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CUSAS 29, 018 (P449854)
Administrative, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 29, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P449854 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 51-03-268 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Dūr-Abī-ēšuḫ (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 | ||
| 1 | _4(asz) erin2_ sig-{d}el-le#-lum# | 4 labor-troops of Sîn-bel-lēlum |
| 2 | _4(asz) erin2_ a-bi-i3-li2# _erin2 elam#-[ma]_ | 4 labor-troops: Abī-ilî, the Elamites |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) _8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_ {d}marduk sza nam-har-ti | 8 gur of barley, the scepter of Marduk, for the gift |
| 4 | szi-i-iq me-sze-qi2-im ra-aq-qi2-im | “It is the šiŋīqu-disease, the raqqûm-illness, |
| 5 | a-na _erin2_ bi-ir-ti _du6 e2-an-na_ | to the troops in the middle of the wall of Eanna |
| 6 | i-nu-ma um-ma-na-tum | when the troops |
| 7 | it-ti sza-lim-t,e4-eh-hu-szu _sukkal_ | with Šalim-ṭeḫušu, the vizier |
| 8 | {disz}a-si-rum _gal-ukken-na_ | Asirum, the chief minister |
| 9 | {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen _gal-ukken-na_ | Ibni-Sîn, chief of the assembly |
| 10 | u3 ib-ni-{d}suen _gal-ukken-na_ | and Ibni-Sîn the chief minister |
| 11 | i-na _bad3_ a-bi-e-szu-uh{ki} | in the wall of Abī-ešuḫ |
| 12 | sza _kun8_ {i7}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-nu-hu-usz-ni-szi | of the bank of the Hammurapi-nušnīši canal |
| 13 | wa-asz-bu | stationed |
| 14 | a-na _szuku iti ab-e3 lu2 1(disz)-e 1(barig) sze-ta | for the šuku-allocation of the month “Ab-e’e, the man for 1 man, 1 barig barley each, |
| 15 | in#-na-ad#-nu-szu-nu-szi-im | he gave to them |
| 16 | [...] nam#-ha#-ar#-ti# | ... Received by |
| 17 | [...] | |
| 18 | [i-na] _sze-ba_ u3 ne-eb-re-tim | from the barley and the rations |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ih#-ha-ar#-[ra-as,] | he shall redeem |
| 2 | a-na _sze-e# [aga-us2_ la] wa-asz-bi-im# | to the barley of a soldier is not available |
| 3 | i-na _guru7#_ szu#-s,i-i-im# | in the new silo |
| 4 | _e2-gal_ [i]-ip#-pa-lu | the palace they shall clear. |
| 5 | ($ blank space $) _zi-ga_ | booked out |
| 6 | _sza3 sze gu2-un-hi-a sze_ a-hi-tim | from the barley of the gūnḫu-taxes and the grain of the dependents |
| 7 | sza a-na re-esz _szuku erin2#_ um#-[ma]-na#-tim# | who at the beginning of the rations of the troops of Ummanatum |
| 8 | u3 _erin2_ a-hi-tim ku-ul-lim | and the rest of the troops were captured. |
| 9 | a-na _bad3#_ [a-bi-e-szu-uh{ki}] | to the wall of Abī-ešuḫ |
| 11 | ib-ba-ab-lam | he shall carry out. |
| 12 | _nig2-su_ a-wi-il-{d}utu {disz}{d}suen-u2-se#-el-li | property of Awīl-šamaš, Sîn-ušallim |
| 13 | u3 ib-ni-{d}marduk _sza3-tam-mesz_ | and Ibni-Marduk, the hearts |
| 14 | _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 16 |
| 15 | _mu gibil sza _egir mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e {i7}idigna gesz bi2-in-kesz2# | a new year which after Abī-ešuḫ the king had established on the Tigris |
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