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KAJ 053 (P282068)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAJ 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282068 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09022 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ 1(disz) {d}ma-lik | Seal of 1: Malik |
| 2 | 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ 1(disz) _ansze_ 1(barig) 3(ban2) _sze_-um | 15 1/2 minas of lead, 1 homer 1 barig 3 ban2 of barley |
| 3 | i-na _{gesz}ban_ sza _e2_ hi-bur-ni | with the bow of the house of the hiburnu-house |
| 4 | sza 1(disz) ki-din-{d}iszkur _dumu_ i-din-ku-bi | of one Kidin-Adad son of Iddin-Kūbe |
| 5 | 1(disz) dingir-ma-lik _dumu_ i-din-en _dumu_ ku-bi-kam | 1 Ilum-malik son of Iddin-Bel son of Kubikam |
| 6 | _szu ba-an-ti_ a-na 6(disz) _iti_-hi | received. For 6 months |
| 7 | _sag_-du _an-na_ u3 _sze_-im i-din | the capital of the lead and barley he gave. |
| 8 | e-da-nu e-ti-iq-ma _an-na_ a-na _masz2 du_ | If the term has passed, the lead will accumulate interest. |
| 9 | szum-ma _sze_-am la i-ma-da-ad | If he does not measure the barley, |
| 10 | ma-hi-ra-at _sze_-um i-lu-ku-ni | who received the barley went, |
| 11 | x-na i-hi-at, | he will weigh out. |
| 12 | [...] _an-na_ la i-hi-at, | ... he should not eat ... of tin. |
| 13 | [...]-x a-na _masz2 du_ | ... will go against interest. |
| 14 | ki#-i sza-bar-ti | like bronze |
| 15 | 1(disz) du10-ga-en _ARAD2_-su u3 _e2_ du-x-nu qa-qar a-lim-szu | 1 (man): Dugān, his servant, and the house of Du-x-nu, the land of his city |
| 16 | sza 1(disz) dingir-ma-lik _dumu_ 1(disz) ki-din-{d}iszkur | of one Ilī-malik son of one Kidin-Adad |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-s,a-bat u2-ka-al | he will seize and hold. |
| 2 | i-na _u4_-mi _an-na_ u3 _masz2-mesz_-szu | on the day of Anu and his children |
| 3 | i-du-nu-ni sza-ab-ra-ti-szu | he gave to his enemies, |
| 4 | i-pa-t,ar | he shall redeem. |
| 5 | _kiszib_ 1(disz) dingir-mi-sze-ri | Seal of Ilī-mišeri. |
| 6 | _igi_ dingir-mi-sze-ru _dumu#_ {d}a-szur-ur-sag | before Ilī-mišeru, son of Assur-ursag |
| 7 | _igi#_ [...]-iszkur-dugud _dumu_ pa-li#-hi-ia | Before ...-Ishkur-dugud, son of Palihiya |
| 8 | [...] s,il-li2-sze-mi-id _dumu_ dingir-kam | ... Ṣillī-šemid, son of Dingir-kam |
| 9 | [...] 1(disz) s,il-li2-sze#-mi-id | ... 1 Ṣilli-šemid |
| 10 | _igi_ i-din-en _dub-sar dumu_ kam-dingir | before Iddin-Bel, scribe, son of Kam-ili |
| 11 | _kiszib# dub-sar_ | Seal of the scribe |
| 12 | _iti_ sza-ki-na#-[...] _u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam2_ | The month of Ša-kina-..., the day 13 |
| 13 | li-mu 1(disz) isz-me-{d}a-szur _dumu_ e-rib-{d}a-szur | Month Šabāṭu, 1st day, eponym year of Išame-Assur, son of Erīru-Adad. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ 1(disz) {d}iszkur-dugud | Seal of Adad-dugud |
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