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TS 068 (P498223)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498223 |
| Museum no. | BM 033237 & BM 033237a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / 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 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) _GAN2 3(u) sar a-sza3_ | 4 1/2 iku 30 sar field |
| 2 | _da#_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu_ sza-hu-za | with Iddin-Sîn son of Šaḫuza |
| 3 | _da# ha-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il#-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | together with the share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awil-ili, his brother |
| 4 | _sag# GAN2 du6_ i3-li2-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-pa-a | the head of the field of the Mound Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 5 | _sag ki 2(disz) a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | the head with 2 fields of Adad-iddinam |
| 6 | _ha-la_ mi-la-nu-um _dumu_ mi-ig-ra-at-{d}suen | share of Ilanum son of Mikrat-Sîn |
| 7 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) _GAN2 3(u) sar a-sza3_ | 4 1/2 iku 30 sar field |
| 8 | _da ha-la_ mi-na-nu-um _dumu_ mi-ig-ra-at-{d}suen | adjoining the share of Inanum, son of Igrat-Sîn |
| 9 | _da ha-la_ i-din-{d}utu u3 _szesz-a-ni_ | together with the share of Iddin-šamaš and his brother |
| 10 | _dumu-mesz_ u-bar-{d}suen | sons of Ubar-Sin |
| 11 | _sag GAN2 du6_ i3-li2-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-pa-a | the head of the dug field Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 12 | _sag ki 2(disz) a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | the head with 2 fields of Adad-iddinam |
| 13 | _ha-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awil-ilum, his brother |
| 14 | _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2-sukkal | sons of Ilī-sukkal |
| 15 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 3(u) _sar da a-sza3_ | 4 1/2 iku 30 sar next to the field |
| 16 | _da ha-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 | together with the share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awi’il-ilî |
| 17 | _da a-sza3_ ta-ri-bu-um _aga-usz2_ | adjoining the field of Tarībum, the slaughterer |
| 18 | _sag GAN2 du6_ i3-li2-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-pa-a | the head of the dug field Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 19 | _sag ki 2(disz) a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | the head with 2 fields of Adad-iddinam |
| 20 | _ha-la_ i-din-{d}utu u3 _szesz-ni_ | share of Iddin-šamaš and his brother |
| 21 | _dumu-mesz_ u-bar-{d}suen | sons of Ubar-Sin |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _pa5_ a-ta-ap i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is a ditch. |
| 2 | a-na _ha-la_ u2-ul sza-ki-in | into a share is not established |
| 3 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-sza-at-tu | The square-side is equal. |
| 4 | i-na mi-it-gu-ur-ti-szu-nu | in their equal share |
| 5 | i-na is-qi2-im i-zu-u2-zu | at the offering they will know. |
| 6 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | shall not cross over. |
| 7 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e_ | the year in which Samsu-iluna the king |
| 8 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 9 | [_igi_] a-te-e _dumu_ a-wi-ia-tum | before Attê, son of Awiatum |
| 10 | _igi_ i-ri-ba-am-{d}suen _dumu_ il3-szu-ba-ni | before Irībam-Sîn, son of Ilshu-bani |
| 11 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}suen | before Ilī-iqišam, son of Naram-Sîn |
| 12 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ a-pil-{d}suen | before Lipit-Ištar, son of Apil-Sîn |
| 13 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ i-nun-e2-a | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Inun-ea |
| 14 | _igi_ isz8-tar2-ki-ma-i3-li2-ia _ra2-gaba_ | before Ištar-kima-ilīya, the courier |
| 15 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir | son of Sîn-magir |
| 16 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | before Adad-manšum, son of Sîn-ishmeni |
| 17 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ {d}nirah-sze-mi | before Lipit-Ištar, son of Niraḫ-Šeme |
| 18 | _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Kislimu, the day 4 |
| 19 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e i7_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na-he2-gal2 _mu-un-ba-al-la_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, the canal Samsu'ilunna-ḫegal, Munballa, |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) _GAN2 a-sza3# a-gar3_ [gu-la] | 4 1/2 iku field, large meadow; |
| 2 | _da a-sza3_ i-din-{d}suen [_dumu_ x] a-bu | adjacent to the field of Iddin-Sîn son of ..., the father |
| 3 | u3 _da ha-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3# a-wi-il#-i3-li2 | and adjacent to the share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awil-ili |
| 4 | _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2-sukkal | sons of Ilī-sukkal |
