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YOS 14, 321 (P311943)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 14, 321 |
|---|---|
| ID | P311943 |
| Museum no. | YBC 11974 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze | 1 eše 3 iku field, grain-fed, |
| 2 | sza3 a-sza3 egir a-sza3 hi-li-a | in the field behind the field of pleasure, |
| 3 | dal-ba-na im-szi-szi u3 lu2-dingir-ra | he smote him, and Lu-dingira |
| 5 | sag-bi a-sza3 uz-za us2-sa | Its top is a field of uzzu-plants. |
| 6 | 1(iku) GAN2 1(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-ba u3 kislah-bi | 1 iku surface area, 15 sar, orchards, stand-by trees, and ditches; |
| 8 | sag-bi {gesz}kiri6 nam-mah? abzu | Its top is the orchard Nammaḫ of the Abzu. |
| 9 | u3 {gesz}kiri6 {d}da-mu us2-sa | and the garden of Damu he established. |
| 10 | sza3-ba 1(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-ba | therefrom: 15 sar, planted orchards |
| 11 | sza3 ha-la-ba lu2-{d}nin-urta | in its share Lu-Ninurta |
| 12 | {disz}{d}en-lil2-masz-zu x-[x]-x | Enlil-mašzu |
| 13 | i-im-gar# | he placed |
| 14 | 1(disz) gu4 a2 ur3-ra {d}suen-na-wi-ir mu-bi-im | 1 ox, labor of the roof: Sîn-nawir is its name. |
| 16 | [1(disz)] gu4 ab2 sag murub4 [x-(x)]-i#-mi-ti mu-bi-im | 1 ox, cow, head, middle ..., its name |
| 18 | [...] sag-ARAD [...] x | ... slave ... |
| 20 | [... sag]-munus [...] | ... a woman ... |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) {gesz}mar-gid2-da x | 1 wagon |
| 2 | 1(disz) {na4}ur5 ad-bar | 1 adbar stone |
| 3 | ha-la-ba {d}en-lil2-masz-zu | in its share Enlil-mašzu |
| 4 | 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze | 1 eše3 surface area, field of oxen, |
| 5 | sza3 a-sza3 egir a-sza3 hi-li-a | in the field behind the field of pleasure, |
| 6 | dal-ba-<na> an-ne2-ba-ab-du7# u3 lu2-dingir-ra | An is perfect for her ... and Lu-diĝira |
| 8 | sag-bi a-sza3 uz-za us2-sa | Its top is a field of uzzu-plants. |
| 9 | sza3 sag-si-ga | in Šagsiga |
| 10 | {d}en-lil2-ba-ni lugal | Enlil-bani, the king |
| 11 | egir ha-la e2 ad-da-ta | after the share of the estate of the father |
| 12 | ba-an-szum2-ma | he gave, and |
| 13 | 1(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-ba | 15 sar, planted orchards |
| 14 | us2-sa-du 1(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-ba | together with 15 sar, planted orchards |
| 15 | sag-bi e-sir2-ra us2-sa# | Its head is tied to a rope |
| 16 | sza3 ha-la-ba e2 ad-da nam-gudu4-ni# | In its share, the house of the father, his gudu priesthood |
| 17 | {disz}{d}da-mu-a-zu | Damu-azu |
| 18 | szu ba-an-ti-a | received |
| 19 | 1(disz) gu4 a2 ur3-ra | 1 ox, tanned, |
| 20 | {d}suen-ma-gi-ir | Sîn-magir, |
| 21 | [mu-bi-im] | its name |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | ha-la-ba {d}da-mu-[a-zu] | the share of Damu-azu |
| 2' | egir# ha#-la#-ba# | after the division |
| 3' | e2 ad-da-ta | from the estate of the father |
| 4' | nam-tab-ba-ta | from the partnership |
| 5' | in-ba-e-esz-a | they have brought. |
| 6' | u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3 | In the future, neither man nor man |
| 7' | inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a | shall not raise a claim |
| 8' | mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz | they have sworn by the name of the king. |
| 9' | igi im-szi-szi gudu4 dumu {d}nin-lil2-zi-mu-sze3 | before Imšiši, gudu priest, son of Ninlil-zimu |
| 10' | igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 gudu4 dumu lu2-{d}da-mu-sze3 | before Ur-Šulpa’e, gudu priest, son of Lu-Damu |
| 11' | igi lu2-dingir-ra dumu {d}nin-lil2-zi-mu#-[sze3] | before Lu-dingira, son of Ninlil-zimu |
| 12' | igi lu2-dingir-ra dumu inim-{d}en#-lil2#-[sze3] | before Lu-dingira, son of Inim-Enlil |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | igi lu2#-[...] | before Lu- |
| 2' | dumu ur-[...] | son of Ur- |
| 3' | igi ARAD2-unug?{ki}-x-[...] | before Warad-Unug |
| 4' | dumu an-ne2-ba-ab-du7-sze3 | son of Ane-ba’abbdu, |
| 5' | iti kin-{d}inanna | month: “Palace-of-Inanna,’ |
| 6' | mu {d}en-lil2-ba-ni lugal {gesz}szu-lu2 ku3-sig17 {d}en-lil2-ra mu-na-an-dim2 | year: “Enlil-bani, the king, fashioned a gold šulu-vessel for Enlil. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}en-lil2-masz-zu | Enlil-mašzu |
| 2 | gudu4 {d}nin-lil2-la2 | gudu priest of Ninlil |
| 3 | dumu a-ab-ba-kal-la | son of Ayabba-kalla |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}da-mu-a-zu | Damuazu |
| 2 | dumu a-ab-ba-kal-la | son of Ayabba-kalla |
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