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Edinburgh 34 (P453174)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453174 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1911.203.06 |
| 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(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6_ | 1 iku field, orchard |
| 2 | _da {gesz}kiri6_ a-li2-pa-dingir | next to the orchard of Ali-pādingir, |
| 3 | u3 _da pa5_ | and adjacent to the canal |
| 4 | _sag-bi i7-da_ | its top on the river |
| 5 | u3 _e_ {d}szul-gi | and the house of Shulgi |
| 6 | li-im-t,i3 li-tar | May he recover, may he return. |
| 7 | sza szum-szu-nu-wa-tar2-ma | of Sumšunu-watar, and |
| 8 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 9 | _1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 3(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 mina 5 shekels 32 1/2 grains of silver |
| 10 | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
| 11 | _ki_ dingir-ba!(UD)-ni | from Ilum-bani |
| 12 | _dumu_ ba-zi-nu-um | son of Bazinum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}szum-szu-nu-wa-tar2 | Umšunu-watar, |
| 2 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 3 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 4 | _mu lugal-bi_ | that king's year |
| 5 | _in-pa3-de3-esz_ | they have sworn |
| 6 | _igi_ im-di-er3-ra | before Imdi-Erra |
| 7 | _igi_ er3-ra-ga-sze-er | before Erra-gašer |
| 8 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}en-lil2 | before Ibbi-Enlil |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Sîn-iddinam |
| 10 | _igi_ i-di-isz-{d}za-ba4-ba4 | before Idiš-Zababa |
| 11 | _igi_ ARAD2-{d}suen _dumu_ za-na-a-a | before Warad-Sin, son of Zanaya |
| 12 | _iti NE-NE-gar_ | month: NENEgar |
| 13 | _mu ka-zal-lu{ki} ba-an-dab_ | year: “Kazallu was seized. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | dingir-ba-ni | Ilum-bani, |
| 2 | dumu ba-zi-nu-um | son of Bazinum, |
Sources & licences
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