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KUG 23 (P283880)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283880 |
| Museum no. | UG — |
| Collection | Universitätsbibliothek, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
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 | i-na 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | from 1 2/3 minas 1 shekel |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ sza ki szu-be-lim | silver that after Šubelim |
| 3 | al-qe2-u2 _sza3-ba_ | I took. Inside |
| 4 | 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2_ | 2/3 mina 4 shekels |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ bu-za-zu | the silver of Buzuzu |
| 6 | i-sza-qal | shall weigh out. |
| 7 | 1(disz) _ma-na#_ la2 3(disz) _gin2_ | 1 mina less 3 shekels |
| 8 | a-na-[ku] a-sza-qal# | I will eat. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sza3-ba_ 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2_ | therefrom: 1/3 mina 4 shekels |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-du-a-tam2 | the silver of the slave |
| 3 | sza kur-ub-esz18-dar asz2-qul2 | belonging to Kur-ub-ištar, the leatherworker. |
| 4 | szi2#-ti2# _ku3-babbar_ 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ [x] _gin2#_ | That silver, 1/2 mina x shekels |
| 5 | i-li-bi4-a | Ilībia, |
| 6 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1 mina of silver |
| 7 | sza _dumu_ e-na-ma-nim | of the son of Enamnim |
| 8 | ha-bu-la2-ni | his debts |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-be-lum2 _dumu_ szu-esz18-dar | Šū-bēlu, son of Shu-Ishtar |
| 2 | il5-qe2 | took. |
Sources & licences
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