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TS 048 (P498204)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498204 |
| Museum no. | BM 033200 & BM 033200a |
| 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)
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 | 2(disz) _sar kislah_ | 2 sar of chick-peas |
| 2 | _da ga2*-nun_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}iszkur | next to the storehouse of Ikūn-pî-Adad, |
| 3 | u3 _da e-sir2_ | and next to the street |
| 4 | _e2 dumu-mesz_ pi-ir-hu-um | the house of the sons of Pirḫum |
| 5 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 6 | i-pu-usz | he built |
| 7 | _mu 1(u)-kam_ usz-sza-am-ma | for 10 years he reigned, and |
| 8 | it-<<ti>>-ta-ap-pi2 | he has sworn |
| 9 | e-li bi-tim | above the house |
| 10 | u3 ma-na-ha-tim | and the provinces |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi-im-ma u2-ul i-szu | nothing has |
| 2 | _igi_ {d}suen-u2-se2-el-li | before Sîn-ušallim |
| 3 | _igi_ mu-ha-du | before Muḫadu |
| 4 | _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}iszkur | before Ipqu-Addu |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}utu-tu-ra-am* | before Šamaš-turam |
| 6 | _igi_ ta-ri-bu-um | before Tarībum |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim | before Sîn-mušallim |
| 8 | _iti du6-ku3_ | month: “Dukūnu,&us201d |
| 9 | _mu nigin gu2-du3-a-bi kur su-bir{ki}-ne sag gesz bi2-ri-a_ | year after: “Guduabi of the land Subartu, head of the woods, |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) _sar kislah_ | 2 sar of chick-peas |
| 2 | _da ga2-nun_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}iszkur | next to the storehouse of Ikūn-pî-Adad, |
| 3 | u3 _da e-sir2_ | and next to the street |
| 4 | _e2# dumu-mesz_ pi-ir-hu-um | the house of the sons of Pirḫum |
| 5 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 6 | i-pu-usz | he built |
| 7 | a-na ma-ha-ti-i-szu | to his shrine |
| 8 | _mu 1(u)-kam_ usz-sza-a-ab | for 10 years he will live |
| 9 | e-li _e2_ | above the house |
| 10 | u3 ma-na-ha-tim | and the provinces |
| 11 | mi#-[im-ma u2]-ul# i#-szu# | nothing has |
| reverse | ||
| 2 | _igi_ {d}suen-u2-se2-el-li# | before Sîn-ušallim |
| 4 | _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}iszkur | before Ipqu-Addu |
| 3 | _igi_ mu-ha-du | before Muḫadu |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}utu-tu-ra-am | before Šamaš-turam |
| 6 | _igi_ ta-ri-bu-um | before Tarībum |
| 7 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 8 | _iti du6-ku3_ | month: “Dukūnu,&us201d |
| 9 | _mu nigin gu2-du3-a-bi kur su-bir{ki}-ne sag gesz bi2-ri-a_ | year after: “Guduabi of the land Subartu, head of the woods, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-u2-se2-li | Sîn-uselli |
| 2 | _dumu_ s,i-li2-{d}inanna | son of Ṣillī-Inanna, |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | mu-ha-du-um | Muḫadum |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-a-zu | son of Sîn-azu |
| 3 | _ARAD_ AN {d}mar-tu | servant of Anu and Martu. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | {d}utu-tu-ra-am | Šamaš-turam |
| 2 | _dumu_ ARAD-{d}nanna | son of Warad-Nanna |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}szuszin-na | servant of Susa. |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-ma-gir | Sîn-magir |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-hu-ia-tum | son of Ahuyatum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}lugal-[gu2]-du8-a{ki} | servant of Lugalgudua. |
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