TS 013 (P498170)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033183 & BM 033183a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}[sza-at]-{d}suen# [...]
2. _dumu-munus_ pu-zu*-ur*-bu#*-u2*
3. u3 na-ra-am-tum
4. _ki_ puzur4-bu#-u2#
5. u3 na-ra-am-tum
6. {disz}be-le-su2-nu
7. _nam-dumu-munus-a-ni_-sza
8. _szu ba-an-ti_
9. _u4-kur2-sze3 tukum-bi_
10. {disz}sza-at-{d}suen
11. _nam_ be-le-su2-nu _ama-ni_
12. _ama-a-ni_-sza
13. _ama-mu nu-me-en_
14. _kur_ su2-tu-u2-um
15. u3 ia-ah-mu-tu
16. {disz}e-la-a-ha-al _dumu-[ni]_
17. _nam_ sza-at-{d}suen-_sze3 ba-bur2#_
reverse
1. _ku3-sze3 ba-an#*-szum2#*
2. u3 _e-ne_ be-le-su2-nu
3. _nam_ sza-at-{d}suen _dumu-munus-a-ni_
4. _dumu-munus-mu nu-me-en_
5. _ugu dumu-munus-a-ni_
6. _nig2-na-me nu-tuku_
7. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_
8. _igi_ bi-tum-ga-mil
9. {disz}{d}suen-isz-me-ni
10. {disz}il3-szu-na-s,i-ir
11. {disz}e-la-a
12. _kiszib lu3-inim-ma-bi-mesz_
13. _iti NE-NE-gar_
14. _mu ka i7-da ba-an!-dab!
envelope
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] _dumu-munus#_ [...]
2'. [...] x [x]
3'. [...]-ni-sza
4'. [...] _nu-tuku-a_
5'. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_
6'. _igi_ bi-tum-ga-mil#
7'. {disz}{d}suen-isz-me-ni _dumu_ im-x-[...]
8'. {disz}il3-szu-na-s,i-ir
9'. {disz}e-la-a _dumu_ [...]
10'. _kiszib lu2-inim-[...]_
11'. _iti [NE]-NE-[gar]_
12'. _mu ka i7-da_ [...]
illegible seal impressions

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: Archives familiales, 13

[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, 13

[Jean1931TellSifr] Jean, Charles-François. 1931. Tell Sifr : Textes Cunéiformes Conservés Au British Museum. Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: Strassmaier Warka, 094

[Strassmaier1882] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1882. Texte, Altbabylonischer Verträge Aus Warka. Orient. Congr. Abhandll.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 033183 & BM 033183a
Accession No.: B 026

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Rim-Sin.15.05.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 19:35:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-02 at 15:01:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-31 at 13:34:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-16 at 10:33:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 14:08:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2019-05-23 at 09:06:56	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2016-04-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.33183) (BM.33183)
British Museum Collection (W_B-26) (W_B-26)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“TS 013 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498170.

TS 013 artifact entry (No. P498170). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498170 (Original work published 2016)

TS 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498170 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2025TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498170},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498170
LB  - CDLI:P498170
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - TS 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498170
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TS 013 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498170.

TS 013 artifact entry (No. P498170). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498170 (Original work published 2016)

TS 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498170 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2025TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498170},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498170
LB  - CDLI:P498170
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - TS 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498170
ER  -