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JCS 43-45, 39-51 (P289919)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Terqa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 43-45, 39-51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289919 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00779 |
| Collection | J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Terqa (mod. Ashara) |
| Coordinates | 34.9229, 40.5677 |
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' | [u2]-ul# a-bi at-ta# | You are not my father |
| 2' | [a]-na# {munus}{d}iszkur-na-ah-[da] | to Adad-naḫda |
| 3' | u2-ul _ama_-mi at-ti# | I am not my mother |
| 4' | _esir e2-a_ em-ma-am | the brickwork of the temple he built. |
| 5' | _sag-du_-zu ik-kap-par2 | your head trembles |
| 6' | _1(disz) gu2? ku3-babbar in-na-an-szum2_ | 1 talent of silver he gave to him. |
| 7' | i-na _dumu-mesz_ isz-me-{d}da-gan i-s,u2-ti u3 _diri!?-mesz_ | from the sons of Išme-Dagan, ill health and extra(?) |
| 8' | {disz}ig-mil-{d}da-gan _dumu gal_ | Igmil-Dagan, the grandson |
| 9' | 2(disz) qa-ta-ti _i3-gu7_ | 2 qatātu-vessels he shall eat |
| 10' | u3 ad-ni-{d}da-gan ur-ki-szu i-lak | and Adni-Dagan his companion shall go. |
| 11' | _dumu_ na-as-bu sza la ba-aq-ri | son of Nasbu, who is not acquitted |
| 12' | u3 la an-da2-ra-ri | and not andāru |
| 13' | ba-qir i-ba-aq-qa-ru | “Baqir (means) Ibaqqaru. |
| 14' | _mu {d}utu_ {d}da-gan {d}i-tur2-me-er# | year: “Šamaš, Dagan, Itur-mēr, |
| 15' | u3 i-gi-id-li-im _lugal_ | and Igid-Līm the king |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _in-pa3-da-e-mesz_ | have sworn |
| 2 | _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na _e2-gal_ | 10 minas of silver for the palace |
| 3 | _i3-la2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 4 | _5(disz) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar8 iri_ sag-ga-ra-ti{ki} i-na mu-sza-ri | 5 hectares of field, meadow of the city of Saggaratu in the evening, |
| 5 | _us2-sa-DU an-ta e2-gal_ | the upper side on the palace side |
| 6 | _us2-sa-DU ki-ta_ ad-da-ba-ah-la _dumu_ i-ri-bi | the lower side, next to (the property of) Adda-bahla, son of Iribi; |
| 7 | 1(u) ki-nu-na-tu4 sza _{gesz}pesz-mesz_ i-na _{gesz}kiri6_ | 10 kununātu-vessels of dates in the orchard |
| 8 | us2-sa-DU_ {na4}ar-ri | ... of agate |
| 9 | _e2 ur-szum-gal us2-sa-DU dumu-mesz_ pu-zu-ri | the house of Uršumgal, the ... of the sons of Puzuru |
| 10 | _ha-la_ {disz}{munus}{d}iszkur-na-ah-da | share of Adad-naḫda |
| 11 | sza i-na _e2_ a-bi-sza te-el-qa-a | that in the house of her father you took |
| 12 | [x x x?]-{d}da-gan _dumu_ sza-ma!-an-szum2 | ...-Dagan, son of Šamanšum |
| 13 | [usz]-te#-ri-bu-ni-isz-szu | he made him enter. |
| 14 | [...] x | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [i-gi]-id#-li-[im] | Igid-Lim |
| 2 | ensi2# {d}da#-[gan] | governor of Dagan |
| 3 | lugal# kur_ ha-[na] | king of Hana. |
| 4 | [_dumu_] i-szar-[li-im] | son of Isharrim |
| 5 | ARAD il3-a-[ba4] | servant of Ilaba. |
| 6 | [u3] {d}da-[gan] | and Dagan |
Sources & licences
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