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TS 100 (P498255)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Kutalla · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TS 100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498255 |
| Museum no. | BM 033266 (+) BM 033289 & BM 033266a |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) _[sar e2 kiszib-ba kislah]_ | 4 sar, house of sealed documents of the slaḫ; |
| 2 | _usz 1(disz)-kam_ [...] | 1st year ... |
| 3 | _us2 2(disz)-kam_ [...] | the second length ... |
| 4 | _sag-bi#_ [...] | Its top ... |
| 5 | _sag_ [...] | the head ... |
| 6 | a-[...] | A-... |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | _in-szi-in-sa10-mesz_ | bought. |
| 12 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sa10 til-la-ni-sze3 in-na-an-la2-mesz_ | 6 shekels of silver as his full price he paid. |
| 13 | _ur-kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a-ka_ | to a foreign land without a day |
| 14 | _inim-gar-ra e2-e-ke4_ | by the order of the house |
| 15 | {disz}{d}mar-tu-ba-ni u3 {d}en-lil2-is-su2 _szesz-ni_ | Marduk-bani and Enlil-issu, his brother |
| 16 | _ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4-mesz_ | they shall return. |
| 17 | _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_ | shall not cross over. |
| 18 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e_ | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, and Samsu-iluna, the king, |
| 19 | _in-pa3-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 20 | _igi_ i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am ra-bi-a-nu-um | before Ilī-ippalsam, the chief |
| 21 | {disz}na-bi-{d}en-lil2 _dumu_ ni-di-it-tum | Nabi-Enlil, son of Nidittu |
| 22 | {disz}i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ na-ra-am-{d}iszkur | Ilī-iqišam, son of Naram-Adad |
| 23 | {disz}a-wi-il-{d}utu _dumu_ {d}suen-sze-me-i | Awīl-Šamaš, son of Sîn-šeme |
| 24 | {disz}u-bar-{d}utu _szesz-[ni]_ | Ubar-Šamaš, his brother |
| 25 | {disz}[...-{d}]suen# [...] | ...-Suen |
| 26' | {disz}{d}nanna-tum [...] | Nanna-tum |
| 27' | {disz}ta-ri-bu-[um ...] | Tarībus |
| 28' | _kiszib lu2-[...] | Seal of Lu-... |
| 29' | _iti_ [...] | Month ... |
| 30' | [_mu_ ...] | Year ... |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) _sar e2 ki-szub-ba kislah_ | 4 sar, the house of the abandoned field, the kislah; |
| 2 | _us2# 1(disz)#-kam#-ma da e2#_ sze-rum-ra-bi _dumu#_ {d}[...]-ra-bi | the first length, next to the house of Šerum-rabi, son of ...-ribi |
| 3 | _us2 2(disz)-kam-ma da e2 sa10 [ku3_ {d}suen]-sze-me _dumu a-zu-gal_ u3 e-[t,e4]-rum | the second length, next to the silver house of Sîn-šeme son of Azugal and Eṭerum |
| 4 | _sag 1(disz)-kam-ma da e2 sa10 [ku3_ {d}]suen-sze-em _dumu a-zu-gal | the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), next to the silver house of Sin-šem, son of Azugal |
| 5 | _sag 2(disz)-kam-ma da e2 sa10 [ku3_ {d}suen]-sze-me _dumu a-zu-gal_ | the 2nd (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), next to the silver house of Sin-šeme son of Azugal |
| 6 | _ha-la_ {d}[mar]-tu-ba-ni [u3] {d}en-lil2-is-su2 _szesz-ni_ | share of Martu-bani and Enlil-issu, his brother |
| 7 | [_lugal e2-e]-ke4_ | king of the temple |
| 8 | [_ki_ {d}mar-tu-ba-ni u3] {d}en-lil2-is-su2 _szesz-ni_ | with Martu-bani and Enlil-issu, his brother |
| 9 | [_lugal e2-e]-ke4_ | king of the temple |
| 10 | [s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 u3 a-wi-il-i3-li2] _dumu-mesz_ i3#-li2#-sukkal | Ṣilli-Ištar and Awil-ilī, sons of Ili-sukkal |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ sin-i-tu-ra-[am] | Seal of Sîn-iturram. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | disz [...] | ...; |
| 2' | {disz}NI x [...] | NI |
| 3' | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi#-[mesz]_ | Seal of witnesses. |
| 4' | _iti kin-{d}inanna u4_ [...] | The month Elūnum, the day ... |
| 5' | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na# [_lugal] {d}utu {d}marduk e-ne-bi-ta# alan szud3-de3 {d}lamma ku3-sig17_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, king of Šamaš and Marduk, by means of this statue of prayer a gold protective deity |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [i3-li2]-ip-pa-al-sa3-am | Ilī-ippalsam |
| 2 | [_dumu_ qi2-isz]-ti-{d}er3-ra | son of Qishti-Erra |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-[i-qi2-sza]-am# | Ili-iqišam |
| 2 | _dumu_ na#-ra-[am]-{d}iszkur | son of Naram-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD_ [...] | servant of .... |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | a-wi-il#-[{d}utu] | Awil-šamaš |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-[...] | son of Sin- |
| 3 | _ARAD_ {d}mar-tu | servant of Marduk. |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um | Nabium |
| 2 | _sukkal u3-luh ku3 szu-du8_ | the vizier, the purifier of silver, the šudu₃-official |
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