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SANTAG 09, 228 (P503203)
Business / Contracts, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | SANTAG 09, 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503203 |
| Museum no. | BM 024345 |
| 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)
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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 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 1 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | masz2-bi 1(disz) gin2 1(barig) sze-ta | its interest: 1 shekel 1 barig of barley each; |
| 3 | [ki x-x]-lu | with ...lu |
| 4 | zi-[...]-bu-um | Zi-...-bum |
| 5 | dumu [sza]-ah-la-ga-nu-um? | son of Šahlaganum |
| 6 | szu ba-an-ti | received. |
| 7 | iti gu4-si-sa2 | month: “Oxen-of-the-tablet,’ |
| 8 | sze szum2-mu-dam | to give back the barley |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi ARAD-{d}en-lil2-la2 | before Warad-Enlila |
| 2 | dumu ARAD-gu-la | son of Urad-gula. |
| 3 | igi na-bi-i3-li2-szu | before Nabi-ilišu |
| 4 | dumu a-bi-ia | son of Abiya |
| 5 | igi zi-zi-ia | before Ziziya |
| 6 | dumu ku-ri-kum | son of Kurikum |
| 7 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 8 | mu bad3 ki-sur-ra!{ki} u2-ba-a-a mu-na-dim2 | year: “The wall of the Kisurra subterranean sea he fashioned for him. |
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