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KAJ 163 (P282176)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAJ 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282176 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08774 |
| 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 ri-iš-{d}UTU KIŠIB {d}iš₈-[tar₂-...] | Seal of Rīš-Šamask, seal of Adad- |
| 2 | 1 ṭup-pu ša 1 GUN 27 2/3 MA.NA AN.NA | 1 tablet of 1 talent 27 2/3 minas of lead |
| 3 | ša mu-hi {m}i-qi₂-<še>-ia u₃ si-ni-ia | of Iqīšeya and Siniya |
| 4 | DUMU-MEŠ ši-me-na-da DUMU la-bu-ni-ia | sons of Šimenada, son of Labuniya |
| 5 | ša-aṭ-ru-tu-u₂-ni | a gift |
| 6 | 20 IKU i+na KA-ša ki-i ša-par₂-ti | 20 ikû at its gate as pledge |
| 7 | ša-ak-nu-ni | are deposited |
| 8 | 1 ṭup-pu ša 36 MA.NA AN.NA | 1 tablet of 36 minas of lead |
| 9 | 20 {lu₂}ŠE.KIN.KU₅-MEŠ u₃ 20 IKU | 20 prisoners of war and 20 iku |
| 10 | i+na KA-ša ki-i ša-par₂-ti | According to its wording, as pledge |
| 11 | ša mu-hi {m}i-qi₂-še-ia u₃ si-⸢ni-ia⸣ | against Iqišeya and Sîniya |
| 12 | 1 ṭup-pu ša 21 5/6 MA.NA ⸢AN⸣.[NA] | 1 tablet of 21 5/6 minas of ēša-plant |
| 13 | u₃ 14 {lu₂}ŠE.KIN.KU₅-MEŠ | and 14 prisoners of war |
| 14 | ša mu-hi {m}si-ni-ia-ma | of Siniya |
| 15 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 3 ṭup-pa-tu₄ | a total of 3 tablets |
| 16 | ša ṣil₂-li₂-ku-bi DUMU i-qi₂-[še-ia] | From Šulli-Kūbe son of Iqîšeya. |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | i+na KA{i} ṭup-pa-ti | At the gate of the tablets |
| 18 | ši-na-ti ⸢ki⸣-[i ša-par₂-ti ...] | The rites of Ekī-ērî, the pledge |
| r | ||
| 19 | ša {m}si-ni-⸢ia⸣ [...] | From Siniya. |
| 20 | {m}ri-iš-{d}UTU {m}{d}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣-[...] | Rīš-Šamaše, Adad-etar- |
| 21 | {m}{d}a-šur-i-din {m}30i-qi₂-⸢ša⸣ | Assur-iddin, Sîn-iqīša-e23, |
| 22 | DUMU-MEŠ ṣil₂-li₂-ku-bi | sons of Šallim-Kūbe |
| 23 | a-na ši-im ga-me-er | for the full price |
| 24 | a-na {m}ki-din-{d}IŠKUR | to Kidin-Adad |
| 25 | DUMU i-din-ku-bi i-din-nu | son of Iddin-Kūbe, gave. |
| 26 | ša KA{i} ṭup-pa-ti-šu-nu | of the Gate of Heaven, their tablets |
| 27 | ma-ah-ru ki-i-mu-u₂ | they received. Instead |
| 28 | DUMU-MEŠ ṣil₂-li₂-ku-bi | sons of Šallim-Kūbe |
| 29 | u₂-ba-a i-laq-qe₂ | he will bring it and take it. |
| 30 | KIŠIB DINGIR-be-lu | Seal of Ilī-belu |
| 31 | IGI DINGIR-be-lu DUMU EN-UR.SAG | Witnessed by Ili-belu son of Bēl-qarrākin. |
| 32 | IGI {d}IŠKUR-pi₂-lah₂ DUMU DUMU-{d}IDIGNA | Witnessed by Adad-pilah son of Mār-Digla. |
| 33 | IGI NE-ku-bi | Witness: NE-Kūbi. |
| 34 | DUMU si-ni-ia | son of Siniya, |
| 35 | IGI {d}a-šur-i-din DUB.SAR DUMU ṣil₂-li₂-ku-⸢bi⸣ | Witnessed by Assur-iddin the scribe son of Giliku-ebi |
| t.e. | ||
| 36 | {iti}hi-bur U₄ 6KAM li-mu | Month Hibur, 6th day, eponymy of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 37 | {m}{d}a-šur-mu-ta-kil₂ DUMU {d}a-šur-[DI.KU₅] | Esarhaddon, son of Assur-dayyān |
| 38 | KIŠIB 30ša₂-am KIŠIB DUB.[SAR] | Seal of Sîn-šam, seal of the scribe |
| l.e. | ||
| 39 | KIŠIB {d}IŠKUR-pi₂-lah₂ KIŠIB NE-ku-bi | Seal of Adad-pilah, seal of Nuḫša-Kūbi. |
Sources & licences
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