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Edinburgh 33 (P453173)
Business / Contracts, Early Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453173 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1911.203.05 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 | 4(asz) _gu2_ {na4}szu-u [x x] | 4 talents of szû-stone |
| 2 | _ki_ ARAD-er3-ra | from Warad-Erra |
| 3 | {disz}i3-li2-x-[...] | Ili- |
| 4 | _nam-zu2-kesz2-sze3_ | as a pledge |
| 5 | _ib2-ta-an-e3_ | he shall return. |
| 6 | _mu 1(disz)-kam zu2#-kesz2 na4_ | for 1 year, nails of stone |
| 7 | _1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar# i3#-la2#-e_ | 1 1/3 shekels of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 8 | u2#-ha-sa3-ar# | shall remove |
| 9 | u3 u2-ha-la-aq# | and he will remove |
| 10 | _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar [i3-la2-e]_ | 1/2 mina of silver he shall weigh out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi#_ {d}suen-sze#?-[...] | before Sîn-še- |
| 2 | _igi#_ {d}utu-tab?-ba?-[e?] | before Šamaš-tabbe |
| 3 | _dumu_ a-wi-il#-[...] | son of Awil- |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}suen-sze-me | before Sîn-šeme |
| 5 | _dumu_ i-din-{d}mar#-[tu] | son of Iddin-Amurrum |
| 6 | _igi_ ba-ra#-ru#-um _szusz3#?_ | before Bararum, cattle manager? |
| 7 | _dumu_ ha-li-um#? | son of Halium |
| 8 | _igi_ i-din-{d}mar-tu | before Iddin-Amurru |
| 9 | _dumu_ a-na-{d}za-ba4-ba4-tak2-la-ku | son of Ana-Zababa-taklāku |
| 10 | _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 10 |
| 11 | _mu_ ia-ah-zi-ir-i3-dingir _{gesz}tukul ba-sag3_ | year: “Yaḫzir-ilī with weapons was struck down. |
Sources & licences
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