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JCS 31, 037-038 BMC 3 (P500700)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Isin · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 31, 037-038 BMC 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500700 |
| Museum no. | BMC 03 |
| Collection | Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Isin (mod. Bahriyat) |
| Coordinates | 31.8852, 45.2688 |
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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [n] GAN2# [a-sza3] ki-kal | n hectares of field, cultivated land |
| 3 | he2#-eb-diri [ha]-ba#-la2 | he shall surpass and surpass. |
| 4 | sza3# a-sza3 igi-bar-bar-ri | in the field Igibarbari |
| 5 | us2#-sa-du ti-ia-ru-um | next to Tiyarum |
| 6 | u3 us2-sa-du ma-ki-tum | and next to the moat |
| 7 | sag#-bi i7 munus-sila4-sig | Its head is the Munus-silasig canal |
| 8 | u3#? i7 a-sza3-esz2-gar3 | and the canal of the field-ešgar |
| 9 | a#-sza3# ma-a-nu-um | field Manum |
| 10 | [{disz}]isz#-gum-ir3-ra | Ishgum-irra |
| 11 | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}nin#-kar-ra-ak | Ipqu-Ninkarrak |
| 12 | u3 hu-ra-s,a-tum# nin-a-ne-ne | and Ḫuraṣatum, their lady |
| 13 | dumu# {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am-mesz | son of Sîn-iqīšammeš |
| 14 | ki# ma-a-nu-um | when Manum |
| 15 | {disz}isz-gum-ir3-ra | Išgum-irra |
| 16 | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak | Ipqu-Ninkarrak, |
| 17 | u3# hu-ra-s,a-tum nin-a-ne-ne-ta | and Ḫuraṣatum, their lady |
| 18 | {disz}ti-ia-ru-um | Tiyarum |
| 19 | [u3] bur-tum dam-a-na-ke4 | and Burtum, his wife |
| 20 | in#-szi-sa10-esz | they bought. |
| 21 | sa10# til-la-bi-sze3 | as its full price |
| 22 | 1/3(disz)# ma#-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 1/3 mana 5 shekels silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nam-du8-a ma-a-nu-um szesz-a-ne-ne-sze3 | for the office of doorkeeper, for the sake of their brothers |
| 2 | in-ne-la2-e-esz | they shall pay. |
| 3 | u4-kur2-sze3 | in the future |
| 4 | {disz}ma-a-nu-um | Mannum, |
| 5 | {disz}isz-gum-ir3-ra | Išgum-irra |
| 6 | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak | Ipqu-Ninkarrak, |
| 7 | u3 hu-ra-s,a-tum lukur nin-a-ne-ne | and Huraṣatum, the nadītu of their mistress, |
| 8 | a-sza3-sze3 inim-nu-um-ga2-ga2-ne | to the field they shall litigate, |
| 9 | asz-e-esz mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz | They have sworn by the name of the king. |
| 10 | igi puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak dumu {d}suen-i-di2-na-sze3 | before Puzur-Ninkarrak, son of Sîn-iddina |
| 11 | igi im-di-{d}en-lil2 dumu {d}suen-ga-mi-il-sze3 | before Imdi-Enlil, son of Sîn-gamil |
| 12 | igi sza-lu-ru-um dumu im-gur-{d}suen-sze3 | before Šalurum, son of Imgur-Sîn |
| 13 | igi {d}szul-pa-e3-ba-ni dumu dingir-na-da-sze3 | before Šulpaebani, son of Dingir-nada |
| 14 | [igi] {d#}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, dumu ir3-ra-ga-sze-er-sze3 | before Sîn-muballiṭ, son of Irragašer |
| 15 | [igi] u#-bar-{d}suen dumu {d}suen-i-mi-ti-sze3 | before Ubar-Sin, son of Sîn-imitti |
| 16 | [igi] a#-pil2-{d#}suen# ga?-gaz? dumu a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku-sze3 | before Apil-Sîn, gagaz(?) son of Ana-Suen-taklak |
| 17 | [igi i]-din#-{d}nin#-szubur# dumu ur-{d}ig-alim-ma-sze3 | before Iddin-Ninšubur, son of Ur-Igalima |
| 18 | [iti] NE#-NE-gar# | month: NENEgar |
| 19 | mu# us2#-sa# {d#}da#-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal-e [e2-di]-ku5#-kalam#-ma# e2-ki-ag2-ga2#-ni# {d#}utu-[ra] mu#-un-du3-[a] | year following: “Damiq-ilīšu, the king, the Edikudkalama, his beloved temple, was built for Utu. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ip-qu2-{d}nin-kar-ra-[ak] | Ipqu-Ninkarrak |
| 2 | dumu {d}suen#-i-qi2#-[sza-am] | son of Sin-iqīšam |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | isz-gum-ir3-ra | Išgum-irra |
| 2 | dumu {d}suen-i-qi2-sza#-[am] | son of Sîn-iqišam |
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