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Foxvog 001 (P508772)

Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Isin · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationFoxvog 001
IDP508772
Museum no.Foxvog 001
CollectionFoxvog, Daniel A., Rio Nido, CA, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
Find spotIsin (mod. Bahriyat)
Coordinates31.8852, 45.2688

English translation

By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

LineEnglish
obverse 114 1/3 shekel-measures of built house,
obverse 2a house of Warad-Sîn son of Kunum-kitušbia,
obverse 3next to the house of Iddin-Erra,
obverse 4for its full selling-price
obverse 5n and 1/6 shekels of silver
obverse 6he weighed out to him, (and so)
obverse 7from Warad-Sîn son of Kunum-kitušbia
obverse 8Iddin-Erra
obverse 9bought it from him.
obverse 10In future, Warad-Sîn
obverse 11and his sons and heirs, whoever they may be,
obverse 12that they will not raise any claim for the house
obverse 13so they swore by the name of the king.
reverse 1Gešzal-šudu the son of Utu-hegal,
reverse 2Bara-Utu the son of Warad-Šamaš,
reverse 3Ritti-ilim the son of Nūr-Anim,
reverse 4Lumma-šemi the son of Šu-[...]-a.
reverse 5Month NE-NE-gar.
reverse 6Year after Damiq-Ilišu the king built for Utu the temple (named) Judge of the Nation.

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
11(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2# [du3]-a#
2e2 ARAD-{d}suen [dumu ku-nu]-um#-ki-tusz-bi-a
3da e2 i-din-er3-ra#
4sa10 til-la-bi-sze3#
5[n] gin2 igi 6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
6in#-na-an-la2#
7ki ARAD-{d}suen dumu# ku-nu-um#-ki-tusz-bi-a-ta
8{disz}i-din-er3-ra x
9in-szi-in#-sa10#
10[u4]-kur2-sze3# {disz#}ARAD-{d}suen
11u3# dumu ibila#-a#?-ni a-na-me-a-bi
12e2#-sze3 inim# nu-um#-ga2-ga2-a
13mu# lugal#-bi# in#-[pa3]
reverse
1gesz-zal#-szu#?-du7# dumu# {d}utu-he2-gal2#
2{disz}{d}bara2#?-{d}utu dumu# ARAD-{d}utu
3{disz}ri?-ti-dingir dumu nu-ur2-a-nim
4{disz}lum?-ma#?-sze-mi dumu szu?-[x x?]-x-a#
5[iti] NE#-NE#-gar
6mu-us2-sa {d}da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal e2-di-ku5-kalam-ma {d}utu-ra mu-na-du3
seal 1
1ARAD-{d}suen

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