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KAJ 165 (P282178)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAJ 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282178 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08805 |
| 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 {m}ka-ti-ri | Seal of Katiru |
| 2 | 1 ṭup-pu ša 20 2/3 ANŠE še-im | 1 tablet of 20 2/3 homers is the price |
| 3 | i+na {giš}BAN₂ ša {e₂}hi-bur-ni | from the seah of the hiburnu-house |
| 4 | ša šu-me {m}ba-hu-ti DUMU {f}{d}UTU-gi-me-li | That which Bahuti son of Šamaš-gimeli |
| 5 | i+na pi₂-i ṭup-pi₂ ši-a-ti | From the wording of that tablet |
| 6 | ša-ak-nu-<ni> | to be placed |
| 7 | u₃ i+na mu-hi {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU | and incumbent on Kidin-Marduk |
| 8 | DUMU {d}a-šur-UR.SAG DUMU i-ga-ie-e | son of Assur-qarrād, son of Igayu |
| 9 | ša-aṭ-ru-⸢tu⸣-ni | of Šaṭu-ešanni |
| 10 | 40 IKU A.ŠA₃ | 40 iku field |
| 11 | i+na pi₂-i ṭup-pi₂ ši-a-ti | From the wording of that tablet |
| 12 | ki-i ša-par₂-ti ša-ak-nu-<ni> | As pledge is placed |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | {m}ka-ti-ri | Katiri |
| 14 | DUMU {d}a-šur-mu-tab-li DUMU KAM-ku-be | son of Ašur-mutabli, son of Ēriša-Kūbe |
| r | ||
| 15 | ṭup-pa ši-a-ti | That tablet |
| 16 | a-na ši-mi a-na ši-im | For heaven, for earth |
| 17 | ga-me-er a-na {m}i-din-ku-bi | complete to Iddin-Kūbe |
| 18 | DUMU ri-iš-{d}NA₃ | son of Rīš-Nabu, |
| 19 | i-din-ma u₂-šap-pi₂ up-⸢pu⸣-<at> la-<qi₂-at> tu-a-ru | It is acquired and taken. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 20 | u₃ da-ba-bu la-aš-šu | and there is no litigating |
| 21 | ša pi₂-i ṭup-pi₂ an-ni-⸢te⸣ {m}ka-ti-ri | according to the wording of this tablet: Katiri |
| 22 | ma-hi-ir a-pil₂ za-ku | He has received it. He is paid and cleared. |
| 23 | pa-ha-at ṭup-pi₂ ⸢za⸣-ku-e {m}ka-ti-ri-ma na-aš-ši | The responsibility of the tablet is upon Katiri. |
| 24 | KIŠIB ARAD-{d}še-ru-a | Seal of Warad-Šerūa |
| 25 | IGI I₃.GAL₂-DINGIR DUMU ṣil₂-li₂-be-el-ta-ka-di | Witnessed by Ibašši-ilī son of Šallim-bēlu-taqqin. |
| 26 | IGI ARAD-{d}še-ru-a DUMU {m}[...]-DINGIR | Witness: Urad-Šerūa, son of ...-ili |
| 27 | IGI a-da-lal DUMU la-qe₂-pi₂ | Witnessed by Adallal son of Laqepi. |
| 28 | KIŠIB DUB.SAR | Seal of the scribe. |
| t.e. | ||
| 29 | IGI {d}UTU-mu-še-zi-ib DUB.SAR | Witness: Šamaš-mušēzib, scribe |
| 30 | DUMU em-qa-ša-la-{d}AMAR.UTU | son of Emqa-šala-Marduk, |
| 31 | {iti}al-la-na-tu₄ U₄ 6KAM₂ | Month Allanātu, 6th day. |
| 32 | li-mu {m}{d}a-šur-i-din {lu₂}SUKKAL | Eponymy of Assur-iddin, vizier. |
| l.e. | ||
| 33 | KIŠIB {m}a-da-lal KIŠIB [I₃].⸢GAL₂⸣-DINGIR | Seal of Adallal, seal of Ibašši-ilum |
Sources & licences
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