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CTN 6, 072 (P496520)

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

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Designation	CTN 6, 072
ID	P496520
Museum no.	IM 057047
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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}a-hi-ah-i-de ⸢DAM.GAR₃⸣	Seal of Ahi-aḫi-ide, merchant
2	A {1}⸢na⸣-qa-mu	from the Ana-eqamu family
3	EN {[lu₂]}⸢ŠAM₂⸣ IR₃-šu₂ ta-din	owner of the slave being sold.
4	{⸢lu₂}ŠAM₂⸣ IR₃-šu₂
5	ša {1}⸢a⸣-hi-ah-i-de	of Ea-eḫi-ide
6	u₂-piš-⸢ma⸣ {1}{d}UTU-MAN-PAB	Šamaš-šarru-uṣur
7	ina ŠA₃ 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR il-qe	He has taken it for 1 1/2 minas of silver.
8	kas-pu [ga]-⸢mur ta⸣-din	The money is paid completely.
9	IR₃ šu-a-tu₂ za-rip la-qi₂	That lung is purchased and acquired.
10	tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄	Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
11	la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš	Who is it that in the future
12	ina ma-a-te i-za-qu-pa-an-ni	In the land he will raise a claim against me.
13	i-GIL-u-⸢ni⸣	shall recite.
14	lu-u {1}a-hi-ah-⸢i⸣-[de]	or Ahi-aḫ-ēde
15	lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-⸢šu₂ lu⸣-u [DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂] [DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂]	either his sons or his grandsons
b.e.
16	lu-u PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u [DUMU-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂] [DUMU-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂]	or his brothers, or his nephews
17	⸢lu⸣-u {lu₂}GAR-nu lu x [x (x)]	The elû-priest or the prefect
r
18	TA {1}{d}UTU-MAN-⸢PAB⸣ [DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂]	from Šamaš-šarru-uṣur his sons
19	DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂	sons, grandsons, brothers, grandson(s) (and) grandsons
20	de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢ub⸣-ta-u-ni	Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void.
21	10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR 1 MA.NA KU₃.GI sak-rum	10 minas of silver, 1 mina of gold, the sakrum-tax,
22	ina bur-ki {d}MAŠ a-šib {uru}kal₃-ha GAR	in the bowl of Ninurta, from the Kalḫu canal placed;
23	ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma ⸢la⸣ il-qe₂	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
24	ṣib-tu₂ ina bi-it UD-me sa-⸢ar⸣-tu₂	(If) a ṣibtu-demon in the house of a day, sa-e-artu-disease
25	ina kal₃ MU.AN.NA.MEŠ KU₃.⸢BABBAR ina⸣ 10.MEŠ	(Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for all years (and against) fraud forever.
26	ina EN-šu₂ u₂-GUR aš-šur {d}⸢UTU⸣ EN {d}PA	By his lord he returned. As for the god Šamaš, Lord Nabû
27	lu-u EN-de-ni-šu₂ EN-de-ni-šu₂	May they be his legal adversaries,
28	{iti}GAN UD 4.KAM₂ lim-mu {1}10.10-i	4th day of Kislimu, eponym year of Adad-nādin-aḫi.
29	IGI {1}man-nu-ki-{d}MAŠ IGI {1}{⸢d⸣}PA-ZU	Witness Mannu-ki-Ninurta. Witness E22d-Nabu-le’i.
30	IGI {1}U.GUR-DU₃-uš	Witness: Nergal-ipuš
31	IGI {1}na-na-SU	Witness: Nana-eriba
32	IGI {1}ta-ri-ba-15	Witness: Tarība-Issar.
33	IGI {1}man-nu-ki-⸢EN⸣	Witness: Mannu-ki-Bēl-e3.
34	IGI {1}ṣa-ṣi-⸢i⸣	Witness: Bašibî.
35	IGI {1}LA₂-⸢ṣi⸣-[(x)]-a	Witness: Labaši-ea
36	{⸢lu₂⸣}[A].⸢BA⸣

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