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KAV 217 (P281787)
Legal, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281787 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10325 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-⸢dam⸣-[me-eq] | ... Marduk-edam-meq |
| 2' | [...] ⸢a-ki-a⸣ ⸢a-ki-a⸣ iq-ṭi₂-bi ma-a 8 ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... he said ... 8 ... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-{d}e-ru il-te-qe {m}mu-⸢šab⸣-[ši-...] | ... E-eru took, Mušabši- |
| 4' | [...-da]-⸢ʾa⸣-an a-na ha-zi-a-nu-ut-te il-[...] | ... to Hazianuttu ... |
| 5' | [... ma]-a GIR₃-MEŠ-ia U₄ 5KAM₂ a-na šal-lu-me a-na {iri}⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-URU] | “My feet, 5th day, for the procession to the city Elibbi-uṣur |
| 6' | [ṭup-pa-te]-ia uṣ-ṣa-bi-it E₂ a-na E₂ al-ta-ka-an U₄ 5KAM₂ ul-[ta-al-li-im] | My tablets have been broken. I have placed the house in the house. On the 5th day I have finished it. |
| 7' | [... al]-te-qe-ma ma-a ṭup-pa-te-ia ṣa-ab-bu-ta-a-[te ...] | ... I took and said: “My written tablets ... |
| 8' | [...] ad-da-an u₂-še-eṣ-ṣa-⸢a⸣ | ... I will give ... to you. |
| 9' | {[m}{d}a]-⸢šur-MU⸣-[aṣ]-bat DUMU SAG-{d}a-šur EN pa-he-te ša {iri}{d}a-šur a-na pa-an LUGAL ⸢EN-šu⸣ | Aplaya-šumu-ēbat son of Šar-Assur governor of the city of Assur in the presence of the king. |
| 10' | [a]-⸢ki⸣-a [a]-⸢ki⸣-a iq-ṭi₂-bi ma-a LUGAL EN {uru}{d}a-šur-a-ie-MEŠ a-na ma-mi-te it-⸢ta⸣-[...] | (As for) A'ea (and) Ea he said: “The king, my lord, the Assyrians went up to the mountain(?) |
| 11' | [ši]-⸢it⸣-ta-aʾ hi-im-sa-a-te-šu-nu il-te-qi-u₂ ma-a DAM-MEŠ-ia | They have taken their property, saying: “My wife |
| 12' | ⸢um⸣-ta-zi-ʾu-u₃ ma-a MUNUS.TUR-MEŠ-ia il-te-qi-u₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | “They have taken my girls,’ |
| 13' | {[m}...] ⸢x⸣-du-u₂-ia {iri}{d}a-šur-a-iu a-ki-a a-ki-a iq-ṭi₂-bi ma-a hi-⸢im⸣-sa-⸢te⸣-e-ni | “... my e’edūya, the city of Ašurayu, how, how has he said: 'Ḫim-emesa-emeni |
| 14' | [a]-⸢na⸣ pi-i ṭup-pi ša ma-mi-te ša ni-it-mu-u₂-ni ⸢ni-il⸣-te-⸢qe x⸣ [...] | The wording of the tablet is as follows: “We have sworn by the command of the king that we shall take. |
| 15' | [ma]-⸢a⸣ ERIN₂-MEŠ ut-ru-te ma-a LUGAL EN-ni ip-taq₂-da-na-ši-in ma-a ⸢us-bu⸣ | "The king, our lord, has appointed me to the throne-dais. |
| 16' | [a]-⸢na LUGAL EN-i⸣-ni u₂-qa-a-ʾu LUGAL EN-šu-nu a-na {iri}{d}a-šur-a-ie-MEŠ EN [...] | When the king, our lord, spoke to us, their king to Assyria |
| 17' | [a-ki-a [a-ki-a iq-ṭi₂-bi] ⸢ma-a⸣ hi-im-sa-te-šu-nu ša ta-at-ma-a-ni tal-ti-qi-[a] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “How, how did he say?’ You have taken their omens that you gave me, ... |
| 18' | [... DAM]-MEŠ u₃ MUNUS.TUR.MEŠ{a-te} ša us-bu-u₂-⸢ni⸣ | ... wives and girls who were born |
| 19' | [...] a-na EN-MEŠ-šu di-i-⸢na⸣ | ... to his lords |
| 20' | [... u₂] {⸢m}mu⸣-šal-lim-{d}IŠKUR DUMU [...] | ... and Mušallim-Adad son of |
| 21' | [a-na pa-an LUGAL EN-šu-nu iq]-ṭi₂-bi-u₂ ma-a {m}tak₂-lak-a-na-{d}a-šur | They said to the king, their lord: "Taklak-ana-Assur |
| 22' | [...]-MEŠ-šu ša iš-tu {e₂}nu-⸢pa⸣-[ra-te] | His ... which from the tombs |
| 23' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-qar-rab ma-a 2 ERIN₂-[MEŠ] | ... eqarrab, saying: “2 people |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ ib-[...] | ... the ... of |
| 25' | [...] ⸢an⸣-nu-tu [...] | ... the eannû-plants |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x ku⸣-ni ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... her temple, her temple |
| 27' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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