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MAH 16459 (P424219)
Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE
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| Designation | MAH 16459 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424219 |
| Museum no. | MAH 16459 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 4(ban2@c) sze bara2-kam | 4 ban2 barley for the dais; |
| 2 | 2(ban2@c) sze kas | 2 ban2 barley, beer |
| 3 | 2(ban2@c) sze nig2-ar3-ra | 2 ban2 barley, grain-fed, |
| 4 | szesz-szesz | the brothers |
| 5 | sze gada nig2 x mu 1(asz)?-ta | barley, linen, ..., for 1 year |
| 6 | x x ta? [(x)] 3(disz@t)? | ... 3(?) |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | al-mu? | Almu(?) |
| 2 | 4(ban2@c) zi3 iri-a i3-gu7 | 4 ban2 of flour from the city he ate |
| 3 | 2(ban2@c) sze | 2 ban2 barley |
| 4 | GIR?-GIR? LUL | |
| 5 | ku6 | fish |
| 6 | a-sa10 | for Asa |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | dam-gar3 | merchant |
| 2 | ba-de6 | were carried off. |
| 3 | 2(ban2@c)! sze bappir | 2 ban2 of beer, |
| 4 | 3(ban2@c)! sze nig2-ar3-ra | 3 ban2 barley, grain-fed, |
| 5 | 4(ban2@c) sze munu4 | 4 ban2 barley, malt, |
| 6 | 4(ban2@c) dabin | 4 ban2 of dabin flour |
| 7 | a-za-szu12 | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | x 2(ban2@c) sze gur | 2 ban2 barley, |
| 2 | nig2-sa10 siki-kam | the purchase of wool |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) nig2-sa10 szah2-kam | 1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig, the purchase of a pig |
| 4 | 2(u@c) la2 2(ban2@c) sze-lu2 hun:ga2-kam | 20 less 2 ban2 barley, hired, |
| 5 | 2(barig@c) sza3-ba | 2 barig, in its midst |
| 6 | 2(barig@c) sag ku3 | 2 barig silver head |
Sources & licences
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