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VS 21, 31 (P281913)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 21, 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281913 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09019 |
| 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 iz]-⸢qu⸣-pi-ia | Seal of Iz-eqūpiya |
| 2 | [x] ⸢ANŠE⸣ še-um | x emāru-house workers, barley rations |
| 3 | [i+na {giš]}⸢BAN₂⸣ ša {e₂}hi-bur-ni | from the seah of the hiburnu-house |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ {m}i-⸢din⸣-ku-bi DUMU ri-iš-{d}NA₃ | Iddin-Ekubi, son of Rīš-Nabu, |
| 5 | i+na muh-hi {m}iz-qu-pi-ia | against Ibbi-qupiya |
| 6 | DUMU a-šur-UR.SAG DUMU i-ga-a-ia | son of Ašur-qarrād, son of Igaya |
| 7 | ŠU.BA.AN.TI a-na 6 ITI{hi} | Received for 6 months. |
| 8 | SAG.DU ŠE i+na lib₃-[bi-URU I₃.AG₂.E] | He will pay the capital of the barley in the inner city. |
| 9 | [ki-i-mu-u₂] ŠE an-[ni-e] | Instead of this hand |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | [x] IKU A.ŠA₃-[šu SIG₅] | x ikû of his good field |
| 11 | [i+na] {⸢iri⸣}gu-bi-[E₂.GAL{lim]} | in the city of Gubi-ekallim |
| 12 | [ša {m}iz-qu-pi-ia] | From Ibbi-qupiya. |
| r | ||
| 13 | [ki]-i ša-[par₂-ti] | as pledge |
| 14 | {m}i-din-ku-bi u₂-[ka-al] | Iddin-Kūbe will hold. |
| 15 | e-da-nu e-ti-iq-ma | (If) the term has passed |
| 16 | A.ŠA₃-šu up-pu la-⸢qi₂⸣ | His property is acquired and taken. |
| 17 | A.ŠA₃ u₂-za-ka i+na a-šal [LUGAL] | He will clear his field at the command of the king. |
| 18 | [A.ŠA₃ i]-⸢ma⸣-da-ad ṭup-pa KALA.GA{ta} | He will measure out the field. A valid tablet |
| 19 | [a-na] pa-ni LUGAL i-ša-ṭar | he will write to the king. |
| 20 | [KIŠIB] ša-kin₂-šu-me | Seal of Šakin-šume. |
| 21 | [IGI ša-kin₂] šu-me DUMU {d}IŠKUR-[...] | before Šakin-šume son of Adad- |
| 22 | IGI [...] DUMU {d}a-šur-[...] | Witnessed by son of Ašur- |
| 23 | [KIŠIB] DUB.SAR | Seal of the scribe |
| t.e. | ||
| 24 | {[iti}{d]}⸢NIN⸣-E₂.GAL{[lim} U₄ x-KAM₂] | Month Bēlat-ēkalle, [x-th day] |
| 25 | [li-mu {m}I₃].⸢GAL₂⸣-DINGIR | Eponymy of Ibašši-rabi-ilī. |
Sources & licences
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