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TS 075 (P498230)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498230 |
| Museum no. | BM 033239 & BM 033239a |
| 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 ki-szub-ba_ | 1 sar, abandoned; |
| 2 | _da sa10 ku3-babbar_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | beside the purchase price of silver Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 3 | _da e2 dub-la2-mah-ma-an-szum2 | next to the house of Dubla-maḫ-manšum, |
| 4 | _sag e-sir2_ | the head of the street |
| 5 | u3 _sag e2 ga2-nun-na_ | and the top of the house of the granary |
| 6 | a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | Ana-Sîn-emid |
| 7 | _e2_ a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | the house of Ana-Sîn-emid |
| 8 | _ki_ a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | from Ana-Suen-emid |
| 9 | u3 li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 _dumu-ni_ | and Lipit-Ištar, her son |
| 10 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 11 | u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | and Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 12 | _in-szi-in-sa10-mesz_ | bought. |
| 13 | 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | 2 1/2 shekels of silver as his purchase price |
| 14 | _in-na-an-la2-e-ne_ | they shall pay. |
| 15 | _u4-kur2-sze3 inim nu-ga2-ga2_ | in the future, he will not raise a claim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | shall not cross over. |
| 2 | _mu_ {d}nanna {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Nanna, Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 3 | u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_ | and Samsu-iluna, the king |
| 4 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 5 | _igi_ a-ba-a _ra2-gaba mu-ni ki 2(disz)*_ il3-szu-i-bi-szu | before Abâ, the courier, his name with 2 Ilshu-ibbišu |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}utu-tu-ra-am _tibira dumu_ {d}suen-APIN | before Šamaš-tūram, steward, son of Sîn-erēb |
| 7 | _igi_ lu-mur-gi-mil-{d}utu _gudu4 dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | before Lūmur-gimilli-šamaš, gudug priest, son of Nur-Amurru |
| 8 | _igi_ si2-ia-tum _ra-gaba dumu_ pi-ir-hu | before Siyatum, the courier, son of Pirhu |
| 9 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _ra-gaba dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | before Ilī-iqišam, the courier, son of Naram-Adad |
| 10 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ i-nun-e2-a | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Inun-ea |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _sza3-tam dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | before Adad-manšum, the ṣātam-official, son of Sîn-ishmeni |
| 12 | _igi_ ni-in-nu-u2 _mu-ni ki 2(disz) {d}nin-urta-sag-kal | before Ninnû, his name with the two of Ninurta-sagkal |
| 13 | _dumu_ e2-dub-la2-mah-ma-an-szum2 | son of E-dublamah-manšum, |
| 14 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz ib2-ra_ | seal of the witnesses brought |
| 15 | _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Kislimu, the day 24 |
| 16 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e {d}utu {d}marduk e-ne-bi-da-ra nig2-dim2-dim2-ma-bi al in-na-an-du11-usz_ | the year (in which) Samsu-iluna the king, Šamaš and Marduk had sworn by the gods that he had created all of this |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) _sar ki-szub-ba_ | 1 sar, abandoned; |
| 2 | _da sa10 ku3-babbar_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | beside the purchase price of silver Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 3 | _da e2 dub-la2-mah-ma-an-szum2 | next to the house of Dubla-maḫ-manšum, |
| 4 | _sag e-sir2_ | the head of the street |
| 5 | u3 _sag e2 ga2-nun-na_ a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | and the head of the house of the granary, Ana-Sîn-emid |
| 7 | _e2_ a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | the house of Ana-Sîn-emid |
| 8 | _ki#_ a-na-{d}suen-e#-mi-id | from Ana-Suen-emid |
| 9 | u3 li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 _dumu-ni_ | and Lipit-Ištar, her son |
| 10 | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ i3-li2-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar, son of Ilī-sukkal |
| 11 | u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni_ | and Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 12 | _in-szi-in-sa10-mesz_ | bought. |
| 13 | 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | 2 1/2 shekels of silver as his purchase price |
| 14 | _in-na-an-la2-mesz_ | they shall pay. |
| 15 | _u4-kur2-sze3 inim nu-ga2-ga2_ | in the future, he will not raise a claim |
| 16 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | shall not cross over. |
| 17 | _mu_ {d}nanna {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Nanna, Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 18 | u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e_ | and Samsu-iluna the king |
| 19 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ ip-pa-al-sa3-am ra-bi-a-nu | before Ippalsam, the chief |
| 2 | _igi_ a-ba-a _ra2-gaba mu#-ni# ki 2(disz)#_ [il3]-szu-i-bi-[szu] | before Abâ, the courier, his name with the two Ilshu-ibbišu |
| 3 | _igi_ lu-mur-gi-mil-{d}utu# _gudu4 dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | before Lūmur-gimilli-šamaš, gudu priest, son of Nur-Amurru |
| 4 | _igi_ si2-ia-tum _ra-gaba dumu_ pi-ir-hu-um | before Siyatum, the courier, son of Pirḫum |
| 5 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _ra-gaba dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | before Ilī-iqišam, the courier, son of Naram-Adad |
| 6 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ i-nun-e2-a | before Ilī-iqisham, son of Inun-ea |
| 7 | _igi_ ni-in-nu-u2 _mu-ni ki 2(disz) {d}nin-urta-sag-kal | before Ninnû, his name with the two of Ninurta-sagkal |
| 8 | _dumu_ e2-dub-la2-mah-ma-an-szum2 | son of E-dublamah-manšum, |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _dub-sar dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni | before Adad-manšum, scribe, son of Sîn-ishmeni. |
| 10 | _kiszib [lu2-inim]-ma#-bi-mesz ib2-ra_ | Seal of the witnesses. |
| 11 | _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Kislimu, the day 25 |
| 12 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e {d}utu {d}marduk e-ne-bi-da-ra nig2-dim2-dim2-ma-bi al# in-na-an-du11#-[usz] alan szud3-szud3-de3 {d}lamma ku3-sig17 didli-bi-ta e2-babbar igi {d}utu-sze3 e2-sag-il2 igi {d}marduk-sze3 ki-gub-ba-ne-ne mi-ni-gi-na_ _ | the year in which Samsu-iluna the king for the god Šamaš and the god Marduk he erected this statue of prayer and a gold protective deity from the Ebabbar before the god Utu and the Esagil before the (god) Marduk he restored. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-na-{d}suen-e-mi-id | Ana-Sîn-emid |
| 2 | _dumu_ ni-id-na-tum | son of Nidnatum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}mar-tu | servant of Marduk. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}utu-tu-ra-am | Šamaš-turam |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-APIN | son of Sîn-ereš |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}lugal-gu2-du8-a{ki} | servant of Lugalgudua. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | lu-mu-ur-gi-mil-{d}utu | Lūmur-gimilli-šamaš, |
| 2 | _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | son of Nur-Amurrum, |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}mar-tu | servant of Marduk. |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | si2-ia-tum | siyatum |
| 2 | _dumu_ pir-hu-um | son of Pirhum |
| 3 | _ARAD_ AN {d}mar-tu | servant of Anu and Martu. |
| 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}iszkur | servant of Adad. |
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