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CTN 6, 063 (P496499)

Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	CTN 6, 063
ID	P496499
Museum no.	Ashm 1954-0737
Collection	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Legal
Find spot	Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Coordinates	36.1022, 43.3385

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)
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1	{na₄}KIŠIB {1}man-nu-ki-aš-⸢šur⸣	Seal of Mannu-ki-ešur
2	{na₄}KIŠIB {1}pa-gu-DINGIR-PAB EN MUNUS SUM-ni	Seal of Pagu-ili-uṣur, owner of the woman being sold.
3	{f}⸢a-tar⸣-bi-e-di GEME₂-šu₂-nu	Ea-tar-e-bidi, their female slave
4	u₂-piš-ma {1}{iti}AB-a-a	of Ṭebētu
5	TA IGI LU₂.MEŠ an-nu-te ina lib₃-bi	From among these men
6	1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ina ša {kur}gar-ga-mis	1 mina of silver in Carchemish
7	il-qe kas-pu gam-mur ta-din	The money is paid completely.
8	MUNUS šu₂-a-tu₂ zar₄-pat na-ši-at	That woman is purchased and acquired.
9	tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂	Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void.
10	man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma	Whoever in the future, at any time
11	i-GIL-u-ni lu-u LU₂.MEŠ an-nu-te	or these men
12	lu DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu	or their sons or their grandsons
13	⸢ša⸣ de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄	Any lawsuit or litigation is void.
r
14	⸢TA⸣ {1}{iti}AB-a-a DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂	his sons from the first month of Ṭebētu
15	DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-ni	his sons and his grandsons shall bring
16	kas-pu ana 10.MEŠ ana EN.MEŠ-šu₂ u-GUR	He shall return the money tenfold to its owners.
17	ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma NU TI	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
18	ṣib-ti be-en-nu a-na 1 ME UD.MEŠ	Guaranteed against seizures of epilepsy for 100 days.
19	sa-ar-tu₂ ana kal UD.MEŠ	(Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for all time.
20	IGI {1}{d}PA-PAB-KAM-eš {lu₂}MU	Witness: Nabû-aḫu-ereš, scribe
21	IGI {1}u-bi-ia-a {1}{d}MAŠ-I	Witness: Ubiya, Ninurta-na’di
22	IGI {1}šul₃-mu-EN {lu₂}NINDA E₂-2-i E₂-2-i	Witness: Šulmu-Bēl, baker of the storehouse.
23	IGI {1}{d}PA-tak-lak	Witness: Nabu-taklak
24	IGI {1}{d}MAŠ-PAB-PAB {1}ZU-DINGIR	Witness: Inurta-aḫu-uṣur, ZU-ili
25	IGI {1}AD-IGI.LA₂ {1}NUMUN-DU₃	Witness: Abu-lamur, Zēru-ibni
26	IGI {1}ku-sa-su {1}EN-ZU	Witness: Kusasu, Bel-le’i
27	IGI {1}aš-šur-še-zib-a-ni {1}ni-nu-a-ri	Witness Assur-šēzibanni (and) Ninuari.
28	IGI {1}suk-ka-a-a {1}ṣil-AŠ	Witness: Sukkaya, Bil-iddin
29	{⸢iti⸣}ZIZ₂ UD 18 lim-me	Month Šabaṭu (XI), 18th day, eponym year of Nabû-šarru-uṣur.
t.e.
30	{1}man-nu-ki-LUGAL DIŠ+U-⸢KUR⸣ DIŠ+U-⸢KUR⸣	Mannu-ki-šarri
31	⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}PA-šal-lim-PAB.MEŠ {lu₂}A.⸢BA⸣	Witness: Nabû-vallim-aḫḥē, scribe.
l.e.
32	IGI {1}pu-uš-hu {lu₂}NAGAR	Witness: Pušhu, carpenter
33	1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂	1/2 shekel of silver of his seal

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