TS 096 (P498251)

Purchase and sale 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033190 & BM 033190a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)] 1/3(disz) _sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 ki-szub-ba_
2. _da e2_ u-bar-um
3. u3 _da e2_ sa3-sum2
4. _ha-la_ le-el-le-e
5. _ki_ le-el-le-e-ta
6. u3 ur-e2-an-na _dumu-ni_
7. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen
8. _in-szi-sa10_
9. 1/3(disz) _ma-na 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
10. _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_
11. _in-na-la2_
12. _inim-gal2-la e2-a-ne-ne_
13. _in-na-gub-bu-de3-esz
seal impression
reverse
1. _u4-kur2 lu2 lu2 nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-de3_
2. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz_
3. _igi_ lugal-lu2-ti-ti _KA-KI*_
4. {disz}ku3-{d}nanna gudu4-abzu_
5. {disz}ku3-ni-i _dumu_ a-pil-szu-nu
6. {disz}u-bar-um _dumu_ ur-e2-an-na
7. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen _dumu_ ur-esz3-lam
8. [{disz}]sa3-am-ma-nu-um _dumu_ ku3-{d}nanna
9. [{disz}]ARAD#-{d}suen _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
10. [{disz}]ur#-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da _dumu_ {d}nanna-lu2-ti
11. [{disz}{d}]suen#-be-el-ap-li
12. [{disz}{d}]suen#-isz-me-a-ni _muhaldim_
13. [{disz}ku3 {d}]nin-gal _dumu_ an-ku3-ta#
14. [{disz}...]-ba-ni _gudu4-abzu_
so Charpin, copy shows: gudu4 gudu4 [...]
rest broken
envelope
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar# [5(disz) gin2 e2 ki-szub-ba_]
2. _da e2_ u-[bar-um]
3. u3 _da e2_ sa3-[sum2]
4. _ha-la_ le-el-le-e
5. _ki_ le-el-le#-[e]-ta
6. u3 ur-e2-an-na _dumu-ni_
7. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen
8. _in-szi-sa10_
9. 1/3(disz) _ma-na 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
10. _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_
11. _in-na-an-la2_
12. _inim-gal2-la e2-a-ne-ne_
13. _in-na-gub-bu-de3-esz
seal impression
reverse
1. _u4-kur2 lu2 lu2 nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-de3_
2. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz_
3. {disz}u-bar-um _dumu_ ur-e2-an-na
4. [{disz}{d}]suen#-be-el-ap-li _dumu_ a-bi-i-din-na
5. {disz}ku3-{d}nanna! gudu4-abzu_
6. {disz}{d}suen-na-s,i-ir gudu4-abzu
7. {disz}ku3*-ni-i _dumu_ a-pil-szu-[nu]
8. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen _dumu_ ur-esz3#-lam#
9. {disz}ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da [_dumu_ {d}nanna]-lu2-ti
10. {disz}szu-mi-a-bi-ia _dumu_ UD GU [...]
11. {disz}{d}suen-isz-me-a-ni _dumu_ {d}nanna-[...]
12. {disz}ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu#
13. [{disz}ku3 {d}]nin-gal _dumu_ an-ku3-[ta]
14. {disz}{d}szul-pa-e2-na-da [...]
15. {disz}lugal-lu2-ti-ti _KA#-[KI]_
16. _lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_
17. _iti sze-[gur11-ku5 ...]
rest broken
seal impression
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. a-gu-u2-a _dumu-ni_
3. _dumu_ ur?-hu-na-an?-na

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

Related publications

primary: Archives familiales, 96

[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, 96

[Jean1931TellSifr] Jean, Charles-François. 1931. Tell Sifr : Textes Cunéiformes Conservés Au British Museum. Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: Strassmaier Warka, 100

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 033190 & BM 033190a
Accession No.: B 033

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Warad-Sin.02.12.00 ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	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
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	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 09:08:09	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.33190) (BM.33190)
British Museum Collection (W_B-33) (W_B-33)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 013795 (composite) (P514358)	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“TS 096 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498251.

TS 096 artifact entry (No. P498251). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498251 (Original work published 2016)

TS 096 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498251 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498251
LB  - CDLI:P498251
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - TS 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498251
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TS 096 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P498251.

TS 096 artifact entry (No. P498251). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498251 (Original work published 2016)

TS 096 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498251 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2025TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {TS 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P498251
LB  - CDLI:P498251
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - TS 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498251
ER  -