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TS 063 (P498218)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498218 |
| Museum no. | BM 033249 & BM 033249a |
| 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 | 1(disz) _sar e2 ki-szub-ba_ | 1 sar, the house of the abandoned field; |
| 2 | _da_ {d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it, | next to Šamaš-muballiṭ |
| 3 | _da e2 e2_ {d!}am!-an-na | adjacent to the house of the temple of Amanna |
| 4 | _ha-la_ i3-li2-tu-ra-am _dumu_ {d}nirah-<sze>-mi | share of Ilī-turam, son of Niraḫ-šeme |
| 5 | _ki_ i3-li2-tu-ra-am | from Ilī-turam |
| 6 | {disz}{d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it, | Šamaš-muballiṭ |
| 7 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 8 | 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | 4 shekels of silver as his purchase price |
| 9 | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
| 10 | _u4-kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a-ak_ | in the future, at any time, |
| 11 | _nu-mu-un-an-bala-e_ | may he not change. |
| 12 | _mu_ {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na | the year: “Marduk and Samsu-iluna |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lugal [in]-pa3_ | the king chose |
| 2 | _igi_ [s,i-li2-isz8-tar2] | before Ṣillī-Ishtar |
| 3 | _dumu#_ [i3-li2-sukkal] | son of Ili-sukkal |
| 4 | _igi_ [a-wi-il-i3-li2] _szesz*-a*-ni*_ | before Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 5 | _igi_ [i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am] | before Ilī-iqisham |
| 6 | _dumu#_ [i-nun-e2]-a* | son of Inun-ea |
| 7 | _iti ab-[e3-a]_ | the month of Abea |
| 8 | _mu_ sa-am#-[su-i-lu]-na# _lugal i7_ sa#-[am-su]-i-lu-na na-qa2-ab-nu-uh-szi _mu-un-ba-la2_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, the Samsu'ilunna canal he irrigated, he dug, |
| 1 | _u4-kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a#-[ak]_ | In the future, he will not make a claim |
| 2 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e#_ | shall not cross over. |
| 3 | [_mu_ {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na] _lugal_ | year: “Marduk and Samsu-iluna, the king, |
| 4 | _<<lugal>> in-pa3_ | the king chose |
| 5 | _igi_ i3-li2-[i]-qi2#-sza-am | before Ilī-iqisham |
| 6 | _dumu_ i-nun#-e2#-a | son of Inun-ea |
| 7 | _igi_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | before Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 8 | _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _szesz-ni_ | before Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 9 | _iti ab-[e3-a]_ | the month of Abea |
| 10 | _mu_ sa#-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal i7_ sa#-am-su-i-lu-na na-qa2-ab-nu-uh-szi _mu-un-ba-la2_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, the Samsu'ilunna canal he drew up for her, he dug out the canal |
| left | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ a-wi-il-dingir | Seal of Awil-ilī |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-szubur | For Ninšubur |
| 2 | _sukkal an-na_ | vizier of An |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i-nun-e2-a | Inunea |
| 2 | _dumu_ [dingir-szu]-ba-ni | son of Ilu-shubani |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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