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KAJ 159 (P282172)

Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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Designation	KAJ 159
ID	P282172
Museum no.	VAT 09760
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)

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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)
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1	KIŠIB {m}{[d]}⸢na⸣-bi-um-ke-⸢te⸣	Seal of Eanna-ebium-kētti-e3.
2	i+na 12 GUN 35 MA.NA AN.NA	From 12 talents 35 minas of lead,
3	re-eh-ti ŠAM₃ A.ŠA₃-šu	The rest of the price of his slave
4	ša KA{i} ṭup-pi ša {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}UTU-tap-⸢pu⸣-ti	From the gate of the tablet. Seal of Šamaš-tap-ēpu-eti.
5	ša i+na lib₃-bi-ša a-ki-a šaṭ-ru-ni	that from within it, as it is written
6	ma-a {m}⸢kur⸣-ba-nu DUMU si-ie-e-ni	"Ekur-ebanu, son of Siyeni
7	⸢u₃⸣ {m}{d}na-bi-um-ke-tu DUMU mu-ra-ni	the temple of Nabium-kēttu, son of Muranu
8	⸢ma⸣-a 3me 40 IKU A.ŠA₃ A.GAR₃ {iri}qu-a-be	340 iku field, meadow of Quabe
9	⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ be URU	... the city
10	[...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] du nu	... e’e23
11	[...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣
12	[...] a ⸢x x x x x x⸣	... water ...
13	[...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣
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1'	[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]
2'	[...] ⸢x⸣ 14 ša [...]	... e23 14 of
3'	[...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ki-i 16 MA.⸢NA⸣ AN.NA	... when 16 minas of lead
4'	2 ⸢GUN⸣ 5 MA.[NA] AN.⸢NA⸣	2 talents of lead, 5 minas of lead
5'	[ša {m}{d]}⸢ba-bu⸣-ŠEŠ-SUM{na} ⸢DUMU I₃⸣.GAL₂-DINGIR	From Ebabu-ēšû-iddina, the son of Ekalli-ili.
6'	{[m}{d]}⸢na-bi-um⸣-ke-tu DUMU [mu]-⸢ra-ni⸣	E-nabi-e-kēttu, son of Mu-erani-e
7'	ŠAM₃ 1 šu-⸢ši⸣ [IKU A].⸢ŠA₃ x x x⸣ di nu ⸢x⸣	The price of 1 šū-e23 iku field
8'	[ma]-⸢hi⸣-ir i+na ⸢tu-ar⸣ hu-ra-di	a boatman in the ḫurādi canal
9'	URU-DIDLI šu-a-tu A.ŠA₃-šu	That city, his hand
10'	<ša> [a]-⸢ki⸣-a-šu-ni [a]-⸢ki⸣-a-šu-ni i-dan u₃ re-eh-ti	<who> his father-in-law of E-e-a-šuni, his grandfather- in-law, he shall give and the rest
11'	AN.NA{ki} i-ma-har AN.NA an-ni-a	he received the lead. This lead
12'	[i+na] ṭup-pi₂ ša UGU {m}{d}UTU-tap-pu-ti	on the tablet incumbent on Šamaš-tappūti
13'	⸢ša⸣ u₂-kal-lu-ni u₂-kar-ru-u₂	they hold and entrust.
14'	IGI {m}ma-aʾ-na-iu-u₂ DUMU {f}ga-an-gi-ia	Witness Mālnayu, son of Gangiya.
15'	⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}IŠKUR-PAP DUMU ⸢x x x⸣ ri ⸢x⸣	Witness: Adad-nāṣir, son of .
16'	⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}UTU-{mu}KAR DUMU ARAD-DINGIR-MEŠ{ni}	Witnessed by Šamaš-mušēzib son of Urad-ilani.
17'	⸢IGI⸣ {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}a-šur ⸢DUMU ha⸣-bur-ra-ri	Witness: Mušallim-Assur, son of Ḫābūru.
18'	{⸢iti⸣}ša₂-ke-na-te U₄ 19[KAM₂] ⸢li⸣-mu	The month of Ayyaru, the 19th day, elī-emu
19'	{m}e-rib-ta-iu-u₂ DUMU a-bi-DINGIR	Eribtayu, son of Abi-ili;
20'	KIŠIB {m}ma-aʾ-na-ie-e KIŠIB {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣-[PAP]	Seal of Ma'alnayu, seal of Ea-eṭir

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