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Edinburgh 35 (P453243)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Edinburgh 35 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453243 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1911.203.07 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| 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(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 12 shekels of silver |
| 2 | su-la2 | |
| 3 | ki szum-szu-nu-wa-tar-ta | from Sumšunu-watar |
| 4 | {disz}be-le-su2!-nu | Belessunu |
| 5 | dumu-munus i-za-kum | daughter of Izakum |
| 6 | szu ba-an-ti u4 buru14-sze3 i3-la2-e | He will pay it in full at the harvest time. |
| 7 | 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3# a-gar3 il2-la2 | 1 eše3 field area: irrigated area |
| 8 | da a-sza3 hu-za-lum | next to the field Ḫuzalum, |
| 9 | sag i7 lugal-bi | its royal canal head, |
| 10 | nam-apin-la2-sze3 | for the plowmanship |
| 11 | igi-3(disz)-gal2-am3 | 1/3 (mina) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki be-le-su2-nu# | from Belessunu |
| 2 | {disz}szum-szu-nu-wa-tar | Umšunu-watar, |
| 3 | szu ba-an-ti | received. |
| 4 | szu-du8-a-ni be-le-su2-nu | his šudu, Belessunu |
| 5 | a-sza3 szu ba-an-ti | field received; |
| 6 | igi hu-za-lum dumu ba-gi4-ia | before Ḫuzalum, son of Bagiya |
| 7 | igi ha-li-lum dumu ba#-zi#-nu-um | before Halilum, son of Bazinum |
| 8 | igi# x-x-[...]-x-am | before ... |
| 9 | dumu x-x-a-a-[...] | son of ... |
| 10 | igi na-bi-{d}suen | before Nabi-Suen |
| 11 | dumu gu-ul-ZA-tum | son of Gullatum |
| 12 | igi ha-ab-di-ia | before Habdiya |
| 13 | dumu iz-kur-rum | son of Izkurrum |
| 14 | igi ia-ap-ha-ru-um | before Yaparum |
| 15 | dumu ZI-GA-IR | son of ZIG-GA-IR, |
| 16 | iti NE-NE-gar | month: NENEgar, |
| 17 | mu ka#-zal#-lu#{ki#} ba-an-dab | year: “Kazallu was seized. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | be-le-su2-nu | their lady |
| 2 | dumu-munus i-za-kum# | daughter of Izakum |
Sources & licences
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