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Edinburgh 15 (P453132)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453132 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1909.405.29 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| 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 | [1(disz)] _{uruda}szen_ sza 2(ban2) | 1 copper kettle with 2 ban2 capacity |
| 2 | 1(disz) _{na4}ur5 ad-bar_ | 1 stela of iron, |
| 3 | 1(disz) _{na4}ur5 gisz-ba_ | 1 šubû-stone |
| 4 | 2(disz) _gesz-nu2 hi-a {gesz}asal2_ | 2 beds of juniper, |
| 5 | 6(disz) _{gesz}gu-za hi-a_ | 6 thrones |
| 6 | 1(disz) _{gi}pisan szu-i_ | 1 basket of oil, |
| 7 | 1(disz) _{gi}pisan zu2-kesz2#?_ | 1 basket of dates |
| 8 | 1(disz) _{gi}pisan-dub_ | 1 basket of |
| 9 | 1(disz) _{gi}pisan-szu-sar_ | 1 basket of figs |
| 10 | 1(disz) _{gesz}banszur sag-du_ | 1 table, head, |
| 11 | 1(disz) _gesz-um#-da#-bi-bu# | 1 (workman): Geshum-dabibu |
| 12 | 1(disz) {gesz}ga-an#-nu#-um | 1 (piece of) gannanum wood |
| 13 | 1(disz) _{gesz}giri3-gub_ | 1 footstool |
| 14 | 1(disz) _szab zabar_ | 1 bronze shackle |
| 15 | 1(disz) {na4}na za3-hi-li_ | 1 zaḫili stone |
| 16 | 1(disz) {gesz}um-ni-nu | 1 (piece of) umninu wood |
| 17 | _sza3-ba 1(disz) {na4}kiszib3 ka-gi-na | therefrom: 1 seal of Kagina |
| 18 | qa2-du _na4 hi-a_ sza qa2-ti-sza | together with the stones in her hand |
| 19 | 4(disz) _{gesz}dilim2 tur hi-a_ | 4 small tamarisks |
| 20 | 1(disz) _dug_ al-lu-<ha>-rum re-qum | 1 pot: allu-charum, requm; |
| 21 | nu#-ma-tum sza {munus}be-le-es-su2-nu | the dowry of Belessunu |
| 22 | _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu _dub-sar za3#-[ga]_ | daughter of Ibni-Amurrum, scribe of Zaga. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza# a-na _e2_ i3-li2-u2-sa-ti _lu2-lunga_ sza x x | which to the house of Ilī-usate the brewer of ... |
| 2 | a-na ib-ni-{d}iszkur ma-ri-szu u2-sze-ri-bu#-ma | to Ibni-Addu his son they brought in, and |
| 3 | id-di-nu-szi-im | gave to her, |
| 4 | wa-ar-ki ib-ni-{d}iszkur ma-ru-szu | after Ibni-Adad his son |
| 5 | a-na szi-im-ti-szu il-li-ku | to his fate went, |
| 6 | a-na i3-li2-u2-sa-ti asz-szum nu-ma-tim szu-a-ti szu-bu-lim | To Ilī-usatēa because of that numâtu, he is well. |
| 7 | tup-pa-szu u2-sza-bi-lam-ma a-na pi2-i tup-pi2-szu | He sent his tablet to me, and according to the wording of his tablet |
| 8 | a-na {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | to Sîn-nādin-šumi son of Ibni-Amurrum |
| 9 | ip-qi2-id | he appointed. |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir _ugula e2_ sza _e2_ {d}utu | before Šamaš-nāṣir, foreman of the house of the temple of S’uzu |
| 11 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud | before Ilšu-bani, son of Ḫadān-šulik-shud. |
| 12 | _igi_ IB?-SZID/LUH-an-ka _lu2 x x (x) dumu_ da-a-tu-e2-mah | before Ibši-ṣilli-anki, the , son of Ayatu-emaḫ |
| 13 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _gala-mah dumu_ {d}alamusz-na-s,i-ir | before Ilu-šū-ibni, chief lamentation priest, son of Alammuša-naṣir |
| 14 | _igi_ ta-ri-bu-sza _dumu#_ {d}suen-ma!-gir! | before Tarībuša son of Sîn-magir |
| 15 | _iti ab-e3 u4 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 1 |
| 16 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e {uruda}alan-alan-a-ni szud3-da ab-du-du-de3-a u3#? {d}lamma {d}lamma ku3-sig17 ku3#-[babbar e2-babbar]-ra-sze3 in-ne-en-ku4-[ra-a]_ | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, his balaŋ statue was erected in šud prayers, and(?) the protective deity (and) the guardian deity of gold and silver were brought into the Ebabbar temple. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | dingir-szu#-ib-ni-szu | Ilu-šū-ibni-szu |
| 2 | dumu# {d}alamusz-na-s,i-ir | son of Alamušnaṣir |
| 3 | ARAD [...] x [x (x)] | servant of ... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-ma-[lik] | Nabium-malik |
| 2 | dub-sar# | scribe |
| 3 | dumu# [...] | son of |
| 1' | _kiszib3_ ta-ri-bu-sza | seal of Taribuša |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-[um-ma-lik] | Nebuchadnezzar |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | <dumu> a-da-an-szu-li-[ik-szu-ud] | son of Adānšu-likshud |
| 4 | ARAD {d}na#-[bi-um] | servant of Nabium. |
| 1' | _kiszib3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | Seal of Ilšu-bani |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-ibila-[ma-an-szum2] | Nanna-ibila-manšum |
| 2 | dumu# li-wi-[...] | son of Liwi- |
| 3 | ARAD# {d}AN-mar-[tu] | servant of Anu-martu. |
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