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TJDB pl. 17, MAH 16147 (P424061)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TJDB pl. 17, MAH 16147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424061 |
| Museum no. | MAH 16147 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 | _i7 kaskal_ ge-er-ri-im | the canal of the road to the fortress |
| 2 | _sza3_ ma-tim | in the land |
| 3 | a-na _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2 | to the sons of the god |
| 4 | u3 _dumu-mesz_ isz-ta-ri! | and the sons of Ištar |
| 5 | sza i-na _sza3_ ma-tim wa-asz-bu | who dwells in the country |
| 6 | sze-am a-szi-ir-tam | barley of the aširtu-tax |
| 7 | szu-ud-du-nim-ma | they shall deliver, and |
| 8 | a-na zimbir{ki} ba-ba-li | to Sippar he conquered |
| 9 | {disz}a-bu-um-wa-qar | Abum-waqar |
| 10 | _sanga_ isz8-tar2 zimbir{ki} | sanga priest of Ištar of Sippar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}ARAD-e2-gal-mah | Warad-Egalmaḫ |
| 2 | i-gur-szu | he returned it. |
| 3 | i-na sza-la-am ge-er-ri-szu | in the third of his army |
| 4 | _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ i-le-eq-qe2 | 2/3 shekel of silver he shall take |
| 5 | _igi_ qur3-di-isz8-tar2 _sanga_ [...] | before Qurdi-Ishtar, the priest ... |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dub-sar_ | before Sîn-erībam, scribe |
| 7 | _iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 10 |
| 8 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal# uruda du8 mah gal-gal-la#_ | year: “Ammi-shaduqa, the king, made a massive copper vessel, |
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