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AASOR 16, 038 (P388517)
Legal, Middle Babylonian, Gasur/Nuzi · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | AASOR 16, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388517 |
| Museum no. | SM 2000.06.032 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe) |
| Coordinates | 35.3717, 44.2546 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [{munus}tu3-ul-pu]-un-na-a-a | Tulpunaya |
| 2 | [it-ti {disz}]ut#-hap2-sze _dumu_ ka4-li-ia | with Uthapše son of Kaliya |
| 3 | [i-na di]-ni# a-na pa-ni _di-ku5-mesz_ | in a lawsuit before judges |
| 4 | [i-te]-lu#-u2-ma | went up, and |
| 5 | [um]-ma# {munus}tu3-ul-pu-un-na-a-a-ma | Thus Tulopunaya |
| 6 | [{disz}ta]-e _dumu_ a-ka4-wa-til | Tê, son of Akawatil |
| 7 | u3# _dumu#_-szu {disz}be-la-a-a | and his son Belaya |
| 8 | a#-na ti-te-en-nu-ti ki-ma 1(disz) _{lu2}ARAD2_ | to Tittennūtu like one slave |
| 9 | u3 ki-ma 1(u) 2(disz) _udu-hi-a-mesz_ | and like 12 sheep |
| 10 | a-na# ia-szi _si3_{mi} | to me my horn |
| 11 | [u3] _egir#_-ka4#-nu {disz}ta-e im-tu3-ut-mi | and after you, Ta’e has died |
| 12 | [u3] {disz}ut-hap2-sze %xhu e-wu-ru-um-ma | and Šamaš-ḫāpše the ewerum |
| 13 | [i]-te-pu-usz-mi!(BU) | he has done |
| 14 | u3# _di-ku5-mesz_ {disz}ut-hap2-sze | and the judges, Uthapše |
| 15 | [isz]-ta#-lu-szu {disz}ta-e _dumu_-szu | he took away, Tâ, his son |
| 16 | [{disz}be-la]-a#-a a-na ti-te-en-nu-ti# | Belāya to Titennû |
| 17 | [ki-ma 1(disz)] _{lu2}ARAD2_ ki-ma 1(u) 2(disz) _udu-mesz_ | like 1 slave like 12 sheep |
| 18 | [a-na {munus}tu3-ul]-pu#-un-na#-a-a | to Tulopunaya |
| 19 | [it-ta-di]-in-mi | has given to me |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | [u3 um-ma {disz}]ut#-hap2-sze-ma {disz}ta-e | And thus (says) Uthapše: Te |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_dumu_{szu} {disz}be]-la-a-a a-na ti-te-en-nu-ti | son of Belāya for the titennû-service |
| 2 | [_si3_-in]-mi u3 {munus}tul2-pu-un-na-a-a | my horns and my Tulpuna |
| 3 | [_dub_]-szu sza ti-te-en-nu-ti-szu sza {disz}ta-e | A tablet of his titennūtu belonging to Tâ |
| 4 | ul-te-li | he has returned. |
| 5 | [u3] _eme_{szu} sza {disz}ut-hap2-sze i-na di-ni | and the tongue of Šamaš-hapše in a lawsuit |
| 6 | [a-na] pa-ni _di-ku5-mesz_ iq-ta-bi | before judges he said: |
| 7 | [a]-na#-ku {disz}ta-e _szesz_-ia %xhu e-wu-ru-um-ma | I, Tē, my brother, have ...ed and |
| 8 | e#-te-pu-usz-mi {disz}{munus}tul2#-pu-un-na-a-a | Tulpunaya |
| 9 | i-na di-ni il-te-e-ma u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ | in a lawsuit he has litigated, and judges |
| 10 | {disz}ut-hap2-sze ki-ma t,up-pi2-szu | Uthapše according to his tablet |
| 11 | u3 ki-ma _eme_{szu}-ma a-na 1(disz) _{lu2}ARAD2_ | and like a tongue to one slave |
| 12 | u3 a-na 1(u) 2(disz) _udu-mesz_ sza ti-te-en-nu-ti-szu | and for 12 sheep of his titennūtu |
| 13 | sza# {disz}ta-e a-na {munus}tul2-pu-na-a-a | of Tâ to Tulpunaya |
| 14 | it#-ta-du-usz ki-me2-e _a-sza3-mesz_{szu} _e2-mesz_{szu2} | they have piled up. When the fields and houses |
| 15 | [sza?] {disz}ta-e {disz}ut-hap2-sze il-te-qe3 | of Ta’e and Uthapše took |
| 1 | _na4#_ {disz}sze-en-nu-un-ni | stone of Šennunni |
| top | ||
| 1 | [_na4_] {disz}pu-ra-sa | stone of Purasa |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [_na4_ ...] | stone ... |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | _na4_ {disz}[...] | stone of |
Sources & licences
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