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TS 093 (P498248)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498248 |
| Museum no. | BM 033172 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Purchase and sale contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | 7(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2 e2-du3-a_ | 7 2/3 shekels of built-up property |
| 2 | _da e2_ im-gur-{d}suen | adjacent to the house of Imgur-Sîn, |
| 3 | u3 _da e-sir2_ | and next to the street |
| 4 | _ki_ szu-{d}nin-szubur-ta | from Šū-Ninshubur; |
| 5 | {disz}e-la-a* | Elāya |
| 6 | _in-szi-[sa10]_ | bought. |
| 7 | 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 4 shekels of silver |
| 8 | _sa10 til-la-ni-se3_ | his purchase price |
| 9 | _in-na-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| 10 | _inim-gal2-la_ | a claim |
| 11 | _e2-bi-sze3_ | to that house |
| 12 | _in-na-gub-bu_ | he will serve. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2-ulu3_ | In the future, a man |
| 2 | _nu-mu-gi4-gi4-da_ | did not return. |
| 3 | _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_ | the year in which the king swore |
| 4 | {disz}im-gur-{d}suen _szita-esz3_ | Imgur-Sîn, priest |
| 5 | {disz}la-ma-sza _dumu_ szesz-du10-ga# | Lamaša, son of Šeš-tuga |
| 6 | {disz}ARAD-{d}nanna _nar-gal_ | Warad-Nanna, chief musician |
| 7 | {disz}mu-ha-du#-[um _dumu_] ur-{d}x-x | Muhammadum, son of Ur- |
| 8 | {disz}x ma a x nu x | ..., |
| 9 | {disz}a-wi-il-{d}[...] | Awil- |
| 10 | _lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz_ | the witnesses |
| 11 | _iti_ [...] | Month ... |
| 12 | _mu us2-[sa ri]-im-{d}suen | year following: “Rim-Sîn |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szu-{d}nin-szubur# | Šū-Ninszubur |
| 2 | _dumu_ x x x | son of , |
Sources & licences
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