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ZA 103, 183-195 (P467649)
Official or display, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 103, 183-195 |
|---|---|
| ID | P467649 |
| Museum no. | Moussaieff 254 |
| Collection | Moussaieff, Shlomo, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| 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 | a-na-ku {disz}kasz#-til-ia-szu _szagina#?_ {d}en#?-lil2#? | I (am) Kaštiliyashu, the general of Enlil(?) |
| 2 | _dumu_ {disz}bur#-na-bu-ra-ri-ia-asz | son of Bur-nabû-rāriyaš |
| 3 | _dumu dumu_ sza# {disz}a#-gu-um | son of Agûm |
| 4 | asz-ru mu#-t,i-ib _sza3_ {d}en-lil2 | Ašru, who provides for the heart of Enlil |
| 5 | {d}en-lil2# be#-li2 {i7}su-mu-da-ar | Enlil, my lord, the Sūmudar canal |
| 6 | he?#-ra?#-a lu i-ri-sza#-an#-ni# | May he/she say to me |
| 7 | li-im-x lu id-di | ... he gave. |
| 8 | _kur_ ia-mu-ut-ba#-li u3 um-ma-an-sza | the land of Iamutbala and its people |
| 9 | a-na qa-ti#-ia# lu u2-ma-al-li | I will fill my hands. |
| 10 | a-na qi2-bi-it {d}en-lil2 be-li2-ia | to the command of Enlil, my lord |
| 11 | {i7}su-mu-da-ar i#-na# _{gesz}mar ku3-babbar_ | the Sumudar canal with a bar of silver |
| 12 | lu eh#-ri# i-na _{gi}dusu ku3-babbar_ | or a later one with a silver reed basket |
| 13 | e#-pe-ri lu az-bi-il2 | I raised up the steppe. |
| 14 | me#-e da-ru-ti a#-na# nibru{ki} | eternal water to Nippur |
| 15 | lu# u2#-ki-in _{gesz}mar_ u3 _{gi}dusu_ | I set up a date palm and a reed mat. |
| 16 | szu#-a#-tu4 i-na _e2 {d}en-lil2 | that one in the temple of Enlil |
| 17 | be#-li2#-ia lu asz-ku-un# | I established for my lord. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza szu-mi sza-at-ra# | who my inscribed name |
| 2 | i-pa-szi-t,u2-ma# | they shall remove, and |
| 3 | szu-un-szu i-sza-at,-t,a-ru | they will write his name. |
| 4 | u3 i-'a-ba-tu-ma a-na szi-ip-ri | and he will take, and for the work |
| 5 | sza-ni-im-ma i-sza-ak-ka-nu | another will place. |
| 6 | [{d}]en#-lil2 be-li sza# qi2-bi-is-su | Enlil, my lord, whose command |
| 7 | la ut-ta-ak-ka#-ru | shall not be altered |
| 8 | ar-ra-ta ma#-ru-usz-ta | After you have departed, after you have left, |
| 9 | li-ru-[ur]-szu | may they curse him. |
| 10 | szar-ru-us-su# a-na _kur_ sza-ni-ti-im-ma | his kingship to another land |
| 11 | a-na szi-ri-ik-ti li-isz-ru-uk | May he grant it as a gift. |
| 12 | na-as-pu-uh ma-ti-szu# | the one who wipes clean his land |
| 13 | ha-la-aq ni-szi-szu | the destruction of his people |
| 14 | i-na pi-i-szu ka-ab-ti-im# | by his mighty mouth |
| 15 | li-iq-bi | may he command. |
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