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É-dub-ba-a 01, 05 (P491236)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Me-Turran · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | É-dub-ba-a 01, 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P491236 |
| Museum no. | IM 121557 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Me-Turran (mod. Tell Haddad) |
| Coordinates | 34.1928, 45.0563 |
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(bur3) GAN2# 2/3(disz) sar a-sza3_ | 1 bur3 2/3 sar field |
| 2 | _{i7}ka-ba_ | the Kāba canal |
| 3 | _us2-sa-du_ ar-sza-hu-um | the adjacent to Arsaḫum |
| 4 | _dumu_ ARAD2-ku-bi | son of Warad-Kūbe, |
| 5 | u3 _us2-sa-du_ i-ku-un-pi2-{d}suen | and next to (the property of) Ikūn-pî-Sin |
| 6 | _dumu_ qi2-szu-sza | son of Qišuša |
| 7 | _ki_ i#-din#-ku-bi _dumu_ ab-du-e-ra-ah | from Iddin-Kūbe son of Abdu-Eraḫ |
| 8 | {disz}i-bi-{d}szakkan2 | Ibbi-Šakkan |
| 9 | _dumu_ la-qi2-pu-um | son of Laqīpum, |
| 10 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 11 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 12 | _9(disz) 2/3(disz)# gin2 ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_ | 9 2/3 shekels of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 13 | {disz}a#-pil2-ku-bi _lu2 simug_ | Apil-Kūbe, smith |
| 14 | _ku3#-babbar i3-la2-e_ | he will weigh out the silver. |
| 15 | _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ e-la-tum | 2/3 shekel of Elatum silver |
| 16 | ba-qi2-ir i-ba-qa-ru | “(If) he is seized, he will be killed. |
| 17 | _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 1 mina of silver he paid. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sza3-ga-ni i3-du10_ | his heart was satisfied. |
| 2 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 3 | _igi_ ku-us-si2 _gal ku5_ | before Kussi, chief fisherman |
| 4 | _igi_ i3-li2-illat-ti _gu-gal_ | before Ilī-tillati, chief steward |
| 5 | _dumu_ i-din-{d}suen | son of Iddin-Sin |
| 6 | {disz}a-ia-ha-mu _dumu_ a-hu-t,a3-bu-um | Aya-hamu, son of Ahu-ṭābum |
| 7 | {disz}ma-szum _dumu_ iz!-kur-{d}e2-a | Mašum, son of Izkur-Ea |
| 8 | {disz}mu-ha-du-um | Muhammadum |
| 9 | _dumu_ {d}usz-ba-ni | son of Ušbāni |
| 10 | {disz}sa-mi-ia | Samiya |
| 11 | _dumu_ i-ku-un-pi2-{d}suen | son of Ikūn-pî-Sin, |
| 12 | {disz}u-bar-lu-lu _dumu_ aq-bu-um | Ubar-lulu, son of Aqbum |
| 13 | u3 ki-di-du-um _dub-sar_ | and Kididum, the scribe |
| 14 | _dumu_ ARAD2-er3-ra | son of Warad-Erra |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ku-us#-si2 | |
| 2 | _dumu_ nu-ur2-ri | son of Nuri |
| 3 | _ARAD#_ i#-ba#-al#-pi-el | servant of Ibal-pî-El. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-illat-ti | Ilī-tillati, |
| 2 | _dumu_ i-din-{d}suen | son of Iddin-Sin |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | a-ia-ha-mu | Aya-ḫamu |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-bu-t,a3-bu | son of Abaṭabu, |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | u-bar-lu-lu | they will remove. |
| 2 | _dumu#_ aq#-bu-u2 | son of Aqbû |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ mu-ha-du-um | seal of Muḫadum |
Sources & licences
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