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VS 19, 49 (P281877)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 19, 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281877 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16398 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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 | [i+na {iti]}{d}30 U₄ 18KAM₂ li-mi | In the month Sîn, 18th day, eponymy of |
| 2 | {[m}{giš}TUKUL{ti]}⸢IBILA⸣-E₂.ŠAR₂.RA MAN {kur}a-šur | Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria. |
| 3 | NIG₂.⸢KA₉⸣-[MEŠ {m]}ez-bu-SI.SA₂ GAL gi-na-e | accounts of Ezbu-lēšir chief of the regular offerings |
| 4 | 9 ME 25 ANŠE 3 SILA₃ še-im-MEŠ ša ma-da-te | 925 homers 3 qû of barley of the tribute |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ aš₂-šu-ra-ie-e-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša pi-i ki-ṣir-te | The Assyrians, according to the wording of a crossroads |
| 6 | ša {na₄}KIŠIB {m}aš+šur-ke-ti-še-ṣi GAR KUR | From the seal of Assur-kētti-ṣi, governor of the land. |
| 7 | ṣa-ab-tu | |
| 8 | 1 ME 1 šu-ši 8 ⸢ANŠE 1 BAN₂ 8 1/2 SILA₃⸣ NINDA-MEŠ | 118 homers 1 seah 8 1/2 qû of bread |
| 9 | KAŠ-MEŠ a-di KURUM₆-MEŠ ṭa-[i]-⸢ni-šu⸣-MEŠ | Beer together with the rations of Ta'īnišu |
| 10 | u₃ sa-mi-di-šu-MEŠ ⸢ki-mu⸣ [gi]-⸢na⸣-e | and Samidīšu of Ekhimu, the reed worker |
| 11 | ša {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG ⸢ez-bu-SI⸣.[SA₂] ul-ta-kil | of Salmānu-ašared, the Ešbu-le’esa-priest, I have held. |
| 12 | 10+1 ⸢ANŠE⸣ 4 SILA₃ NINDA-[MEŠ] ⸢a-di⸣ KURUM₆-[MEŠ{at]} | 10+1 ēšû-house workers, 4 litres of bread (from) the adi-e23 house workers, rations |
| 13 | {lu₂}ṭa-i-[ni-šu-MEŠ] | the men of Banišu |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | ki-mu gi-na-e ša {m}⸢SU⸣-{d}IŠKUR | instead of the regular offerings of Eriba-Adad |
| 15 | {m}ARAD-aš+šur ul-ta-ki-il | Urdu-Assur has sworn it. |
| r | ||
| 16 | PAP 1 ME 29 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 2 1/2 SILA₃ še-um-MEŠ | A total of 129 homers 2 seahs 2 1/2 qû of barley. |
| 17 | i+na qa-at {m}ez-bu-SI.SA₂ | from the hand of Ezbu-lēšir, |
| 18 | u₃ {m}ARAD-aš+šur it-ti-din | and Urdu-Assur has given. |
| 19 | 7 ME 45 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ 1/2 SILA₃ še-um-MEŠ | 745 homers 8 seahs 1/2 qû of barley |
| 20 | i+na UGU {m}ez-bu-SI.SA₂ | incumbent on Ezbu-lēšir |
| 21 | u₃ {m}ARAD-aš+šur re-e-hu | and Urdu-Assur the remainder |
| 22 | {iti}{d}30 U₄ 18KAM₂ li-mu | Month Sîn, 18th day, eponymy of |
| t.e. | ||
| 23 | {m}{giš}TUKUL{ti}IBILA-E₂.ŠAR₂.RA MAN {kur}aš+šur | Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria. |
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