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VS 21, 20 (P281933)
Administrative, Middle Assyrian, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 21, 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281933 |
| Museum no. | VAT 18001 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (mod. Tulul al-ʿAqir) |
| Coordinates | 35.4944, 43.2793 |
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 | ⸢še⸣-um hi-iṣ-na ma-di-id še-um hi-iṣ-nu LA₂-MEŠ | The ēšû-tree (and) the ḫiṣna-plant are cut off. The ṣūḫi-nu-plant is missing. |
| 2 | [a]-na E₂.GAL{lim} ma-hi-ir i+na {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₅-MEŠ | to the palace received. From the sailor |
| 3 | 89 ANŠE 11 ANŠE {m}{d}30i-qi-ša MA₂.LAH₅ | 89 donkeys 11 donkey(s), Sin-iqīša the sailor |
| 4 | 1 ME 16 ANŠE 5 SILA₃ 3 ANŠE 9 BAN₂ 5 SILA₃ {m}ba-hu-u₂ | 116 homers 5 litres 3 homer(s) 9 seahs 5 qû Bahū, |
| 5 | 1 šu-ši 8 ANŠE 4 BAN₂ 5 SILA₃ 1 ANŠE 5 BAN₂ 5 SILA₃ {m}si-qi-DINGIR-MEŠ{ni} | 68 homers 4 seahs 5 qû 1 homer 5 seah 5 qu(cf) Siqi-ilani |
| 6 | 1 ME 8 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 1 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ {m}{d}30MU-SUM{na} | 108 homers 2 seahs 1 homer 8 seah for Sîn-šuma-iddina, |
| 7 | 1 ME 17 ANŠE 9 BAN₂ 2 ANŠE 1 BAN₂ {m}ŠU₂-{d}pi-la-aš₂-qi | 117 homers 9 seahs 2 homer 1 seah for Urdu-Pilašqi, |
| 8 | 1 ME 10 ANŠE {m}EN-it-tu-ra | 110 homers for Bel-itturra, |
| 9 | 1 ME 10 ANŠE {m}la-ab-ʾu | 110 homers for Lābalu, |
| 10 | 1 ME 10 ANŠE {m}tak₂-lak-ia | 110 homers for Taklakkiya, |
| 11 | 8 ME 29 ANŠE 6 BAN₂ 20 ANŠE 4 BAN₂ še-um hi-iṣ-na ma-di-id | 829 homers 6 seahs 20 homer 4 seah of barley, ḫiṣnu-flour, measured. |
| 12 | ša {m}{d}NIN.URTA-a-lik-pa-ni ša-SAG LUGAL | From Ninurta-alik-pani, royal eunuch. |
| 13 | i+na {iri}kar-{m}{giš}TUKUL{ti}{d}NIN.URTA im-hu-ru-ni | in Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta received, |
| 14 | 2 ME 1 šu-ši ANŠE ŠE hi-iṣ-na ⸢ma-di⸣-id | 201 donkey(s), delivery of the ḫiṣna-tree |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [ša {m]}⸢DI⸣.KU₅-EN-E₂.KUR i+na {kur}lib₃-[bi]-URU | From Ēša-ṣilli-bēli-Ekur in the Inner City. |
| 16 | [a-na KURUM₆]{at} ERIN₂-MEŠ ša le-e ša {m}10⸢šam⸣-ši im-hu-ru-ni | For the ration of the troops, who received the writing-board of Adad-ešam-ēsvi |
| 17 | [ŠU].⸢NIGIN₂⸣ 1 lim 89 ANŠE 6 BAN₂ ŠE hi-iṣ-na ma-di-id ma-hi-ir | A total of 189 homers 6 seahs of barley, received from Ḫisbna. |
| r | ||
| 18 | 20 ANŠE 4 BAN₂ ŠE hi-iṣ-na um-ta-ṭi₂ la-a ub-la | 20 homers 4 seahs of barley, deficit; he did not bring it. |
| 19 | ṭup-pa ša še-im ša iš-ši-an-ni ub-bu-lu-ni | The tablet that the treasurer brought to me today |
| 20 | e-em-mu-ru ṭup-pu-šu i-ṣa-ab-bu-tu | They will see it and write his tablet. |
| 21 | 2 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ 8 SILA₃ ŠE ša {m}{d}30i-qi-ša MA₂.LAH₅ | 2 homers 8 seahs 8 qû, wage of Sin-iqiša the sailor. |
| 22 | 3 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 8 SILA₃ ŠE ša {m}ba-hu-e MA₂.LAH₅ | 3 homers 2 seahs 8 qû, delivery of Bahue the sailor |
| 23 | 1 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ ŠE ša {m}{d}30MU-SUM{na} KIMIN | 1 homer 2 seahs of barley belonging to Sîn-šuma-iddina ditto, |
| 24 | 4 BAN₂ 3 SILA₃ ŠE ša {m}ŠU₂-{d}pi-la-aš₂-qi KIMIN | 4 seahs 3 qû of barley belonging to Kidin-Pilašqi ditto |
| 25 | ⸢ŠU.NIGIN₂⸣ 7 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ ša hi-bur-ni ši-ih-⸢ṭa⸣ ma-di-id | A total of 7 homers 8 seahs of barley, measured by the seah of the hiburnu-house. |
| 26 | ša {m}ki-din-{d}30 i+na ŠU {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₅ im-hu-ru-ni | of Kidin-Sîn received from the charge of the sailor. |
| 27 | a-na ERIN₂-MEŠ ša {giš}MA₂-MEŠ u₂-kal-lu-ni [id]-di-nu-ni | to the troops who held the boats and gave |
| 28 | a-na lib₃-be še-im mah-ri la-a ka-mi-ir i+na lib₃-be še-im LA₂-MEŠ | From the previous barley he has not been paid. From the surplus barley |
| 29 | ša UGU {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₅ la-a še-lu | which is not owed to the sailor |
| 30 | še-um ša {m}ki-din-{d}30 DUMU 10KUR-ni {iri}⸢ṭu⸣-tar-ra ERIN₂ LUGAL | Received by Kidin-Sîn son of Adad-šaduni the king’s troops. |
| 31 | a-na {iri}ti-le i+na {giš}MA₂-MEŠ iš-ši-an-ni | to Tīl-le’i with boats he has taken. |
| 32 | ša {m}DI.KU₅-EN-E₂.KUR u₃ {m}{d}NIN.URTA-a-lik-pa-ni ša₂-SAG LUGAL | From Dayyan-bel-Ekur and Ninurta-ālik-pani, royal eunuch. |
| 33 | i+na {iri}ŠA₃-URU u₃ {iri}kar-{m}{giš}TUKUL{ti}{d}NIN.URTA | in Šūzub and Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta |
| 34 | im-hu-ru-ni | received. |
| t.e. | ||
| 35 | {iti}hi-bur U₄ 1KAM₂ li-mu {m}a-bi-DINGIR ka-ti-ri | Month Hibur, 1st day, eponymy of Abī-ili the steward. |
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