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TMH 10, 002 (P503235)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 10, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503235 |
| Museum no. | HS 2117 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | _[lugal-im-ri]-a dumu lugal-me-lam2#_ | Lugal-imrīya, son of Lugalmelam |
| 2 | [1(disz)] hu-un-du#-ul-tum _dumu-munus {d}en-lil2-gal-zu_ | 1 Ḫundultum daughter of Enlil-galzu |
| 3 | _nam-dam-sze3 in-tuku-am3_ | has married a wife |
| 4 | _mu lugal-ka-ni in-pa3_ | he has sworn by the name of his king. |
| 5 | _u3# kiszib3 mu-lugal-la-ka-ne-ne_ | and under seal of the kings |
| 6 | _lu2-lu2-u3 kiszib3 in-tak4_ | a man sealed documents has drawn up. |
| 7 | _1(disz) sag-munus_ la-ma-sza _mu-ni-im_ | 1 female slave named Lamaša |
| 8 | _2(disz) sza-u19-sza{zabar}_ | 2 bronze axes, |
| 9 | _5(disz) {gesz}dili2 1(disz) {gesz}bugin-tur <1(disz)> {gesz}bugin2_ | 5 single sticks, 1 small stick, 1 stick |
| 10 | _2(disz) {gesz}ba-an 1(disz) {gesz}nig2 3(ban2) 2(disz) {gesz}ka-kara4_ | 2 ban2 1 nig2 3 ban2 2 kakara4 |
| 11 | _6(disz) {gesz}gu-za ma2-lah5 6(disz) udu hi-a_ | 6 thrones of the boatman, 6 sheep |
| 12 | 1(disz) hu-un-du-ul-tum | 1 Ḫundultum |
| 13 | _1(disz) lugal-im-ri-a dam-a-na-ra in-na-ni-in-ku4_ | for Lugal-imrī’a his wife he brought in. |
| 14 | _1(disz) lugal-im-ri-a_ | 1 Lugal-imrīya |
| 15 | 1(disz) hu-un-du-ul-tum _dam-a-na-ra_ | 1 Ḫundūltum, his wife |
| 16 | _dam-mu nu-me-en un-na-an-du11_ | I am not my wife, he said to her. |
| 17 | _1/2(disz)# ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_ | 1/2 mina of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 18 | _u3#_ hu#-un-du-ul-tum | and Ḫundultum |
| 19 | _1(disz) lugal-im-ri-a dam-a-na-ra_ | 1 Lugal-imria, his wife |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dam-mu nu-me-en un-na-an#-[du11]_ | I am not my wife, she says to him. |
| 2 | _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_ | 1/2 mina of silver he shall pay. |
| 3 | _1(disz) lugal-sa6-ge szesz-gal_ | 1 Lugal-sage, the chief brother |
| 4 | _1(disz) lugal-di-ku5 szesz-a-ni_ | 1 Lugal-diku, his brother |
| 5 | _u3 ibila_ hu-un-du-ul-tum _na-an-ga-u3-tu#-u2-a_ | and the heirs of Ḫundultum, my creditors |
| 6 | _nig2-gur11 e2-a gal2-la a-na-me-a_ | all the property of the house |
| 7 | _1(disz) lugal-im-ri-a u3_ hu-un-du-ul-tum | 1 Lugal-imrī’a and Ḫundultum |
| 8 | _tesz2-a se3-ga-bi i3-ba-e-ne_ | they shall divide equally among themselves. |
| 9 | _igi lugal-ezem dumu lu2-{d}nin-gal-sze3_ | before Lugal-ezem, son of Lu-Ningal |
| 10 | _igi# {d}en-lil2-a2-mah nu-esz3 dumu KA-ku3-ga-ni-sze3_ | before Enlil-amaḫ, nueša priest, son of KA-kugani |
| 11 | _[igi] lu2-dingir-ra ulu3-di-gal dumu lugal#?-[x]-na-ab-du7-sze3_ | before Lu-dingira, Uludigal, son of Lugal-x-nabdu |
| 12 | _igi# ir3-{d}nanna sag-du5 dumu {d}nanna#-ma-an-szum2_ | before Ir-Nanna, eunuch, son of Nanna-manšum |
| 13 | _igi_ s,i-li2-esz18-dar _dam-gar3 dumu_ ri-isz-e2#-a-sze3 | before Ṣillī-Ishtar, merchant, son of Riš-ea |
| 14 | _igi nig2-gur11-{d}en-lil2#-la2 simug dumu_ su2-ga-gum-sze3 | before Niggur-Enlila, smith, son of Sugagum |
| 15 | _igi lugal-nig2-zu dub-sar-sze3_ | before Lugal-nigzu, the scribe |
| 16 | _igi_ si2-ia-tum _dumu {d}en-lil2-gal-zu-sze3_ | before Siyatum, son of Enlil-galzu |
| 17 | _[iti] kin#-{d}inanna_ | Month Elūnum |
| 18 | _mu {d}[ARAD]-{d}suen lugal-e [alan] ku3-sig17_ ku-du-[ur-ma-bu-uk] _[e2 {d}]utu#-sze3 i-ni-[in-ku4-ra]_ | the year in which Warad-Sin the king a gold statue of Kudur-mabuk into the temple of Shamash entered. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _hu-un-du-ul-tum#_ | “Hundultum |
| 2 | dumu {d}en-lil2-gal-[zu] | son of Enlil-galzu |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | lugal-im-ri-a | Lugal-imrīa, |
| 2 | dumu lugal-[me]-lam2 | son of Lugal-melam |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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