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SANTAG 09, 216 (P503191)
Business / Contracts, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | SANTAG 09, 216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503191 |
| Museum no. | BM 085348 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
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 | 2(disz) ab2 sza-at-{d}iszkur mu-ni | 2 cows, Šāt-Addu, his name |
| 2 | 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 5 shekels of silver |
| 3 | 1(disz) {na4}kin2-zi3-sze | 1 kinziše stone |
| 4 | szi-ma-ia ta | what is my fate? |
| 5 | bu-ta-tu-um | |
| 6 | in-na-an-ba | he gave to him. |
| 7 | bu-ta-tu-um | |
| 8 | szi-ma-ia | my fate |
| 9 | nam-dam-sze3 ba-an-dib | to marrying he passed, |
| 10 | u4-kur2-sze3 bu-ta-tu-um | In the future, Batatum |
| 11 | nu-dam SZE3 | not to be altered. |
| 12 | nu-na-be2-a | did not say, |
| 13 | [...] x x | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-{d}iszkur? | ...-Adad(?) |
| 2 | [igi {d}]suen#-na-da | before Sîn-nada |
| 3 | igi x-[...]-{d}suen | before ...-Suen |
| 4 | dumu mu-tum#-[...]-be-el | son of Mutum-...-bel |
| 5 | igi {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | before Sîn-iqīšam |
| 6 | igi {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 | before Nanna-manšum |
| 7 | u4-kur2-sze3 ugu szi-ma-ia | In the future, concerning my fate |
| 8 | nig2 na-me-en nu-tuku-a-me | “I am nothing, I do not have anything. |
| 9 | iti <kin>-{d}inanna | month: “Kin-Inanna,’ |
| 10 | mu us2-sa ki-sur-ra{ki} {d}er3-ra-i-mi-ti ba-an-dib | year after: “Erra-imitti sailed into the Kisurra. |
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