Suurmeijer diss. BM 016473 (P512295)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Suurmeijer diss. BM 016473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512295 |
| Museum no. | BM 016473 |
| 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(disz) sag-nita2_ zimbir{ki}-x | 1 male slave of Sippar, |
| 2 | _mu-ni-im_ | a name |
| 3 | sza ib-ni-x-x-x _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-sza | of Ibni-..., son of Etel-piša |
| 4 | u3 sig-an-[nu]-ni-tum _dumu-a-ni_-szu | and Sîn-annunitum, his son |
| 5 | _ki_ ib-ni-{d}[...] _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-sza# | from Ibni-, son of Etel-piša |
| 6 | u3 sig-an-[nu-ni]-tum _dumu-a-ni_-szu | and Sîn-annunitum, his son |
| 7 | i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen | Ikūn-pî-Suen, |
| 8 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ta-ia-ar | son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 9 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 11 | _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 10 shekels of silver he paid. |
| 12 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 13 | _inim-bi al-<til> SZE3? | Its word is finished |
| 14 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra-a_ | In the future, a man to another man |
| 15 | _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_ | shall not make a claim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 2 | u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-ma it-[mu] | and Samsu-iluma heard |
| 3 | [_igi_ ...] _dumu#_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir | before , son of Marduk-nāṣir |
| 4 | [_igi_ ...] ni#? x | before ... ... |
| 5 | [_igi_ ...] x x | Witness: .... |
| 6 | [_igi_ ...] x x x x x | Witness: ... .... |
| 7 | _igi#_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ ni#-id#-na-tum | before Ilshu-bani, son of Nidnatum |
| 8 | [_igi_ ...] ur2# KA NI SZI x | before ... ... |
| 9 | [_iti] x x a? u4 7(disz)-kam_ | month ..., 7th day; |
| 10 | [_mu_] sa-am-su-i-lu-na x x x [x] x x x x | the year Samsu-iluna ...... |
Sources & licences
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