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BE 06/2, 023 (P453321)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BE 06/2, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453321 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 01917 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | _1/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2-du3-a_ | 1/3 sar 5 shekels of built-up property |
| 2 | _da e2_ {d}utu-{d}en-lil2-la2 | adjacent to the house of Šamaš-Enlila |
| 3 | _4(u) sar {gesz}kiri6 a-sza3 igi-nim-ma_ | 40 sar, orchard of the front field |
| 4 | _u2-sal igi-bi-sze3 nig2-am3 e11-de3-a_ | the grass before it, anything that goes up |
| 5 | _za3 {gesz}kiri6_ el-li-tum | the edge of the pure orchard |
| 6 | 1(disz) a-li2-a-hu-sza _sag-munus_ | 1 Ali-ahuša, the female slave |
| 7 | 1(disz) {d}iszkur-ri-im-i3-li2 _sag-ir3_ | 1 Adad-rim-ilī, eunuch |
| 8 | _ha-la-ba_ na-ru-ub-tum _dumu-munus_ mi-gir-{d}en-lil2 | share of Narubtum daughter of Igir-Enlil |
| 9 | _1/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2-du3-a_ | 1/3 sar 5 shekels of built-up property |
| 10 | _da_ e2 ip-qu2-{d}da-mu | adjacent to the house of Ipqu-damu, |
| 11 | _4(u) sar {gesz}kiri6 a-sza3 igi-nim-ma_ | 40 sar, orchard of the front field |
| 12 | _u2-sal igi-bi-sze3 nig2-am3 e11-de3-a_ | the grass before it, anything that goes up |
| 13 | _za3 {gesz}kiri6_ ip-qu2-u2-a-tum | the edge of the Ipqu’atum garden |
| 14 | _1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 uz-za_ | 1 1/2 iku of uzzu field |
| 15 | _ki-bur2-ru_ {d}iszkur-ri-im-i3-li2 _sag-ir3_ | the tomb of Adad-rim-ilī, the saĝir |
| 16 | 1(disz) dum-qi2-isz-tar? _sag-munus_ | 1 Dumqi-Ištar(?) female slave |
| 17 | 1(disz) ta-ri-bu-um _sag-ir3_ | 1 Tarībum, the eunuch, |
| 18 | _ha-[la-ba_ ur-{d}pa-bil-sag-ga2 _dumu]_ u-bar-rum | share of Ur-Pabilsag, son of Ubarrum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _nig2-nam_ na-ra-am-tum _ama_ mi-gir-{d}en-lil2 | the property of Naramtum, mother of Igir-Enlil |
| 2 | 1(disz) na-ru-ub-tum _dumu-munus_ mi-gir-{d}en-lil2 | 1 Narubtum, daughter of Igir-Enlil |
| 3 | u3 ur-{d}pa-bil-sag-ga2 _egir dam-a-na-ka_ | and Ur-Pabilsaĝa after his wife |
| 4 | _nam-ibila-ni-sze3 ba-da-an-ri-a_ | for his heirs he gave |
| 5 | _tesz2-a se3-ga-bi in-ba-esz_ | they swore an oath |
| 6 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2-lu2-ra nu-gi4-gi4-de3 mu-lugal tesz2-bi in-pa3-de3-esz_ | In the future, no one will ever return to the king's office again. |
| 7 | _igi_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ im-gu-u2-a | before Nabi-šamaš, son of Imgu’a |
| 8 | _igi lu2-{d}nin-urta _dumu_ lugal-a2-zi-da_ | before Lu-Ninurta, son of Lugal-azida |
| 9 | _igi_ u2-ba-a-a-tum _dumu_ dag-qum | before Ubayatum, son of Dagqum |
| 10 | _igi_ lugal-ezem _dumu_ {d}nanna-a2-dah | before Lugal-ezem, son of Nanna-adaḫ |
| 11 | _igi_ i3-li2-ma _dumu_ ir3-{d}nanna | before Ilīma, son of Ir-Nanna |
| 12 | _igi_ {d}suen-sza-mu-uh2 _dumu_ {d}en-ki-da-szer7-gal2 | before Sîn-šamuḫ, son of Enki-dašergal |
| 13 | _igi_ ip-qa2-tum _szesz-a-ni_ | before Ipqatum, his brother |
| 14 | _igi_ du10-wa-sza-ab-szu _aga-us2 lugal_ | before Duwašabšu, royal soldier |
| 15 | _igi_ ur-kingal-a _dub-sar_ | before Ur-kingala, scribe |
| 16 | _igi_ a-wi-il-ia _bur-gul_ | before Awīliya, the stone-cutter |
| 17 | _iti ab-e3 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 21 |
| 18 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal i7_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na-he2-gal2 _mu-un-ba-al-la_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, the canal Samsu'ilunna-ḫegal, Munballa,—…– |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | na-ru-ub-tum | the stele |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ mi-gir-{d}en-lil2 | daughter of Migir-Enlil |
| 3 | ur-{d}pa-bil-sag-ga2 | Ur-Pabilsag, |
| 4 | _dumu_ u-bar-rum | son of Ubarrum |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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