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TS 052 (P498208)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498208 |
| Museum no. | BM 033229 & BM 033229a |
| 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 | [1(disz) 1/2(disz)] _sar# [e2 kislah]_ | 1 1/2 sar, the house of the kislah; |
| 2 | [_da ha]-la_ {disz}{d}suen-mu-ba#-[li2-it,] | adjoining the share of Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 3 | [u3 _da] ha#-la_ i-[ri-ba-am-{d}suen] | and adjacent to the share of Iribam-Sîn |
| 4 | _sag# sa10 ku3_ na-bi-{d}en#-[lil2] | the capital purchase price of silver: Nabi-Enlil |
| 5 | u3 _sag e2_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim | and the top of the house of Sîn-mušallim |
| 6 | _e2_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu_ pir-hu-um | the house of Iddin-Sîn, son of Pirḫum |
| 7 | _ki_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu_ pir-hu-um | from Iddin-Sîn son of Pirḫum |
| 8 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 9 | u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | and Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 10 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 11 | 4(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 4 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 12 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 13 | _in-na-la2-mesz_ | they shall pay. |
| 14 | _u4-kur2-sze3 nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | in future he will not change |
| 15 | _mu lugal-bi in-pa3-mesz_ | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ a-bu-um-wa-qar | before Abum-waqar |
| 2 | _igi_ mu-ha-du-um | before Muḫadum |
| 3 | _dumu_ {d}suen-a-zu | son of Sîn-azu |
| 4 | _igi_ a-pil-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | before Apil-Sin, son of Nanna-manšum |
| 5 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ im-me-rum | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Immerum |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}utu-tu-ra-am _dumu_ ARAD-dingir-szu | before Šamaš-tūram, son of Urad-ilīzu |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza _dumu_ pir-hu-um | before Sîn-iqīša, son of Pirḫum |
| 8 | _igi_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu _dub#-[sar]_ | before Nabi-ilišu, scribe |
| 9 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma#-[bi]-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 10 | _ib2-ra_ | he fled. |
| 11 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 12 | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal {d}tasz-me-tum_ | Year: Hammurapi, king of Tashmetu. |
| 1 | _igi#_ a#-pil*-[{d}suen] | before Apil-Sin |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}nanna#-[ma-an-szum2] | son of Nanna-manšum |
| 3 | _igi_ mu-ha-[du-um] _dumu_ {d}suen#-[a-zu] | before Muḫadum, son of Sîn-azu |
| 4 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ im-me-[rum] | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Immerum |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}utu-tu-ra-am _dumu_ ARAD2-dingir-szu | before Šamaš-tūram, son of Warad-ilīzu |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza _dumu_ pir-hu-um | before Sîn-iqīša, son of Pirḫum |
| 7 | _igi_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu _dub-sar_ | before Nabi-ilišu, scribe |
| 8 | _kiszib-a-ni u3 lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz#_ | sealed documents and witnesses |
| 9 | _ib2-ra_ | he fled. |
| 10 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 11 | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal {d}tasz-me-tum KA sa6-sa6-ga-ni_ | year: “Ḫammurapi, king of Tašmētu, opened the mouth of his beautiful house. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i-din-{d}suen | Iddin-Suen, |
| 2 | _dumu_ pi-ir-[hu-um] | son of Pirhum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | a-bu-wa-qar | Abu-waqar |
| 2 | _dumu_ isz-me-dingir | son of Išme-ilum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}mar-tu | servant of Marduk. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | mu-ha-du-um | Muḫadum |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-a-zu | son of Sîn-azu |
| 3 | _ARAD_ [...] | servant of .... |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | a-pil-{d}suen | Apil-Suen |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | son of Nanna-manšum |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | Ilī-iqišam |
| 2 | _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | son of Naram-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 6 | ||
| 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. |
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