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BAP 030 (P507725)

Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationBAP 030
IDP507725
Museum no.BM 092501 & BM 092501A
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageSumerian; Akkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenrePurchase and sale contracts

English translation

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LineEnglish
obverse 1A built house plot of 70 shekels
obverse 2next to the house of Munawwirum
obverse 3and next to the house of Ararrum,
obverse 4its front is the street,
obverse 5its rear is the house of Anum-pîša,
obverse 6is the house of Nannatum, Etel-pî-marduk
obverse 7and Gimil-marduk
obverse 8sons of Ararrum (which)
obverse 9from Nannatum, Etel-pî-marduk
obverse 10and Gimillum,
obverse 11owners of the house,
obverse 12Gimillum son of Itūr-ilum
obverse 13has bought;
obverse 14as its full price,
obverse 1524 and a half shekels of silver
obverse 16he has paid.
reverse 1That in future one against the other
reverse 2will not raise a claim,
reverse 3(by) the name of Marduk and Ḫammurapi the king
reverse 4they have sworn.
reverse 5Before Iṭib-libbašu son of Sîn-gāmil;
reverse 6before Ilīšunūti son of Aḫuni;
reverse 7before Marduk-nāṣir son of Sîn-iqīšam;
reverse 8before Adad-nada son of Abīya ...;
reverse 9before Ḫuzalum son of Marduk-nāṣir;
reverse 10before Šutēšurāšum son of Etel-pî-nabûm;
reverse 11before Ubarrum son of Ša-ilum;
reverse 12before Illulum son of Ilūma;
reverse 13before Ipqu-ištar son of Matatum;
reverse 14before Nabi-ilīšu the scribe.
reverse 15The month of Kišlīmum, the day 1
left 1the year "(Ḫammurapi the king made) the throne of Zarpanitum"
reverse 9Marduk-nāṣir
reverse 13Ipiq-ištar
seal 1 1Ḫuzalum
seal 1 2son of Marduk-nāṣir
seal 1 3servant of Nabûm
seal 2 1Šutēšurāšum
seal 2 2son of Etel-pî-nabûm
seal 2 3servant of Nabûm

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1_1(disz) sar 1(u) gin2 e2 du3-a_
2_da e2_ mu-na-wi-rum
3u3 _da e2_ a-ra-ar-rum
4_sag-bi e-sir2_
5_egir-bi e2_ an-pi4-sza
6_e2_ {d}nanna-tum {disz}e-tel-pi4-{d}marduk
7u3 gi-mil-{d}marduk
8_dumu-mesz_ a-ra-ar-rum
9_ki_ {d}nanna-tum {disz}e-tel-pi4-{d}marduk
10u3 gi-mil-lum
11_lugal e2-a-ke4_
12{disz}gi-mil-lum _dumu_ i-tur-dingir
13_in-szi-in-sa10_
14_sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
15_1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
16_in-na-an-la2_
reverse
1_u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
2_inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
3_mu_ {d}marduk u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_
4_in-pa3-de3-esz_
5_igi_ i-t,ib-li-ib-<ba>-szu _dumu_ {d}suen-ga-mil
6_igi_ i-li-szu-nu-ti _dumu_ a-hu-ni
7_igi_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-[am]
8_igi_ {d}iszkur-na-da _dumu_ a-bi-ia x x x
9_igi_ hu-za-lum _dumu_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir
10_igi_ szu-te-szu-ra-szum _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um
11_igi_ u-bar-rum _dumu_ sza-dingir
12_igi_ il-lu-lum _dumu_ dingir-ma
13_igi_ sig-esz18-dar _dumu_ ma-ta-tum
14_igi_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu _dub-sar_
15_iti gan-gan-e3 u4 1(disz)-kam_
left
1_mu gu-za {d}zar-pa-ni-tum
reverse
9{d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
13i-pi2-iq-esz18-dar
seal 1
1hu-za-lum
2dumu {d}marduk-na-s,i-[ir]
3ARAD {d}na-bi-[um]
seal 2
1szu-te-szu-ra-[szum]
2dumu e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-[um]
3ARAD {d}na-bi-um

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