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AASOR 16, 021 (P388500)
Business / Contracts, Middle Babylonian, Gasur/Nuzi · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | AASOR 16, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388500 |
| Museum no. | SM 2000.06.016 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe) |
| Coordinates | 35.3717, 44.2546 |
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 | t,up-pi2# ma#-ru-ti sza {disz}hu-i-pa2-pu _dumu_ szu-ra-ak-ka4 | A tablet of exchange belonging to Hui-pāpu son of Šurakka |
| 2 | u3 {munus#}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a _dumu-munus_ sze-el-tu3-un-na-a-a | and Tulpunnaya daughter of Šeltunayu |
| 3 | a-na ma-ru-ti i-pu-usz | he built (it) for a future time. |
| 4 | ma-la ku#-ma-ni u3 mi-szi-il ha-ra-ar-ni _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ i-na {iri}zi-iz-za i-na e-le-en [{gesz}_kiri6_] | As much as there is, and half of the harānu-trees in the city of Zizzu, above the orchard |
| 5 | gi-gi-ru-uh-hi i-na il-ta-an _{gesz}kiri6_ sza {disz}a-hu-ia | a reed fence in the orchard of Ahūya |
| 6 | {disz}hu-i-pa2-a-pu ki-i-ma _ha-la_-szu2 | Hui-pāpu as his share |
| 7 | a-na {munus}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a id-di3-na-asz-szu | to Tulpunaya he gave him |
| 8 | u3 {munus}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a 1(disz) _gu4-nita_ ru-bu-u2 | and Tulpunnāya, 1 ox, young, |
| 9 | ki-i#-ma _nig2-ba_-szu2 a-na {disz}hu-i-pa2-pu i-din | instead of his gift to Huipu he gave. |
| 10 | [szum-ma] {gesz#}_kiri6_ pi2-ir-ka4 i-ra-asz-szi | If the orchard of the threshing floor he shall cultivate |
| 11 | u3# {gesz#}_kiri6_ an-nu-um-ma {disz}hu-i-pa2-a-pu | and this orchard Hui-pāpu |
| 12 | u2#-za-ak#-ka4 a-na {munus}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a i-na-an-din | He will clear it and give it to Tulpunāyu. |
| 13 | [szum]-ma# {disz}hu-i-pa2-a-pu _ki-bal_-tu i-na _eger_-ki | If Hui-pāpu the rebel land in the border |
| 14 | [{gesz}]_kiri6#_ i-sza-as-si2 u3 _{gesz}kiri6_ an-nu-u2 | the orchard will be irrigated, and this garden |
| 15 | {munus}tul2#-pu#-un-na-a-a ki-i-me-e u2-ka4-al-ma u2-ka4-al | The Tulpunaeans, like you, open, open. |
| 16 | u3 {disz}hu-i-pa2-a-pu _{gesz}kiri6_ 5(disz)-szu u2-ma-al-la | and Ḫu'i-pāpu the 5th gardener planted. |
| 17 | a-na {munus}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a i-na {iri}zi-iz-za-ma i-na-an-din | to Tulpunnāyu in Zizama he shall give. |
| 18 | am#-ma#-tu3# sza _urudu_ sza a-bu-ul-li sza _iri dingir_ | ... of copper for the water-vessel of the city of the god |
| 19 | u3 mi#-in#-da2#-as-su2 sza am-ma-ti sza _urudu_ il-te-qu2-u2 | and his ... of copper have taken. |
| 20 | u3 _{gesz}kiri6_ u2#-ma-di#-du#-u2 | and orchards they planted |
| 21 | _igi_ a-ki#-in-na#-ma-ri _dumu_ [a]-ri-ia | before Akin-namari, son of Ariya |
| 22 | _igi_ [el]-hi#-ip-til-la _dumu_ ma-at-te-szup | before Elhiptila, son of Matteshup |
| 23 | _igi_ [a]-kap#-sze-en-ni _dumu_ ha-ni-ku-ia | before Akapšenni, son of Hanikuya |
| 24 | _igi#_ sze-en-na-a-a _dumu_ a-kap-sze | before Šennaya, son of Akapše |
| bottom | ||
| 25 | _igi#_ ma-at-te-szup _dumu_ hi-il-pi2-isz-szu-uh | before Atte-šup, son of Ḫil-pishuḫ |
| 26 | _igi_ ak-ku-te-ia _dumu_ te-esz-szu-ia | before Akkūtiya, son of Tešszuya |
| 27 | _igi_ it-hi-[til]-la _dumu_ szuk2-ra-a-pu | before Ithi-tilla, son of Šukra-apu |
| 28 | _igi_ a-hu-um#-[mi-sza _dumu_] pi2-il-la-ra# | before Aḫu-ummi-sha, son of Pillara |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ sza-ar-[te-ia _dumu_ pu]-hi-sze-en-ni | before Šarteya, son of Puhishenni |
| 2 | _igi_ ki-pe3-[er]-ha#!(RU) _dumu_ a-ka4-a-a x x | before Kipe-Erḫa, son of Akaya |
| 3 | _igi_ ku-ur#-[wa]-tal# _dumu_ u2-usz-sze | before Kur-watal, son of Ušše |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}_suen_ i-[qi2-sza] _dub-sar_ | before Sîn he presented it, the scribe |
| 1 | _na4_ {disz}a-kap-sze-en-ni | stone of Akap-šenni, |
| 2 | _na4_ {disz}a-ki-in#-[na]-ma-<ri> | stone of Akin-nāmâ |
| 3 | _na4_ {disz}ak-ku-[te]-ia | stone of Bakkuteya |
| 4 | _na4_ {disz}el-hi-ip-til-la | stone of Ellḫi-ptila |
| 5 | [_na4_ {disz}sza-ar]-te-ia | stone of Šarteya |
| 6 | [_na4_ {disz}sze]-en#-na-a-a | stone of Šennaya |
| 7 | _na4_ {disz}it-hi-til-la | stone of Ithi-tila, |
| 8 | _na4_ {disz}ma-at-te-szup | stone of Mattešup |
| 9 | _na4_ {disz}ki-pe3-er-ha | stone of Kiperha, |
| 10 | _na4_ {disz}ku-ur-wa-tal | stone of Kur-watal |
| left | ||
| 11 | _na4_ {disz}{d}_suen_-i-qi2-[sza] | stone of Sîn-iqiša |
| 12 | _na4_ {disz}a-hu#-um-[mi]-sza# | stone of Aḫum-ummiša |
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