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TS 030 (P498187)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498187 |
| Museum no. | BM 033194 & BM 033194a |
| 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 | 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sar e2 ki-szub-ba | 1 5/6 sar, the house of the abandoned field; |
| 2 | da ki 3(disz) e2 a-pil-{d}suen | adjoining the three houses of Apil-Sîn, |
| 3 | u3 da e-sir2 | and next to the street |
| 4 | ki {d}suen-ub-lam | from Sîn-ublam |
| 5 | {disz}{d}suen-u2-se2-el-li | Sîn-uselli |
| 6 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 7 | 2(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar | 2 1/4 shekels silver, |
| 8 | in-na-la2 | he has paid. |
| 9 | u4-kur2-sze3 lu2-ulu3 | In the future, a man |
| 10 | nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-de3 | will not return. |
| 11 | mu {d}nanna {d}utu | year: “Nanna (and) Šamaš |
| 12 | u3 {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal in-pa3 | and Rīm-Sîn the king chose. |
| 13 | igi szu-i3-li2-szu nar x | before Šu-ilīša, the singer ... |
| 14 | igi a-pil-{d}suen dumu {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | before Apil-Suen, son of Nanna-manšum |
| 15 | igi nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | before Nur-Amurru |
| 16 | dumu a-bi-i-din-nam | son of Abī-iddinam, |
| 17 | igi ip-qu2-er3-ra dumu na-bi-i3-li2-szu | before Ipqu-Erra, son of Nabi-ilišu |
| 18 | igi {d}suen-sze-me-i szesz-a-ni | before Sîn-šemē, his brother |
| 19 | kiszib lu2-inim-ma-ab-bi-mesz | under seal of Lu-inim-abbi |
| 20 | iti udru{duru5} | month “Udru |
| 21 | mu us2-sa ki 1(u) 8(disz) i3-si-in-na{ki} ba-an-dab | year following: “With the 18th, Isin was seized. |
| 1 | 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sar e2 ki-szub-ba | 1 5/6 sar, the house of the abandoned field; |
| 2 | da ki 3(disz) e2 a-pil-{d}suen | adjoining the three houses of Apil-Sîn, |
| 3 | u3 da e-sir2 | and next to the street |
| 4 | ki {d}suen-ub-lam | from Sîn-ublam |
| 5 | dumu {d}nanna-a-ra-mu-un-gen7 | son of Nanna-aramun, |
| 6 | {disz}{d}suen-u2-se2-el-li | Sîn-uselli |
| 7 | dumu s,i-li2-{d}inanna | son of Ṣilli-Inanna |
| 8 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 9 | 2(disz) gin2 i/gi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar | 2 1/4 shekels silver, |
| 10 | sa10 til-la-ni-sze3 in-na-la2 | he paid as his full price. |
| 11 | u4-kur2-sze3 nu-me-kam | In the future, it will not be |
| 12 | inim-gar-ra e2-ni-sze3 | to the word of his own house |
| 13 | {disz}{d}suen-ub-lam | Sîn-uballam |
| 14 | ba#-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | he will answer. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nu-mu-un-da-bala-e | does not cross over, |
| 2 | mu {d}nanna {d}utu | year: “Nanna (and) Šamaš |
| 3 | u3 {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal | and Rīm-Sîn the king |
| 4 | in-pa3 | he chose. |
| 5 | igi szu-i3-li2-szu dumu s,i-li2-{d}inanna | before Šu-ilīša, son of Ṣilli-Inanna |
| 6 | igi a-pil-{d}suen dumu {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | before Apil-Suen, son of Nanna-manšum |
| 7 | igi nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | before Nur-Amurru |
| 8 | dumu a-bi-i-din-nam | son of Abī-iddinam, |
| 9 | igi ip-qu2-er3-ra dumu na-bi-i3-li2-szu | before Ipqu-Erra, son of Nabi-ilišu |
| 10 | igi {d}suen-sze-me-e szesz-a-ni | before Sîn-šeme, his brother |
| 11 | kiszib lu2-inim-ma-ab-bi-mesz | under seal of Lu-inim-abbi |
| 12 | iti udru{duru5} | month “Udru |
| 13 | mu us2-sa ki 1(u) 8(disz) i3-si-in-na{ki} ba-an-dab | year following: “With the 18th, Isin was seized. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-a-ra-mu#-un-[gin7] | like Nanna-aramun |
| 2 | dumu szu-er3-ra | son of Šu-Erra, |
| 3 | ARAD {d}nin-si4-an-[na] | servant of Ninsiana. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | a-pil-{d}suen | Apil-Suen |
| 2 | dumu {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | son of Nanna-manšum, |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | Nur-Amurrum, |
| 2 | dumu a-bi-i-din-nam | son of Abī-iddinam, |
| 3 | ARAD {d}mar-tu | servant of Martu. |
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