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Edinburgh 29 (P453131)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 29 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453131 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1911.203.01 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ | a built house plot of 1 1/2 sar |
| 2 | _1(disz) sar kislah egir e2-a_ | 1 sar of kislalhu after the house |
| 3 | _us2-sa-du_ ar?-wi-u2-um | the adjacent to (the property of) Arwum |
| 4 | u3 _us2-sa-du_ | and adjacent to |
| 5 | mu-ha-du-um _lu2-azlag2#_ | Muḫadum, the weaver |
| 6 | _sag 1(disz) ku3? sila aga-us2_ | the head, 1 silver? sila of a soldier |
| 7 | _ki_ mu-ha-du-u2-um | from Muḫadum |
| 8 | _dumu_ sa-ga-ru-u2-um | son of Sagarum |
| 9 | s,i-s,u2-na-aw-ra-at | Ṣiṣunawrat |
| 10 | _dumu_ be-lum | son of Belum |
| 11 | _in-szi-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | to buy, at its full price |
| 12 | _1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 18 shekels of silver he paid. |
| 13 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 14 | _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3_ | in the future a man another man |
| 15 | _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a-a_ | shall not raise a claim |
| 16 | _mu_ {d}za-ba4-ba4 | the year (in which) Zababa |
| 17 | u3 ia-wi-u2-um# | and Yawum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _in-pa3-de3-esz_ | they have sworn |
| 2 | _igi_ ri-ga-x-x _dumu_ x-(x)-AN | before Riga..., son of ... |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}suen-en-nam | before Sîn-ennam |
| 4 | _dumu_ a-ha-nu-um | son of Aḫanum |
| 5 | _igi_ su2-ka-li-a | before Sukaliya |
| 6 | _dumu_ i3-li2-ki-a-bi-a | son of Ili-kiabīya, |
| 7 | _igi_ ha-x-mu-a-bu-um | before Ḫa-x-mu-abum |
| 8 | _dumu_ e-IG-NI-dingir | son of Egibi-ili |
| 9 | _igi_ bur-{d}suen _dumu#_ er3-ra-ga-szi-ir | before Bur-Sin, son of Erra-gašir |
| 10 | _igi_ pu-ha-a-a | before Puhaya |
| 11 | _dumu_ qu2-ur2-di-ia | son of Qurdiya, |
| 12 | _igi_ hu-za-lum | before Ḫuzalum |
| 13 | _dumu_ ku-ta-nu-um | son of Kutanum |
| 14 | _iti udru{duru5}_ | month: “Uruk,’ |
| 15 | _mu us2-sa {gesz}gigir_ ia-wi-u2-um _mu-dim2_ | the year following: “The chariot of Yawum I fashioned. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ ri-szi-ia _dumu_ szu-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak _dub-sar_ | before Rašiya, son of Šū-Ninkarrak, the scribe |
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