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RIME 4.11.01.01, ex. 01 (P448236)

Official or display, Old Babylonian, Malgium · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	RIME 4.11.01.01, ex. 01
ID	P448236
Museum no.	VA 03359
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	Malgium (mod. Tulūl Yassir)
Coordinates	32.5612, 45.0983

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)
surface a col 1
1	{d}i-pi2-iq-esz4-tar2 _lugal_	Ipiq-Eštar, king
2	szi-ki*-in {d}en-ki {d}dam-ki-na	who establishes Enki and Damkina
3	_lugal_ ma-al-gi-im{ki}	king of Malgium
4	_dumu_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu	son of Apil-ilišu
5	i-nu an {d}en-lil2 _dingir-mah_	when Anum, Enlil, the great god
6	u3 {d}e2-a szar-ri	and Ea, the king
7	mi-li-ik ma-tim im-li#-ku	The lord of the land, the lady of the city
8	wa-szi-ib _lu_-im be-el pi-ri-isz-tim	who dwells in the palace, the lord of the secret
9	u3-ta2-di a-na hi-ir-ti-szu	he has given to his wife.
10	el-le-tim {d}dam-ki-na	the pure Damkina
11	ar-hi-isz-mi mu#-uh-ri hi#-t,a	After I have received my payment, I will pay the penalty.
12	szu-ti-qi2 ma-ru-usz-ta-am#	Šū-tiqî is a lion
13	a-na wa-ar-ki-a-tim	in the future
14	lu ki-na isz-da-szu	may he be his firm support.
15	ma-al-gu-um{ki} a-al-ki	Malgium, alkum
16	szar-ru-tum _bala_-um li#-<ri>-ik	May the reign of kingship be long.
17	a ip-pa-ar-ku i-na _e2-nam-ti-la_	may he not tear out, in the Enamtila
18	i-nu-mi-szu ur-dam ma-a-tum	At that time, the land
19	i na-ap-ha-ri ka-lu-szu	“Its allies
20	isz#-ku-un ha-ba-ra-tam ra-bi-tam	he set up a great cult center.
surface a col 2
1	u3 ma-ru-usz-tam i-pu#-usz#	and Maruštam did
2	u2-sza-al-pi2-it ki-is,-s,a-am#	he made a nest.
3	szu-ba-at _dingir-mah_ ra-bi-tim	the seat of the great gods,
4	u3 mi-lam ra-asz-ba-am _{gesz}kiri6_-sza i-ki#-is#	and the love-making of her garden he cut down
5	{d}i-pi2-iq-esz4-tar2 _lugal_ na-'a-du	Ipiq-Eštar, the king who loves
6	bi-ni-it qa2-ti-szu	the creation of his hand
7	sza {d}e2-a a-na-ku	of Ea am I
8	i-na szu-ur-ri {d}e2-a {d}dam-ki-na	By the command of Ea and Damkina
9	a-na wa-ar-du-<ti>-szu-nu ir-szu-nin-ni	to their extispicy he imposed upon me.
10	e#-pu#-usz-ma ab#-ni bi-ta-am	“I built a house and I named it Abni-Bittam.
11	a-na _dingir-mah_ um-mi-ia	to Ilīmah, my mother:
12	az2-qu2-up-szi-im _{gesz}kiri6_-a-am el-lam	I planted for her a pure orchard
13	si2-ma-at i-lu-ti-sza	who is worthy of her divinity,
14	u2-sza-asz-ki#-in _sa2-du11_ in#-bi-im	he set up. It is the regular offering.
15	a-na da-a-ar-i-tam mah-ri-sza	Before her forever.
16	ab-bi szum _e2 e2-ki-tusz-gesztux(\|GESZ.PI\|)_	the father, the name of the temple of the Ekituš-geshtu
17	u2-te-er-szi-im pa*-ra-ka-<am> pa-ni-a-am	I have returned her to my presence.
18	u3 szu-ba-sa3 ar-mi	and Šubasa, the herdsman,
19	sza te-em-me-ni u2-da-ap-pa-ru	Whoever erases my inscription,
20	_dingir-mah_ er-re-tam ra-bi-tam	Ili-maḫ
21	li-ru#-ur-szu	may they curse him.

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