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RA 085, 045 20 (P513068)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RA 085, 045 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P513068 |
| Museum no. | BM 013957 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 | 2/3(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a | 2/3 shekel built-up house, |
| 2 | he2-diri szu la-ba-te-GA2 | (Sum) It is a flood that cannot be undone (Akk) Its flood has not been undone |
| 3 | he2-ba-la nu-ub-si-si | he did not fill with abundance. |
| 4 | da e2 dumu-mesz sa3-ni-qum | next to the house of the children, Saniqum, |
| 5 | da e2 2(disz)-kam-ma {disz}i-bi-ia {lu2}nagar | next to the 2nd house of Ibbiya, carpenter |
| 6 | sag-bi {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | its top Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 7 | sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma e-sir2 | Its second head is the esir. |
| 8 | e2 i3-li2-a-bi dumu a-hu-szi-na# | the house of Ili-abi son of Ahušina |
| 9 | ki i-li2-a-bi dumu a-hu-szi-na | from Ili-abi son of Ahušina |
| 10 | lugal e2-a-ke4 | the owner of the house |
| 11 | {disz}{d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | Sîn-bel-aplim |
| 12 | dumu s,i-li2-e-ge-esz-sza | son of Ṣillī-egešaša, |
| 13 | in-szi-in-sa10 | he bought. |
| 14 | sa10 til-la-bi-sze3 | as its full price |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n?] 4(disz) gin2 [ku3]-babbar# in-na-an#-la2# | ... 4 shekels of silver he paid |
| 2 | u4-kur2-sze3 lu2# [lu2]-ra inim nu-ga2-ga2-ia | In the future one will not raise a claim against the other. |
| 3 | mu an {d}inanna u3# ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 lugal | year: “An, Ištar and Hammurapi were kings. |
| 4 | in-pa3 | he chose. |
| 5 | igi u2-s,i-na#-wi#-[ir] | before Uṣinawir |
| 6 | dumu {d}suen#-sze#-[mi] | son of Sîn-šeme |
| 7 | igi {d}suen-x-[x]-x dumu i3-li2-s,i-nu-ia | before Sîn-..., son of Ilī-ṣinuya |
| 8 | igi a-bu-um-dingir# dumu# x?-x-nim | before Abum-ili, son of ...-nim |
| 9 | igi {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am dumu sa3-ni-qum | before Sîn-iqīšam, son of Saniqum |
| 10 | igi {d}nirah#-li#-[we]-er dumu sa3-ni-qum | before Niraḫ-liwer, son of Saniqum |
| 11 | [igi ...] x dumu ka-ba-lum# | before ..., son of Kabalum |
| 12 | [igi ... dumu] {d}suen-na#-s,ir# | before , son of Sin-nāṣir |
| 13 | [mu] i7# ha-am#-mu-ra-pi2-nu-hu-usz-ni-szi | year: “Ḫammurapi-nuḫušnīši |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | u2#-s,i#-na-wi-ir | he shall replace. |
| 2 | [dumu] {d}suen-sze-mi | son of Sîn-šeme |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen#-i-qi2-sza-am | Sîn-iqišam |
| 2 | dumu sa3-ni-qum | son of Saniqum, |
| 3 | ARAD {d}ra-am#-[...] | servant of Ram- |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | {d}nirah-[...] | Nirah- |
| 2 | dumu sa3-[ni-qum] | son of Saniqum |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
Sources & licences
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