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TS 042 (P498198)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498198 |
| Museum no. | BM 033231 & BM 033231a |
| 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 | asz-szum _e2_ sza it-ti _dumu-mesz_ {d}suen-a-zu | Concerning the house which with the sons of Sîn-azu |
| 2 | sza s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | belonging to Ṣillī-Ištar, son of Ilu-sukkal. |
| 3 | u3 ip-qu2-{d}suen | and Ipqu-Suen |
| 4 | i-sza-mu-ma | he shall hear, and |
| 5 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 6 | _e2_ i-pu-szu | a house built |
| 7 | _di-ku5_ a-lum ip-hu-ur-ma | a judge a man convicted, and |
| 8 | i-na _ka2_ {d}marduk | at the gate of Marduk |
| 9 | u3 {d}inanna _nin_ {d}nanna-gar-ra | and Ištar, lady of Nanna-gara |
| 10 | {disz}{d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ pir-hu-um | Sîn-imguranni, son of Pirḫum |
| 11 | i-sza-lu-ma ki-a-am iq-bi | he weighed out, and thus he said: |
| 12 | um-ma szu-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 13 | i-na _e2 du3-a 2(disz) sar sa10 ku3_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | in the built house 2 sar the purchase price of silver Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 14 | 1(disz) _sar e2 sa10 ku3_ ip-qu2-{d}suen | 1 sar, house bought, silver of Ipqu-Sîn |
| 15 | _igi_ e2-a-szar-rum _ugula lu2-{gesz}ban | before Ea-šarrum, foreman: Lu-geš’ban |
| 16 | {disz}{d}nirah-sze-mi _sza3-tam_ | Niraḫšemi, the king |
| 17 | {disz}a-pil-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | Apil-Sin, son of Nanna-manšum |
| 18 | {disz}i3-li2-i-ma-a-bi _dam-gar3_ | Ilī-imbi, the merchant |
| 19 | {disz}s,i-li2-{d}nin-urta _ra2-gaba_ | Ṣillī-Ninurta, the courier |
| 20 | {disz}in-dah*-hu-um _dam-gar3_ | Indahhum, merchant |
| 21 | {disz}mu-ha-du-um _dumu_ {d}suen-a-zu | Muhammadum, son of Sîn-azu |
| 22 | {disz}a-at-te?-a? x | Attea(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}{d}suen-be-el-i3-li2 _ma2-lah6_ | Sîn-bel-ilī, the boatman |
| 2 | {disz}AN-KA-e2-a | Anu-pî-Ea |
| 3 | {disz}a-ba-a _szesz-ni_ | Abâ, his brother |
| 4 | {disz}i3-li2-sukkal _dumu_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | Ili-sukkal, son of Lu-Enlila |
| 5 | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}er3-ra _dumu!_ [na-bi-i3]-li2*-szu* | Ipqu-Erra, son of Nabi-ilišu |
| 6 | {disz}{d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ | Sîn-imguranni, gardener |
| 7 | {disz}nu-ur2-isz8-tar2 _szu-i_ | Nūr-Ištar, the barber |
| 8 | {disz}suen-i-ri-ba-am _a-zu_ | Sîn-iribam, physician |
| 9 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _gala_ | Ṣillī-Ištar the chief |
| 10 | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}iszkur | Ipqu-Addu |
| 11 | _dumu_ t,a3-ab-s,i-la-szu | son of Ṭab-ṣillišu, |
| 12 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 13 | _iti gu4-si-sa2_ | the month of Addarum, |
| 14 | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e e2-me-te-ur-sag mu-un-gibil-a_ | year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, rebuilt the Emeteursag. |
| 1' | [...] s,i#-li2#-[isz8-tar2] | Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 2' | [u3] ip-qu2-{d}[suen] | and Ipqu-Sin |
| 3' | bi-it-qu2-ru | |
| 4' | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 22 |
| 5' | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e e2-e-te-ur-sag mu-un gibil-a_ | year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, the E-e-teursag, the new ..., |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nirah-sze-mi | Nirahšeme |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-wi-ia-tum | son of Awiatum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ [...] | servant of .... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | a-pil-{d}suen | Apil-Suen |
| 2 | [_dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2] | son of Nanna-manšum |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | s,i-li2-{d}nin-urta | Ṣillī-Ninurta |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-wi-il-dingir | son of Awil-ilī |
| 3 | [_ARAD_] {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | in-dah-hu-um | Indaḫum |
| 2 | _dumu_ ig-mi-il-{d}suen | son of Igmil-Sin |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | ip-qu2-er3-[ra] | Ipqu-Erra |
| 2 | _dumu_ na-bi-i3-li2-[szu] | son of Nabi-ilišu |
| 3 | [_ARAD_] {d}nin-si4-an-na | servant of Ninsiana. |
| seal 6 | ||
| 1 | inim?-{d}suen | Inim-Suen |
| 2 | _dumu_ e-te-ia _ARAD_ {d}en-ki {d}iszkur#? | son of Eteya, servant of Enki and Adad. |
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