TS 093 (P498248)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033172

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (sale)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2 e2-du3-a_
2. _da e2_ im-gur-{d}suen
3. u3 _da e-sir2_
4. _ki_ szu-{d}nin-szubur-ta
5. {disz}e-la-a*
6. _in-szi-[sa10]_
7. 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
8. _sa10 til-la-ni-se3_
9. _in-na-la2_
10. _inim-gal2-la_
11. _e2-bi-sze3_
12. _in-na-gub-bu_
reverse
1. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2-ulu3_
2. _nu-mu-gi4-gi4-da_
3. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_
4. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen _szita-esz3_
5. {disz}la-ma-sza _dumu_ szesz-du10-ga#
6. {disz}ARAD-{d}nanna _nar-gal_
7. {disz}mu-ha-du#-[um _dumu_] ur-{d}x-x
8. {disz}x ma a x nu x
9. {disz}a-wi-il-{d}[...]
10. _lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz_
11. _iti_ [...]
12. _mu us2-[sa ri]-im-{d}suen
seal 1
1. szu-{d}nin-szubur#
2. _dumu_ x x x

Text content

Genre(s) Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (sale)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P498248

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 033172
Accession Number B 015

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.33172
British Museum Collection (BM) W_B-15

References

  • primary: Archives familiales, 93

    [Charpin1980Archivesfamiliales] Charpin, Dominique. 1980. Archives Familiales et Propriéte Privée En Babylonie Ancienne : Étude Des Documents de “Tell Sifr.” Vol. 12. Hautes Études Orientales.

  • history: Archives familiales, pl. 3

    [Charpin1980Archivesfamiliales] Charpin, Dominique. 1980. Archives Familiales et Propriéte Privée En Babylonie Ancienne : Étude Des Documents de “Tell Sifr.” Vol. 12. Hautes Études Orientales.

  • history: Tell Sifr, 93

    [Jean1931TellSifr] Jean, Charles-François. 1931. Tell Sifr : Textes Cunéiformes Conservés Au British Museum. Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: Strassmaier Warka, 084

    [Strassmaier1882Warka] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1882. Texte, Altbabylonischer Verträge Aus Warka. Orient. Congr. Abhandll.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-09-02 at 15:01:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-16 at 10:33:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-15 at 14:08:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-05-23 at 09:08:09 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-04-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“TS 093 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498248.
TS 093 artifact entry (No. P498248). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498248 (Original work published 2016)
TS 093 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498248 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498248},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498248
LB  - CDLI:P498248
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - TS 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498248
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TS 093 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498248.
TS 093 artifact entry (No. P498248). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498248 (Original work published 2016)
TS 093 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498248 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2025TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498248},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498248
LB  - CDLI:P498248
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - TS 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498248
ER  -
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