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VS 21, 23 (P281915)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 21, 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281915 |
| Museum no. | VAT 19195 |
| 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 | 3 ME 85 ANŠE] ⸢ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN pi-šer₃⸣-[ti] | 385 homers of barley, (measured) by the old seah, surplus. |
| 2 | [ka-ru-e ma-di-id] ⸢te-li-it BURU₁₄ ša 2 ME⸣ [IKU A.ŠA₃] | The harvest of 200 ikû field |
| 3 | [me-re-še ša ŠU {m}...]-⸢x⸣-si GAL {lu₂}{giš}⸢ENGAR⸣-[MEŠ] | harvest of the hand of ...-esi chief of the farmers |
| 4 | 1 ANŠE 9 BAN₂ 2 1/2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-[ka] | 1 homer 9 seahs 2 1/2 qa pro (ikû). |
| 5 | 3 ME 80 ANŠE ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN pi-šer₃-ti | 380 homers of barley, (measured) by the old seah, deficit. |
| 6 | [ka]-ru-e ma-di-id te-li-it BURU₁₄ ša 2 [ME IKU A.ŠA₃] | The yield of the harvest of 200 ikû field |
| 7 | me-re-še ša ŠU {m}LUGAL-pi₂-lah₂ GAL {lu₂}{giš}⸢ENGAR⸣-[MEŠ] | harvest of the hand of Šarru-pilah the chief of the farmers |
| 8 | 1 ANŠE 9 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ it-tal-⸢ka⸣ | It amounted to 1 homer 9 seahs pro (ikû). |
| 9 | 2 ME 57 ANŠE 5 BAN₂ ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN pi-⸢šer₃⸣-[ti] | 257 homers 5 seahs of barley, (measured) by the old seah, surplus. |
| 10 | ka-ru-e ma-⸢di⸣-id te-li-it BURU₁₄ ša 2 ME IKU A.ŠA₃] | The harvest of 200 ikû field |
| 11 | me-re-še ša ŠU {m}{d}UTU-LUGAL-PAP GAL {lu₂}{giš}ENGAR-[MEŠ] | harvest of the hand of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur chief of the farmers |
| 12 | 1 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 8 1/2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka 5 BAN₂ ⸢ŠE⸣ [u₂-tar] | One homer two seah eight and a half qû pro (iku-)seah, five seah of ēšu-e23-plant he returned. |
| 13 | 4 ME 90 ANŠE ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN pi-⸢šer₃-ti⸣ | 190 homers of barley, (measured) by the old seah, surplus. |
| 14 | ka-ru-e ma-di-id te-li-it ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ ša 3 ME [IKU A.ŠA₃] | The harvest of the field of 300 ikû |
| 15 | me-re-še ša ŠU {m}ma-ṣi-{d}UTU GAL {lu₂}{giš}ENGAR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | harvest of the hand of Maṣi-Šamaš chief of the farmers |
| 16 | ša ERIN₂-MEŠ {iri}SAG-ne₂-be-ra-ie-e [...] | of the troops of Šapšu-nēbera |
| 17 | 1 ANŠE 6 BAN₂ 3 1/2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka 5 BAN₂ ŠE [ma-ṭi₂] | One homer six seah three and a half qû each, five seah of barley is deficit. |
| 18 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 1 lim 5 ME 12 ANŠE 5 BAN₂ ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN | A total of 1 thousand 512 homers 5 seahs of barley, (measured) by the old seah. |
| 19 | [pi]-šer₃-ti ka-ru-e ma-⸢di-id⸣ te-⸢li⸣-it [BURU₁₄ ša] | The harvest of the barley-heaps is favourable. It is favorable. That harvest |
| 20 | 9 ME IKU A.ŠA₃ me-re-še ⸢ša⸣ {iri}hi-še-⸢te⸣ [ša] | 9 hundred iku field, irrigation district of the city Ḫiše-etê |
| 21 | {[m}x]-⸢x⸣-{d}EN.LIL₂ ša ŠU {m}qi₂-bi-{d}UTU EN pa-[he-te] | -e23-Enlil, in the charge of Qibi-Šamaš, governor |
