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VS 18, 007 (P373070)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 18, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373070 |
| Museum no. | VAT 05951 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
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 | _2(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar_] | 2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | a-na _sa10-am3 sze-gesz-i3_ | for the price of sesame |
| 3 | _ki_ s,il2-li2-{d}iszkur | from Ṣillī-Adad |
| 4 | {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | Shumum-libši, |
| 5 | _dumu_ be-el-szu-nu# | son of Belšunu |
| 6 | _szu# ba-an-[ti_] | received. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4_-um _buru14-sze3 sze-gesz-[i3_] | at harvest time sesame |
| 2 | _ganba_ ib-ba-asz-szu-u2 | the market value will increase. |
| 3 | i-na _kar_ dil-bat{ki} | at the port of Dilbat |
| 4 | _sze-gesz-i3 i3-ag2-e_ | sesame he shall measure out. |
| 5 | _igi_ e-t,e-rum _dumu_ im-gur-{d}x-(x) | before Eṭerum, son of Imgur- |
| 6 | _igi_ i-na-pa-le-szu _dumu_ x-x-[...] | before Ina-palêšu, son of ... |
| 7 | _iti sig4-a u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam#_ | The month of Simanu, the day 16 |
| 8 | _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e alan-a-ni szud3 ab-be2#-[a] | year: “Abī-eshuḫ, the king, erected his statue and sung the šud-festival. |
Sources & licences
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