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Edinburgh 59 (P453224)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453224 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1911.203.31 |
| 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 a-sza3_ i#-na# [ha-an-ta-a] | 1 iku of field in Ḫantâ |
| 2 | _da a-sza3_ sza-ZI-[...] | adjacent to the field Ša-ZI- |
| 3 | _sag-bi e_ ZA-ar#-[...] | Its top is above ... |
| 4 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 5 | _3(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in!-[na-la2]_ | 3 5/6 shekels of silver he paid. |
| 6 | _ki_ hal-ha-lum | from Halhalum |
| 7 | _dumu_ szu-a-nu-um | son of Shu-Anum, |
| 8 | {disz}s,i-su2-na-aw-ra-at | Ṣisuna-wrat, |
| 9 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 10 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 11 | _u4# kur2# lu2 lu2-u3#_ | a new day for a man or another man |
| 12 | _[nu-mu]-un#-gi4#-[gi4-dam]_ | does not return. |
| 13 | _[mu_ {d}za-ba4]-ba4 u3 ia#-[wi-um] | the year (in which) Zababa and Yawum |
| 14 | _in-pa3#-[de3-esz]_ | they have chosen. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ su2-sa3-lum _dumu_ ik#-[ka-rum] | before Susa-lum, son of Ikkarum |
| 2 | _igi_ ma-ar-si2-la#-[ku?] | before Arsilaku |
| 3 | _igi_ ba-bu-um | before Bābum |
| 4 | _dumu-mesz_ u2-na-nu-um# | sons of Unanum |
| 5 | [_igi_] bu-ur2-ga-nu-[um] | before Būr-ganum |
| 6 | [_dumu_ ia]-ku#-ub-el3# | son of Yakub-El |
| 7 | [_igi_] mu#-ha-du-um | before Muḫadum |
| 8 | _dumu_ sa-ga-ru-um# | son of Sagarum |
| 9 | _iti kin-{d}inanna_ | Month Elūnum |
| 10 | _mu {kusz}a2-la2 x# [(...)]_ | year: “The ala drum |
Sources & licences
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