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JAOS 114, 451 (P305871)
Legal, Old Akkadian, Adab · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE
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| Designation | JAOS 114, 451 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305871 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04719 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Adab (mod. Bismaya) |
| Coordinates | 31.9509, 45.6233 |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 2(iku@c) GAN2# ki-usz2 | 2 iku field |
| 2 | 2(u@c) uruda ma-na | 20 mana copper, |
| 3 | sa10-bi | its purchase price |
| 4 | 1(asz@c) munus-u4-ba | 1: Munus-uba |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) lu2-{d}lamma | 1 Lu-Lamma |
| 6 | e-sze3-sa10 | he bought. |
| 7 | inim-bi sze3-til | its word is finished. |
| 8 | 1(asz@c) di-utu | 1: Iutu |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | dumu lu2#-{d}[lamma?] | son of Lu-Lamma |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) me-kuara | 1: Me-Kuara |
| 3 | gidlam#? lu2-{d}lamma | spouse(?) of Lu-Lamma |
| 4 | 1(asz@c) ur#?-[...] | 1 Ur- |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) x-[...] | 1: ...; |
| 6 | 1(asz@c) x-[x]-x-[(x)] | 1 ...; |
| 7 | 1(asz@c) AK | 1: Ak; |
| 8 | 1(asz@c) u2-u2 | 1 U₂ |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) ur-sag-utu | 1: Ur-sag-utu |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | 1(asz@c)# x-mes!-ki-gal# | 1 -mes-kigal |
| 3 | |SUR.GU| | |
| 4 | lu2-ki-inim-ma | Witnesses |
| 5 | 5(iku@c) GAN2 ki-usz2 | 5 iku field area: kush |
| 6 | [n] uruda#? [ma]-na# | n minas of copper |
| 7 | sa10#-bi | its purchase price |
| 8 | 1(asz@c) munus-u4-ba | 1: Munus-uba |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) ab-ba zadim{za} | 1 aš-c-(worker), a stone-carver |
| 10 | e-sze3-sa10 | he bought. |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | [inim-bi] sze3-til# | its word is finished |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) amar-tum sipa | 1: Amar-tum, shepherd; |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) utu-mu#-kusz2 | 1 Utumukuš |
| 4 | dam-[gar3?] | merchant(?) |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) gan-{d}nin#-[x] | 1: Gan-nin-x |
| 6 | dam# [x (x)] x [...] | ... wife ... |
| 7 | [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) ur#-[{d]}dumu-[zi?] | Ur-Dumuzi |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) ur#-[(x)]-{d}sa6#? | Ur-Sa |
| 4 | dumu MUNUS [...] | son of ... |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) {d}sze3-[...] | 1: Še- |
| 6 | |SUR.GU| | |
| 7 | lu2#-[ki-inim-ma] | witnesses |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | u4-ba | At that time |
| 2 | uszurx(|LAL2xTUG2|)-du10 | |
| 3 | adabx(|UD.MUD.NUN|) | Adab |
| 4 | 8(disz@t) mu | 8 years |
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