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TJA UMM H 26 (P315365)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TJA UMM H 26 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315365 |
| Museum no. | MMUM — |
| Collection | Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | _3(disz) udu-nita2 igi-sa2 iti bara2-za3-gar_ | 3 rams, first fruits, month: “Bara-zagar,’ |
| 2 | _3(disz) udu-nita2 igi-sa2 du6-ku3_ | 3 rams, first fruits of the holy mound, |
| 3 | _6(disz) udu-nita2 ku3-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 6 rams, their silver: 1/3 mina 4 shekels |
| 4 | _1(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sza3 sa10 2(disz) gu4_ | 18 2/3 shekels silver from the purchase price of 2 oxen |
| 5 | sza _igi-sa2 iti bara2-za3-gar_ u3 _iti du6-ku3_ | of the preceding month, month: “Bara-zagar, and the month: Duku |
| 6 | _2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2/3 mina 2 2/3 shekels silver |
| 7 | sza _nimgir {d}inanna unu{ki} abul {d}utu_ | of the herald Ištar of Uruk, the gate of Šamaše |
| 8 | ne-me-et-ti {d}na#-na#-a-ib-ni-szu# | the wisdom of Nanaya-ibnišu |
| 9 | asz-szum ni-is-x-[x] i-ik-ka-lu | Concerning ... they will eat |
| 10 | up-pu-usz#-ta#-szu | his work |
| 11 | a-na e-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 _ugula {munus}suhur-la2-mesz_ | to Etel-pī-Ištar the overseer of the female subordinates |
| 12 | i-na-ad-di-in | he will give |
| 13 | e-ma e-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 | wherever Etel-pî-Ištar |
| 14 | _gu4-hi-a_ u3 _udu-nita2-hi-a_ i-im-ma-ru-ma | they saw oxen and sheep and |
| 15 | i-sza-am-mu | he shall hear |
| 16 | {disz}{d}na-na-a-ib-ni-szu iz-za-az-ma | Nanaya-ibnīšu stood and |
| 17 | _ku3-babbar_ up-pu-usz-ta-szu _i3-la2-e_ | he shall pay back the silver that he incurred. |
| 18 | u3 a-na _kar gu-la_ sza _e2_ | and to the great quay of the house |
| 19 | iz-za-a-az | he shall stand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar szuku sukkal_ u3 mu-sza-ad-di-nim | silver, the šuku-allocation of the vizier and the mušaddinu-official |
| 2 | a-na up-pu-usz-ti-szu _i3-la2-e_ | for his work he shall pay. |
| 3 | _iti 1(disz)-kam erin2 {gi}il2_ i-il-la-ak_ | for 1 month the work-troops will carry a reed bundle. |
| 4 | u3 _1(disz) sila4_ i-na-ad-di-in | and 1 lamb he shall give |
| 5 | a-na _{munus}suhur-la2-mesz_ sza qa2-ti {d}na-na-a-ib-ni-<szu> | for the female lambs in the charge of Nanaya-ibnīšu |
| 6 | {disz}e-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 _ugula {munus}suhur-la2-mesz_ | Etel-pî-Ištar, foreman of female lambs |
| 7 | {disz}id-da-tum u3 dingir-ma-an-szum2 | Iddatum and Ilum-manšum |
| 8 | u2-ul uk-ka-lu | they shall not hold back. |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}utu!-la-ma-sa3-szu _dub-sar za3-ga_ | before Šamaš-lamāssu, the front scribe |
| 10 | _igi_ ni-di-in-isz8-tar2 _iszib an {d}inanna_ | before Nidin-Ištar, temple administrator of Anu and Ishtar |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}nin-urta-ib-ni-szu _sanga_ {d}na-na-a | before Ninurta-ibnišu, sanga priest of Nanaya |
| 12 | _igi_ e2-an-na-tum _gala-mah_ | before Eannatum, chief lamentation priest |
| 13 | _igi_ li-pi2-it-{d}nin-szubur _dub-sar_ | before Lipit-Ninšubur, scribe |
| 14 | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 1 |
| 15 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e en ib2 gu-ul-la ki-ag2 {d}utu ur5-ra ma-da-na ba-an-da#-ab#-du8-a#_ | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, the beloved en priestess of Šamaš, who loves his land, was seized. |
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