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KAJ 254 (P282266)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAJ 254 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282266 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09402 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) _udu-mesz_ i+na _u4_ 1(u) 7(disz)-_kam2_ {disz}{d}marduk-en-pap | 20 sheep on the 17th day, Marduk-enpap |
| 2 | _dumu_ tar-ri-x-[...] | son of Tarri- |
| 3 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ka2_-asz+szur : a-na sza-ku?-[ul?]-ti | 1 sheep for the gate of Assur, for the ša-kū-ulti(?) |
| 4 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ka2_-{d}_utu!#_ | 1 sheep for the Gate of Shamash |
| 5 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ka2-gal_ a-sa-te | 1 sheep for the Asate gate |
| 6 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na ti-sa-ri | 1 sheep for the tisaru-festival, |
| 7 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ka2_-{d}sze-ru-ia | 1 sheep for the gate of Šerūa, |
| 8 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ka2-gal_ al!-ti-be-ra | 1 sheep for the gate of Atibira, |
| 9 | [1(disz) _udu_] a-na _e2#_-nu-pa-ri sza {disz}bu-da-ia | 1 sheep for the storehouse of Budaya |
| 10 | [1(disz) _udu_ 3(disz)] gi-be-ri _{lu2}szem_ | 1 sheep, 3 reed bundles of the perfume maker |
| 11 | [1(disz) _udu_ {disz}{d}]iszkur#?-ibila-szum2{na} | 1 sheep of Adad-ibila-šum |
| 12 | [3(disz) _udu_ a-na _u4_] 1(u) 7(disz)-<_kam2_> a-na ne2-sze | 3 sheep for the 17th day for the lion |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) _udu_ a-na _{gesz}kiri6_ | 3 sheep for the orchard |
| 2 | 2(disz) _udu_ a-na ni-qi-a-te a-na {d}_dumu-mi2_-a-num | 2 sheep for offerings to Dumuzi-Anum |
| 3 | 4(disz) _udu_ sza ku-ru-ul-ti-e | 4 sheep of the kurultû-festival, |
| 4 | 1(disz) _udu_ a-na _u4_ 1(u) 9(disz)-_kam2_ | 1 sheep for the 19th day |
| 5 | _pap_ 2(u) _udu-mesz_ na-mur-tu sza {<disz>}{d}marduk-en-pap | Total: 20 sheep, audience-gift belonging to Marduk-bel-pap. |
| 6 | sza {disz}mu-ut-ta-a a-na _e2_-nu-pa-ri# | of Muttâ to the granary |
| 7 | u3 _ka2-gal-mesz_{te} u3-pa#-[qi]-du#-u2-ni | and the gates he appointed |
| 8 | a-na la-a ma-sza-e# sza#-t,i2#-ir# | It is written down in order not to be forgotten. |
| 9 | {iti}qar-ra-tu _u4_ 1(u) 8(disz)-_kam2_ | Qarrātu, 18th day, |
| 10 | li-mu {disz}{d}3(u)-sze-ia | Eponymy of Sin-šēya. |
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