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TS 081 (P498236)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498236 |
| Museum no. | BM 033258 |
| 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' | sza* [...] | of ... |
| 2' | _ki_ x x szu* [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | {d}i3-li2-a-tar* | Ilī-atar |
| 4' | u3 u-bar-{d}suen _dumu-mesz_ | and Ubar-Sîn, sons |
| 5' | {disz}s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 | Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 6' | u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2 _szesz-ni | and Awil-ilī, his brother |
| 7' | _in-szi-in-sa10-e-ne_ | they bought. |
| 8' | 1(u) 8(disz) _gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ | 18 1/6 shekels silver |
| 9' | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
| 2 | _igi_ i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am ra-bi-[a]-nu | before Ilī-ippalsam, the chief |
| 3 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-szam _dumu_ im-me-rum | before Ilī-iqišam, son of Immerum |
| 4 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-qi2-szam _dumu_ i-nun-e2-a | before Ilī-iqišam, son of Inun-ea |
| 5 | _iri{ki}_ ku-ta-al-la | the city Kutalla |
| 6 | _igi_ s,i-li2-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ {d}pi?-id?-qu2?-ri-szi* | before Ṣillī-Amurrum, son of Pidquriši |
| 7 | _igi_ a-ha-nu-ta _dumu_ nig2-gur11-{d}nanna | before Aḫanūta, son of Niggur-Nanna |
| 8 | _igi_ s,i-li2-{d}er3-ra _dumu_ a-hu-um | before Ṣillī-Erra, son of Aḫum |
| 9 | _iri{ki}_ su-um-ma-AN | the city Summa-AN |
| 10 | _iti du6-ku3 u4 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Tašritum, the day 5 |
| 11 | [_mu_] sa-am-su-i-lu-na [... {uruda}ki]-lugal#-gub-ba [...] hur#-sag didli#_ [...] | year: “Samsu-iluna, ..., the kingship of Babylon, the mountain range of all |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am | Ili-ippalsam, |
| 2 | _dumu_ qi2-isz-ti-{d}er3-ra | son of Qišti-Erra, |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}nergal# | servant of Nergal. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | Ilī-iqišam |
| 2 | _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | son of Naram-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD_ [...] | servant of .... |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | a-ha-nu-ta | from Aḫanu |
| 2 | _dumu_ [...] | son of |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | s,i-li2-{d}[er3-ra] | Ṣilli-Erra |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-hu-[um] | son of Aḫum |
Sources & licences
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