| 22 | u₃ ERIN₂-MEŠ {iri}SAG-ne₂-⸢be⸣-ra-ie-⸢e⸣ | and the troops of Šagne-rāye |
| 23 | [ša] ⸢li⸣-me {m}{d}be-er-⸢EN-li-it-te⸣ | of the gods, Bēr-ēreš-bēlit-e23 |
| 24 | [ša i]+⸢na⸣ li-me {m}{d}a-šur-⸢da-is-su⸣-[nu] | which in the eponymy of Assur-daissunu |
| 25 | [DUMU lu]-⸢la-ie⸣-e {m}{d}IŠKUR-⸢MU⸣-[...] | son of Lu-elayê, Adad-šuma-e... |
| 26 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GAL⸣ {lu₂}{giš}ENGAR-MEŠ | ... chief of the farmers |
| 3' | [...]-⸢x-ie-e ma-hi-ir⸣ [...] | ... received |
| 4' | [...] ⸢i+na {giš}BAN₂ ša hi⸣-[bur-ni] | ... from the seah of the hiburnu-house |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ša ŠU {m}qi₂⸣-bi-{d}[UTU ...] | ... hand of Qībi-Šamaš |
| 6' | [x]+47 ANŠE 4 BAN₂ ŠE⸣ i+na {giš}BAN₂ ⸢ša⸣ [hi-bur-ni] | x+47 homers 4 seahs of barley, (measured) by the seah of the ḫiburnu-house, |
| 7' | [a-na] ⸢KURUM₆{at} ši-luh-li⸣ {iri}SAG-ne₂-be-⸢ra⸣-[ie-e] | for the ration of Šiluḫlû of SAG-nebērāyu |
| 8' | ⸢ša⸣ 12 ITI U₄-MEŠ ta-din | It is given for 12 months. |
| 9' | 6 ME 81 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ ŠE re-⸢eh⸣-[te] | 681 homers 8 seahs, surplus |
| 10' | ⸢te-li⸣-ti-šu 3 ME 95 ANŠE ŠE ⸢a-na⸣ tar-⸢ba⸣-[ṣi] | 395 homers, delivery of the “Ana-ēšti-tar-e-ba’e-ṣî |
| 11' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {e₂}kar-mi i+na e-ra-be a-na e-⸢mi-it⸣-[te] | When entering the quay to enter |
| 12' | ⸢ša⸣ {e₂}kar-mi ša qa-an-ni ša ⸢UDUN⸣ ba₂-pi-[ri] | “It is the karmu-house, which is on the outskirts of the ṣābu-house. |
| 13' | a-na UGU 2 lim 6 ME 12 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 6 ⸢SILA₃⸣ ŠE | against 212 homers 2 seahs 6 ešala, deficit. |
| 14' | re-eh-te te-li-it BURU₁₄ ša li-me {⸢m}{d}a-šur⸣-[da-me-eq] | the remainder of the yield of the harvest of the eponymy of Ašur-edammeq |
| 15' | DUMU a-bi-DINGIR ⸢ša i+na li-me⸣ {⸢m}{d}be-er-EN-li⸣-[te] | son of Abi-ilī, in the eponymy of Bel-bēli-ete |
| 16' | u₃ li-me {m}{d}iš₈-tar₂-KAM ⸢DUMU {d}sal₂⸣-ma-nu-⸢UR⸣.[SAG] | and the eponymy of Ištar-ērib the son of Salmānu-eṭir |
| 17' | ša li-me {m}lu-la-ie-e ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}IŠKUR-MU-⸢SUM⸣{na} ka-⸢ri⸣-[im] | From the eponymy of Lullāyu, the temple administrator of Adad-šuma-iddina, the ka’erim official. |
| 18' | 286 ANŠE 3 BAN₂ ŠE a-na tar-ba-ṣi ša {e₂}[kar-mi] | 286 homers 3 seahs of barley for the extispicy of the granary |
| 19' | ša be-ta-⸢nu i+na e-ra⸣-be a-na šu-⸢me-li⸣ | of Betānu, in the path to Šu’emeli |
| 20' | i+na {e₂}kar-mi ⸢ša SUHUR⸣ si-mi-⸢il-te⸣ | In the granary adjoining the house of Simī-iltê |
| 21' | ša ma-šar-tu-šu a-na tar-⸢ba⸣-ṣi ša-⸢ak-nu-tu-ni⸣ | Whose kingship to Tar-eba-ešu was established |
| 22' | a-na UGU ŠE SUMUN ša ⸢li⸣-me {m}{d}IŠKUR-šam-⸢ši⸣ | On account of the old house of Elīmu, Adad-šam-esvî |
| 23' | DUMU {d}IŠKUR-MU-le-<šir₃> u₃ ⸢li⸣-me {m}ki-din-{d}30 | the son of Adad-šumu-lēsvir and E-eme, Kidin-Sîn |
| 24' | DUMU {d}IŠKUR-te-ia ta-bi-⸢ik⸣ | son of Adad-teya, Tabī-eik’e |
| t.e. | ||
| 25' | {[iti}a-bu]-⸢LUGAL⸣-MEŠ U₄ [x]+5KAM₂ li-⸢mu⸣ {⸢m}{d}a-šur-da⸣-[is-su-nu] | Month Abu-šarrāni, [x]+5th day, eponymy of Assur-da’issunu. |
| 26' | ⸢DUMU⸣ lu-la-ie-e | the son of Lullaya |
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