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BE 06/1, 116 (P258604)

Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

Designation	BE 06/1, 116
ID	P258604
Museum no.	CBS 01272
Collection	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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

English translation

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Line	English
obverse 1	1 female slave (named) Aštumu;
obverse 2	1 adolescent slave, her son,
obverse 3	Taklāku-ana-marduk (is) his name;
obverse 4	1 adolescent slave (named)
obverse 5	Šalli-lūmur;
obverse 6	(is all) that Tarībatum, overseer of Amurru
obverse 7	son of Ilšu-bāni,
obverse 8	to Ilassunu his wife
obverse 9	has given.
obverse 10	As long as Ilassunu,
obverse 11	the wife of Tarībatum overseer of Amurru,
obverse 12	lives,
obverse 13	the female slave, Aštumu,
obverse 14	together with Taklāku-ana-marduk
obverse 15	and Šalli-lūmur
obverse 16	she (lit. her hand) will hold
reverse 5	from among her sons, to the one she pleases
reverse 6	she will give (and) her brothers will not contest her.
reverse 7	(That) he will not change this contract of him,
reverse 8	by the name of Šamaš, Aya, Marduk9. u3 sa-am-su2-di-ta-na _lugal-e in-pa3_
reverse 9	and Samsu-ditana the king, he swore.
reverse 10	Before Adad-manšum, military officer;
reverse 11	before Iddin-ištar, judge;
reverse 12	before Šamaš-bāni, judge;
reverse 13	before Awil-šamaš, judge;
reverse 14	before Muḫaddûm, diviner;
reverse 15	before Šallurum, the scribe.
top 1	The month of Addarum, the day n,
top 2	the year in which Samsu-ditana the king for Nabu, the august ruler, brought into Esagil a statue of himself marching.
seal 1 2	son of Šamaš-na...
seal 1 3	servant of Samsu-ditana

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	_1(disz) sag-geme2_ asz-tu-mu#
2	_1(disz) sag-nita2 tur-ra dumu?_-sza?
3	ta-ak-la-ku-a-na-{d}marduk# [_mu]-ni_
4	_1(disz) sag-nita2 tur-ra_
5	sza-al-li-lu-mu-ur
6	sza# ta-ri-ba-tum _ugula mar#-[tu_]
7	_dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
8	a-na {munus}i-la-as-su2-nu _dam#-a-ni_
9	id-di-nu
10	a-di {munus}i-la-as-su2-nu
11	_dam_ ta-ri-ba-tum _ugula mar-tu#_
12	ba-al-t,a#-at
13	_sag-geme2_ asz-tu-mu
14	qa2-du ta-ak-la-ku-a-na-{d}[marduk]
15	u3# sza-al-li-lu-mu-ur#
16	qa2#-as-sa3 u2-ka-al# [...]
reverse
1	[...]
2	[...] ri-sza sza [...] x [...]
3	[...] x i-na-ad x [...]
4	[...] x x sza x bi? [...]
5	[i-na _dumu-mesz-sza a-na sza e]-li-sza t,a3-bu
6	[i-na-ad-di-in ah]-hi#-sza u2-ul i-ba#-aq-qa2-ru-szi
7	[a-na] ri-ik-sa-ti-szu an-ni-a-at x la e-ne-e-[em]
8	[_mu] {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
9	u3 sa-am-su2-di-ta-na _lugal-e in-pa3_
10	_igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 ra-bi si-ik-ka3#-tum
11	_igi_ i-din-isz8-tar2 _di-ku5_
12	_igi_ {d}utu-ba-ni _di-ku5_
13	_igi_ a-wi-il-{d}utu _di-ku5_
14	_igi_ mu-ha-ad-du-um _masz2-szu-gid2-[gid2_]
15	_igi_ sza!(al)-al-lu-rum _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_
top
1	_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 [n-kam_]
2	_mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal#-[e_] {d}na-bi-um _en gal#-[di] alan-a-ni giri3-a an-dib#-[ba-a] e2-sag-il2-la-sze3 in#-[ni-ku4-ra_]
seal 1
1	[x?] x [...]
2	dumu {d}utu-na-[...]
3	ARAD sa-am-su-di-[ta-na]

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