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Wool Economy ANE, p. 228 (P512229)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Wool Economy ANE, p. 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512229 |
| Museum no. | BM 081236 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 15 shekels of silver |
| 2 | _sa10 1(asz) gu2 siki_-szu | for buying 1 talent of his wool |
| 3 | _ki#_ u2-tul2-isz8-tar2 a-bi _erin2_ | from Utul-Ištar, son of the troops |
| 4 | a#-na# qa2-be2-e dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni# _ugula dam-gar3_ | At the command of Ilu-šubāni, son of Illu-ibni the overseer of the merchants. |
| 5 | {disz}be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ ib-na-tum | Belšunu, son of Ibnatum |
| 6 | {disz}be-li2-a-tum _dumu_ a-at-ta#-a# | Belī-atum, son of Attâ |
| 7 | u3# gaz-dingir _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur | and Gaz-il, son of Ibni-Adad |
| 8 | _szu ba-an-ti-mesz_ | they received. |
| 9 | a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_ | for 1 month |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu-nu | to the carrier of their seals |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar i3-la2-e-mesz_ | silver he shall weigh out. |
| 3 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ szu-mu-um#-li-ib-szi | before Ibni-Amurrum, son of Šumum-libši |
| 4 | _igi_ {d#}amar#-utu#-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ ta-ri-ba-tum | before Marduk-mušallim, son of Tarībatum |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim _dub-sar#_ | before Sîn-mušallim, scribe |
| 6 | _[iti ...] u4 1(u) 9(disz)-kam_ | The month of ..., the day 19 |
| 7 | [_mu_ am-mi]-s,a#-du-qa2 _lugal-e [{d}utu en] an#-ta gal2-la [alan] nam#-nir#-gal2-la-ni zubi#_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, Šamaš, lord, who is present from heaven, fashioned this statue of his greatness. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-[...] | Sin- |
| 2 | x x x [...] | |
| 3 | dingir ezem x x [...] | The god of the festival |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-x-ni | ...-ni |
| 2 | [dumu ...]-{d}amar-utu | son of ...-Amarutu |
| 3 | [ARAD ...] | servant of . |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | ha-a-ia-[...] | Hāia- |
| 2 | dumu i-x-x-[...] | son of I- |
| 3 | [ARAD ...] | servant of . |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-[...] | |
| 2 | [dumu] ib-ni-{d#}[...] | son of Ibni- |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| 4 | u3 {d}nin-[...] | and Nin- |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | _{na4}kiszib3_ be-li2-tum | seal of Belitum |
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