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BM 021969 (P498278)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 021969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498278 |
| Museum no. | BM 021969 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
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' | _ki#_ ib#-ni#-{d}suen | from Ibni-Sîn |
| 2' | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 3' | {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen# _dumu_ {d}marduk-na#!-s,i#-ir# | Ibni-Sîn, son of Marduk-nāṣir |
| 4' | {disz}szu-ri-na _ugula mar-tu#_ [x x] | Šurina, foreman of Amurru ... |
| 5' | {disz}{d}suen-ra-bi _dumu_ qar3-ra-du | Sîn-rabi, son of Qarradu |
| 6' | {disz}a-bi-ia-tum! _dumu_ ik!-ka3-rum | Abiyatum, son of Ikkarum |
| 7' | {disz}a-bu-zi _dumu_ u-bar-rum | Abuzi, son of Ubarrum |
| 8' | {disz}ku#-ia-tum _dumu_ ar-du-um | Kuyatum, son of Ardum |
| 9' | u3# dumu-u4 2(u)-kam _dumu_ il3-szu-ib#-[ni ] | and the 20th son of Ilshu-ibni |
| 10' | a#-na# _ka#-kesz2 mu# [n-kam]_ | for the sealing of the nth year |
| 11' | [...] | |
| 12' | _ib2#-ta-[e3-e-mesz]_ | they went out |
| 13' | a#-wi#-lum# ma-la [a-wi-lim] | A man as many as a man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-na-ah-tam x [a-na _a-sza3_] | a deficit of ... for the field |
| 2 | _u4# buru14#-[sze3]_ | at the harvest time |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da#-[du-ma] | the field he shall cultivate, and |
| 4 | ki#-ma# i-mi-it-ti-szu# | like his brother |
| 5 | u3 szu#-me#-e-li-szu-nu | and Šumēlītu |
| 6 | _sze-gesz-i3_ ki-is-sa3-at _a-sza3_ | sesame of the harvest of the field |
| 7 | _i3-ag2-e-mesz_ | they shall pay. |
| 8 | _igi#_ szu-pi2-sza _sanga_ {d}sze-rum# | before Šupiša, sanga priest of Sherum |
| 9 | [_igi_] na#-ra-am-i3-li2-szu | before Naram-ilišu |
| 10 | [_igi_] ib-ni-{d}marduk | before Ibni-Marduk |
| 11 | [_igi_ szu-mu-]-li#-s,i _dub-sar_ | Witness: Shumu-lishi, scribe |
| left | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ x-x-x-ra-bi | Seal of ...rabi |
Sources & licences
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