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VS 05, 018 (P371752)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371752 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00476 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ ša₂ {f}hi-ip-ta-a DUMU.A-su ša₂ {m}ṣil-⸢la-a⸣ | The house of Hiptaya, son of Bil-elaya |
| 2 | A {m}{d}IDIM-ṣal-mu-DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU-⸢IBILA⸣ | son of Ea-balāṭši-ilani, who is next to the house of Nabu-bani-apli, |
| 3 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GI-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG u₃ DA E₂ | son of Mušallim-Marduk, descendant of Nappahu, and next to the house |
| 4 | {m}{d}NA₃-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN A {m}re-mut-DINGIR-MEŠ | Nabu-eṭir, son of Šapik-zeri, descendant of Emut-ilani |
| 5 | DA E₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU A {lu₂}BAHAR₂ | next to the house of Marduk-šum-uṣur, son of Iddin, descendant of Paharu |
| 6 | u₃ SILA SIG{nu} a-na šu-pel-tu₄ a-na | and a street of wool for the šupētu-service to |
| 7 | E₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su}iq-bi A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GI-{d}AMAR.UTU | The house of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Mušallim-Marduk |
| 8 | A {lu₂}SIMUG ša₂ DA E₂ {m}NUMUN{u₂-tu} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN{su} | from the Nappahu family, who is next to the house of Zerutu, son of Balassu |
| 9 | u DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {⸢m}mar-duk⸣ | and next to the house of Nabu-eṭir-napšati, son of Marduk-e23 |
| 10 | A {lu₂}SIPA{i} DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} | from the Re’u family, next to the house of Nabu-šû-ušallim |
| 11 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃{uš} DA SILA SIG{nu} a-na | son of Nabu-ibni next to the narrow street to |
| 12 | šu-pel-tu₄ a-na a-ha-meš id-di-nu-uʾ | he gave as a pledge to each other |
| 13 | {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su}iq-bi A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GI-{d}AMAR.UTU | Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Mušallim-Marduk |
| 14 | A {lu₂}SIMUG ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 1/3 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | from the Nappahu family by his own free will 27 shekels of silver |
| 15 | ta-ak-pu-uš-tu₄ it-ti E₂-šu₂ | a curse against his house |
| 16 | a-na {f}hi-ip-ta-a DUMU.MI₂-su ša₂ {m}ṣil-la-a | to Hiptaya, daughter of Billaya |
| 17 | A {m}{d}IDIM-ṣal-<mu>-DINGIR-MEŠ i-din {im}DUB-MEŠ | son of Ea-šallim-ilāni, gave the tablets. |
| 18 | u AMA A.ŠA₃-MEŠ a-na a-ha-meš | and the mother of the fields against each other |
| 19 | i-nam-din-nu-uʾ {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {⸢m⸣}[gi-mil-lu] | they shall give. Witnesses: gimilu |
| r | ||
| 20 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣-[MU-DU₃ A {lu₂]}⸢SIMUG⸣ | son of Marduk-šum-ibni, descendant of Nappahu |
| 21 | {m}{d}EN-[x (x) A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x x A {m}{mu]}SIG₅{iq}{⸢d}IŠKUR⸣ | Bel-, son of , descendant of Mudammiq-Ištar |
| 22 | {m}{d}NA₃-[... A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x-(x) A {m}{d}30-tab-ni | Nabu- son of , descendant of Sin-tabni |
| 23 | {m}{d}NA₃-[...] ⸢x⸣ | Nabu- |
| 24 | A {lu₂}⸢x⸣ [... {m}{d]}NA₃-MU-GAR{un} | from the E22 family |
| 25 | A {m}{⸢d⸣}[...]-⸢x⸣ | son of E22d-E23 |
| 26 | {m}{d}DI.[KU₅-x {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d]}⸢EN⸣-MU-DU₃ | Dayyan-x, scribe, son of Ea-bel-šum-ibni |
| 27 | A {m}DA-[x x TIN.TIR{ki]} {iti}ZIZ₂ | from the Nabu- family. Babylon, month Šabaṭu |
| 28 | UD 11-⸢KAM⸣ [MU SAG NAM].⸢LUGAL⸣.LA {m}{d}U.GUR-LUGAL-URU₃ | On the 11th day: first year of the kingship of Nergal-šar-uṣur. |
| 29 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{⸢ki} ṭup⸣-pi GI-MEŠ | king of Babylon. A tablet of reeds |
| 30 | šu-pel-ti-šu₂-nu 1{en}A.TA.Aʾ | They have each taken (a copy of the document). |
| 31 | il-qu-u₂ ṣu-pur {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su}iq-bi | Fingernail of Nabu-balassu-iqbi |
| 32 | u {f}hi-ip-ta-a GIM {⸢im}KIŠIB-šu₂⸣-nu | and Hiptâ, like their seals |
| 33 | ina a-ša₂-bi ša₂ {f}hi-ip-ta-a ⸢DUMU⸣.[MI₂] | in the house of Hiptaya, the daughter-in-law |
| 34 | ša₂ {m}A{a} A {lu₂}GAL.DU₃ AMA ša₂ {m}{[d}NA₃-TIN{su]}⸢iq⸣-bi | From Aplaya, descendant of Rab-bane, mother of Nabu-balassu-iqbi. |
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