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BM 097620 (P523821)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 097620 |
|---|---|
| ID | P523821 |
| Museum no. | BM 097620 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | _5(asz) sze gur#_ | 5 kor of barley |
| 2 | a-na _sa10 duh [duru5 had2-du]_ | for a purchase, he shall have the usufruct of it. |
| 3 | sza {d}suen-na-di-in#-[szu-mi] _masz#-szu-gid2-gid2_ | of Sîn-nādin-šumi, the diviner |
| 4 | _dumu_ {d}utu-ba#-[ni] | son of Šamaš-bani |
| 5 | a-na {d}marduk-ba-ni _lu2 [kurun2]-na_ | To Marduk-bani, the brewer |
| 6 | id-di-nu | they gave. |
| 7 | u2-sa-ad-da-ar-ma | shall remove, and |
| 8 | _duh duru5 had2-du_ | bran, emmer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ka-al | he shall hold. |
| 2 | _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _ugula gidri_ | before Gimil-Marduk, foreman of the scepter |
| 3 | _igi_ _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | before the son of the scribal apprentice |
| 4 | _iti szu-numun-a u4 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 2 |
| 5 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du2-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub ib2-diri-ga kur hur-sag i7 didli-a_ | year: “Ammī-ṣaduqa, the king, erected a king’s copper statue; the mountains, mountains, and canals |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}marduk-[ba-ni] | Marduk-bani |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d}[iszkur] | son of Awil-Adad |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}AK me? [...] | AK the divine powers(?) |
| 2 | nig2 {d}suen [...] | that of Suen |
| 3 | x tuku x [...] | who has ... |
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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