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BAP 089 (P512361)
Marriage Documents, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BAP 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512361 |
| Museum no. | BM 092507 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Marriage Documents |
| 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 | {disz}il-ta-ni a-ha-at# | Iltanu is the slave |
| 2 | {disz}ta-ra-am-sag-il2# | Taram-sagil |
| 3 | _ki_ {d}utu-sza-tum a-bi-szi-na | from Šamaš-šarrum, their father |
| 4 | {disz}ARAD2-{d}utu dumu i3-li2-en-nam | Arad-Šamaš, son of Ili-ennam |
| 5 | a-na asz-szu-tim# i-hu-si2-na-ti#! | to Assyria he received. |
| 6 | {disz}il-ta-ni _nin9-a-ni_ | Iltani, his sister |
| 7 | ze-ni-sza i-zi-in-<ni> | (Sum) Her anger, her rage (Akk) Her fury, she rages |
| 8 | sa-la-a-mi-sza i-sa-li-[im] | her debts will be paid. |
| 9 | _{gesz}gu-za_-sza a-na _e2_ {d}marduk | her chair to the temple of Marduk |
| 10 | i-na-asz-szi-e | shall carry out. |
| 11 | _dumu-mesz_ ma-la-a wa-al-du# | sons as many as there are |
| 12 | u3 i-wa-la-du _dumu#-mesz_-szi-na-ma# | and Iwaladu their sons |
| 13 | a-na il-ta-ni a-ha-ti-sza# | to her brother-in-law's house |
| 14 | u2-ul a-ha-ti at#-[ti] | I am not yours, |
| 15 | i-qa2-bi-[i u3 a-na] | he says, and to |
| 16 | ma-ri [a-ha-ti-sza] | her brothers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u2-ul ma-ru-ia] | is not mine |
| 2 | at#-[tu-nu i-qa2]-bi#-i-[ma] | You, say: |
| 3 | u2-ga-la-ab#-szi-i-ma# | he shall compensate her, and |
| 4 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ i-na-di-isz#-[szi] | for silver he shall give her. |
| 5 | u3 ARAD2-{d}utu a-na asz-sza-ti-szu# | and Warad-Šamaš to his wife |
| 6 | u2-ul asz-sza-tu-ia | I do not have. |
| 7 | i-qa2-bi-i-ma _1(disz) ma-na ku3#-[babbar]_ | shall say, and 1 mina of silver |
| 8 | _i3-la2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 9 | _igi_ e-ri-ba-am _[dumu]_ puzur4#-[a-bi] | before Erībam, son of Puzur-abi |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu _dumu_ hu-[...] | before Sîn-abūšu, son of Hu- |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ e-[te-lum] | before Sîn-magir, son of Etelum |
| 12 | _igi_ si2-ia-tum _dumu_ x-[...] | before Siyatum, son of ... |
| 13 | _igi_ bu-ri-ia _dumu_ ib-ni-{d#}utu# | before Buriya, son of Ibni-šamaš |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}suen-sza-mu-uh2 | before Sîn-šamuḫ |
| 15 | _dumu_ nu-ur2-sin | son of Nursin |
| 16 | _igi_ {d}utu-ti-la-ti# | before Šamaš-tillati |
| 17 | _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}utu _dumu_ x x x | before Nur-šamaš, son of |
| 18 | _igi_ ku-li-lum _dumu_ za-am-[...] | before Kililum, son of Zam-... |
| 19 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-sin! _dumu_ i-x-[...] | before Lipit-Sin, son of ... |
| 20 | _igi_ a-hu-t,a3-bu-um | before Aḫuṭābum |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 szi-na a-na ARAD2-{d}utu mu-ti-szi-na | and they to Warad-Šamaš their husband |
| 2 | u2-ul mu-ut-ni at-ta i-qa-bi-i-ma | “You are not our spouse,’ he says. |
| 3 | i-ha-szu-szi-na-<ti>-ma a-na _i7_ i-na-du-szi-na-ti# | they shall crush them and to the river they shall kill them. |
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