| 5 | _sag GAN2 du6_ i3-li2-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-pa-a | the head of the dug field Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 6 | u3 _sag a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | and the head of the field of Adad-iddinam |
| 7 | _ha-la_ mi-la-nu-um _dumu_ mi-ig-ra#-at#-{d}suen | share of Ilanum son of Mikrat-Sîn |
| 8 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-sza3 a-gar3 gu-la_ | 4 1/2 iku field, field of the Great Field; |
| 9 | _da ha-la_ mi-na-nu-um _dumu_ mi-ig-ra-at-{d}suen | adjoining the share of Inanum, son of Igrat-Sîn |
| 10 | u3 _da ha-la_ i-din-{d}utu u3 _szesz-a-ni_ | and the share of Iddin-šamaš and his brother |
| 11 | _dumu-mesz_ [u-bar]-{d}suen | sons of Ubar-Sin |
| 12 | _sag GAN2 du6#_ [i3-li2]-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-[pa-a] | the head of the dug field Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 13 | u3 _sag a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | and the head of the field of Adad-iddinam |
| 14 | _ha-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awil-ilum, his brother |
| 15 | _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2-sukkal | sons of Ilī-sukkal |
| 16 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-sza3 a-gar3 gu-la#_ | 4 1/2 iku field, field of the Great Field; |
| 17 | [_da] ha#-la_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 | adjacent to the share of Ṣillī-Ištar and Awil-ilî |
| 18 | _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2-sukkal | sons of Ilī-sukkal |
| 19 | u3 _da a-sza3_ ta-ri-bu-um _aga-usz2_ | and adjacent to the field Tarībum, the slaughterer |
| 20 | _sag GAN2 du6_ i3-li2-i-din-nam _dumu_ a-ap-pa-a | the head of the dug field Ilī-iddinam, son of Appâ |
| 21 | u3 _sag a-sza3_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | and the head of the field of Adad-iddinam |
| 22 | _ha-la_ i-din-{d}utu u3 _szesz-ni_ | share of Iddin-šamaš and his brother |
| 23 | _dumu-mesz_ u-bar-{d}suen | sons of Ubar-Sin |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _pa5_ a-ta-ap-pu* i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is a ditch. |
| 2 | a-na _ha-la_ u2-ul isz-ku-nu | into a share they did not place |
| 3 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-sza-aq-qu2 | he will weigh out half of it. |
| 4 | i-na mi-it-gu-ur-ti-szu-nu | in their equal share |
| 5 | is-qa2-am id#-du#-u2 | they weighed out. |
| 6 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-zu-u2-zu | they divided equally. |
| 7 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | shall not cross over. |
| 8 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e_ | the year in which Samsu-iluna the king |
| 9 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 10 | _igi_ a-te-e _dumu_ a-wi-ia-tum | before Attê, son of Awiatum |
| 11 | _igi_ i-ri-ba-am-{d}suen _dumu_ il3-szu-ba-ni | before Irībam-Sîn, son of Ilshu-bani |
| 12 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}suen | before Ilī-iqišam, son of Naram-Sîn |
| 13 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-[isz8]-tar2# _dumu_ a-pil-{d}suen | before Lipit-Ištar, son of Apil-Sîn |
| 14 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza#-am _dumu_ i-nun-e2-a | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Inun-ea |
| 15 | _igi_ isz8-tar2-ki-ma-i3-li2-ia _ra2-gaba_ | before Ištar-kima-ilīya, the courier |
| 16 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir | son of Sîn-magir |
| 17 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _dumu#_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | before Adad-manšum, son of Sîn-ishmeni |
| 18 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 | before Lipit-Ištar |
| 19 | _dumu_ {d}nirah-sze-mi | son of Nirah-šeme, |
| 20 | _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Kislimu, the day 4 |
| 21 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i#-[lu]-na# _lugal-e i7_ sa#-am-[su-i]-lu#-na-he2-gal2_ | year: “Samsu-iluna the king dug the river Samsu'ilunna-hegal. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i-ri-ba-am-{d}suen | Iribam-Sîn, |
| 2 | _dumu_ il3-szu-ba-ni | son of Ilshu-bani, |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | Ilī-iqišam |
| 2 | _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | son of Naram-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}iszkur | servant of Adad. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 | Lipit-Ištar |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-pil-{d}suen | son of Apil-Sin |
| 3 | _ARAD_ sza {d}iszkur | servant of Adad. |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | i-nun-e2-a | Inunea |
| 2 | _dumu_ il3-szu-ba-ni | son of Ilshu-bani, |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}en-ki | servant of Enki. |
| 4 | u3 {d}nirah | and Niraḫ |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | isz8-tar2-ki-ma-i3-li2-ia | Ištar-kima-ilīya, |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir | son of Sîn-magir |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}gibil6 | servant of Gibil. |
| seal 6 | ||
| 1 | {d}nirah-sze-mi | Nirahšeme |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-wi-ia-tum | son of Awiatum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}en-ki {d}nirah | servant of Enki and Nirah. |
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