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VS 19, 20 (P281898)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 19, 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281898 |
| Museum no. | VAT 18019 |
| 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 | KIŠIB {m}a-bi-DINGIR | Seal of Abī-ilu. |
| 2 | 20 {giš}PAN-MEŠ | 20 bows, |
| 3 | la sa-ah-pa-tu₄ | not to be smashed |
| 4 | ša 2 MU-MEŠ mu-⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]-ta | of two years ... ... |
| 5 | ma-hi-ir | received. |
| 6 | ša E₂.GAL{lim} | of the palace |
| 7 | ša ŠU {m}ARAD-{d}še-ru-a | From the charge of Urad-Šerūa. |
| 8 | {lu₂}sa-si-ni | the guarantors |
| 9 | i+na ŠU {m}a-bi-DINGIR ⸢DUMU x⸣ [x x]-⸢ma⸣-ni | from the charge of Abi-ilī the son of ...-emeni |
| 10 | ki-i-mu-u₂ | instead |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | {[giš]}PAN-MEŠ an-na-ti | these bows |
| 12 | [x] IKU A.ŠA₃-šu | x ikû field |
| r | ||
| 13 | e-be-er-ta-a-an | Ebertan |
| 14 | a-hi {iri}ša-pu-u₂ | brother of Vapû |
| 15 | {m}ARAD-{d}še-ru-a | Urdu-Šerūa, |
| 16 | u₂-ka-al | he shall hold. |
| 17 | i+na u₄-me {giš}PAN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [id-di-nu-ni] | On the day that they gave the bows |
| 18 | A.ŠA₃-šu i-pa-⸢aṭ⸣-[ṭar] | his slave he shall redeem |
| 19 | KIŠIB {m}{d}a-šur-a-bu-⸢ut⸣-[ti] | Seal of Assur-abu-etīti. |
| 20 | IGI {d}a-šur-a-bu-ut-ti DUMU 30[...] | Witnessed by Assur-abutti son of Sîn |
| 21 | IGI {d}a-šur-li-KA-šu-nu DUMU {d}UTU-[...] | Witnessed by Ašur-lī-KA-šenu son of Šamaši- |
| 22 | KIŠIB {m}{d}a-šur-[li-KA-šu-nu] | Seal of Ašur-lī-KA-šenu. |
| 23 | IGI {m}a-šur-ke-na-u₂-ṣur DUB.SAR | Witness Ašur-kēna-uṣur, scribe. |
| t.e. | ||
| 24 | DUMU {d}IŠKUR-mu-še-zi-ib | son of Adad-mušēzib |
| 25 | {iti}ša-ke-na-ti U₄ 24KAM₂ | Month of Ša-kēnati, 24th day, |
| 26 | li-mu {m}e-rib-{d}a-šur | Eponymy of Erīb-Assur. |
| l.e. | ||
| 27 | KIŠIB DUB.SAR | Seal of the scribe. |
Sources & licences
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