a built-up house plot of 2/3 sar |
| 2 | i-na _iri{ki}_ a-ha-nu-ta | in the city of Aḫanuta |
| 3 | _da e2_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _szabra_ | adjacent to the house of Ibbi-Ninšubur, the household manager |
| 4 | _ha-la_ a-pil-{d}iszkur | share of Apil-Adad |
| 5 | e-mi i-si2-iq-szu i-ma-qu2-tu | “If he slips through the door sockets, |
| 6 | _ki_ a-pil-{d}iszkur _dumu_ puzur4-{d}iszkur | from Apil-Addu, son of Puzur-Adad |
| 7 | {disz}inim-{d}en-lil2-la2 | Inim-Enlila, |
| 8 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 9 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 6 shekels of silver |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 11 | _in-na-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| 12 | _u4-kur2-sze3 nu-mu-un-da-bala_ | in future he will not change |
| 13 | _e2-mu nu-ub-be2-ka-a | does not speak my name |
| 14 | _mu {d}ri-im-{d}suen | year: “Rīm-Sîn |
| 15 | _lugal-e in-pa3_ | the king chose |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _szesz-ni_ | before Sîn-magir, his brother |
| 3 | _igi_ e2-a-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ a-wi-i-tum | before Ea-nashir, son of Awītum |
| 4 | _igi_ ap-pa-ni-dingir _simug_ | before Appani-il, smith |
| 5 | _igi_ a-pil-{d}suen | before Apil-Sin |
| 6 | _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | son of Nanna-manšum |
| 7 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | before Ibni-Adad, son of Sîn-iqīšam |
| 8 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 9 | _iti du6-ku3 u4 3(u)-kam_ | The month of Tašritum, the day 30 |
| 10 | _mu ki 1(u) 3(disz) i3-si-in-na{ki} sipa za {d}ri-im-{d}suen in-dab5-ba | year: “13 Isinna, the shepherd of Rīm-Sîn, was seized. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-ma-gir | Sîn-magir |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | son of Sîn-iqišam, |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}iszkur | servant of Adad. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | Sîn-iqišam, |
| 2 | _dumu_ ARAD-{d}nanna | son of Warad-Nanna |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | {d}iszkur | For Adad |
| 2 | _dumu an-na_ | son of An |
| 3 | _ku3-gal2 an-ki-a_ | the pure one of heaven and earth |
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