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BM 097233 (P523803)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 097233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P523803 |
| Museum no. | BM 097233 |
| 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 | _2(asz)# sze# gur# ka#? [dub-a-ni nu-me]-a#?_ | 2 gur of barley, without his inscription |
| 2 | a#-[na _sa10 udu-nita2 hi-a_] | for the purchase of the sheep |
| 3 | _sza3 kur6_ [{d}utu be-el _e2-babbar_-ri] | from the mountain of Šamaš, lord of the Ebabbar |
| 4 | sza [{d}suen]-na#-di-in-szu-mi# [_masz2]-szu-gid2#-gid2#_ | of Sîn-nādin-šumi, the diviner |
| 5 | _dumu_ [{d}utu-ba-ni] | son of Utu-bani |
| 6 | a-na ta#?-ri#?-[ba?-tum? ...] | to Taribatum |
| 7 | _dumu-munus {d}utu?-sza?-tum | daughter of Utu-šātum |
| 8 | id-di-nu | they gave. |
| 9 | a-na 1(u) u4-[mi] | for 10 days |
| 10 | _udu-nita2 hi-a_ a-na _kur6_ {d}utu | a sheep for the offering of Šamaš |
| 11 | be-el _e2-babbar_-ri | the owner of the Ebabbar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ub-ba-lam u2-ul u2-ub-ba-al-ma | I will bring it, I will not bring it and |
| 2 | pi2-ha-tam _e2-gal_ i-ip-pa-al | the palace's gate he shall open. |
| 3 | _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _dub-sar zag-ga_ | before Gimil-Marduk, the front scribe |
| 4 | _igi#_ [{d}suen]-isz#-me-a-ni _dub-sar erin2_ | before Sîn-išmeanni, scribe of the troops |
| 5 | _igi_ bi-in-na-ru ra-bi-a-nu | before Innaru, the chief |
| 6 | _igi_ e-t,e-rum _dumu_ i3-li-isz-me-a-ni | before Eṭerum, son of Ilišmeanni |
| 7 | _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u)? 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Abu, the day 12 |
| 8 | _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal-e {d}lamma-{d}lamma-a su?-bar su3-ga-ke4 an-ta? BA szu2-szu2-a in-[...] x_ | year: “Samsu-ditana, the king, Lamma-Lamma’a the šuba stone, the subar stone, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | bi-na-ru | |
| 2 | _dumu_ sza-al-lu-[ru] | son of Šalluru |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | x x x | |
| 2 | x x x | |
| 3 | gi-mil-{d}[marduk] | Gimil-Marduk |
| 4 | ARAD ni2-tuku#? | a malevolent servant |
| 5 | [...] | |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | x x AN | ...; |
| 2 | [(x)] bar ra zu | ... who knows ... |
| 3 | gi-mil-{d}marduk# | Gimil-Marduk |
| 4 | [...] | |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-isz#-[me-a-ni] | Sin-išmeanni |
| 2 | _dub-[...]_ | Dub-... |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ a-hu-ni | seal of Ahuni |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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