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MARV 4, 119 (P283046)
Business / Contracts, Middle Assyrian, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | MARV 4, 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283046 |
| Museum no. | VAT 18096 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (mod. Tulul al-ʿAqir) |
| Coordinates | 35.4944, 43.2793 |
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}{d}be-er-iš-ma-ni | Seal of Bēr-išmanni. |
| 2 | {m}{d}be-er-iš-ma-ni | Belišmanni, |
| 3 | DUMU {d}be-er-EN-li-i-te | son of Bēr-bēlu-lite, |
| 4 | EN pa-he-te ša {kur}kat-mu-hi | the governor of Katmuḫi |
| 5 | LUGAL ur-tak₂-ki-is-⸢su⸣ | king of Urtakkissu. |
| 6 | ma-a ERIN₂-MEŠ PAN a-li-ku-⸢tu⸣ | "The troops of the bow are going up. |
| 7 | ša hu-ra-di ša i+na hal-zi | of the ḫurādu-plant, which in the halzu-vessel |
| 8 | {iri}kur-da hal-zi {iri}ad-da-rig₂ | Kurda, Ḫalzu, (and) Baddarig |
| 9 | hal-zi {iri}GIŠ.TIN{na} hal-zi {iri}ap-qi₂ | “Halzi of the city of Šamaš, halzi of Apqi, |
| 10 | hal-zi {iri}ši-mi i+na hal-zi {iri}ap-qi₂ | in the district of Šīmu, in the districts of Apqi |
| 11 | hal-zi {iri}ha-šu-a-ni | the district of Hašuani |
| 12 | hal-zi {iri}ši-ma-ni-[be] | the district of Simānibe |
| 13 | ša URU-DIDLI-šu-nu a-[na ...] | of their cities to |
| 14 | qe-pu-te-[šu-nu] | their hands |
| 15 | ⸢iš⸣-pu-ru-[u₂-ni] | he has sent |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | u₃ lu ša i+⸢na⸣ [...] | or that which he sees |
| 17 | u₂-kal-lu-⸢ni⸣ [...] | he held back |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣-am [...] | ... is the ešum-priestess |
| r | ||
| 19 | [...] pa-hi-ti ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the province ... |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x⸣ la [...] | ... not |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ pa-hi-ti ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the enemy ... |
| 22 | lu la-a i-ṣa-ab-bat lu la-a ⸢x⸣ [...] | He should not seize it, he should not ... it |
| 23 | u₃ lu-u ki-i ra-qa-[e] | or like a raqâ-demon |
| 24 | a-na {kur}kat-mu-hi lu la-a er-[rab] | not enter Katmuḫi. |
| 25 | šum₂-ma 1 LU₂ a-li-ku ša hu-ra-di | If a man goes on campaign |
| 26 | i+na pa-ni pa-hi-ti-šu lu URU iṣ-bat | He seized the city before his rival. |
| 27 | u₃ lu-u₂ ki-i ra-qa-e | or like a raqâ-demon |
| 28 | a-na {kur}kat-mu-hi e-ru-ub | to Katmuḫi entered. |
| 29 | LUGAL nap-ša-te ša {d}a-šur | king of the life of Assur, |
| 30 | DINGIR-šu it-ta-ma | his god has said |
| 31 | {[m]}{d}be-er-iš-ma-ni | Belišmanni |
| 32 | [a]-⸢ma⸣-ar₂ DI uš-šu-ru | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! It has to be done! |
| t.e. | ||
| 33 | {[iti]}ša-ke-na-te U₄ 16KAM₂ | The month of Ša-kēnate, the 16th day |
| 34 | [li]-mu {m}ni-nu-a-iu-u₂ | Eponymy of Ninu’āyu. |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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