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SCD 254 (P500471)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SCD 254 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500471 |
| Museum no. | Smith College 254 |
| Collection | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
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 | asz-szum a-pil-{d}mar-tu | Concerning Apil-Amurrum |
| 2 | u3 ka-ra-na-tum _dumu-mesz_ | and Karanatum, sons |
| 3 | {disz}e-tel-pi4-{d}suen | Etel-pī-Sîn, |
| 4 | {disz}in-<bi>-i3-li2-szu | Inbi-ilišu |
| 5 | {disz}i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | Ilī-iqišam |
| 6 | {disz}i3-li2-uru4 | Ilī-urub |
| 7 | u3 ha-da-me-er-{d}na-na-a | and Hadamer-Nanaya |
| 8 | a-na _ha-la e2 ad-a-ni_ | for the share of the house of his father |
| 9 | ig-de-ru-ma | entered, and |
| 10 | _ha-la_ i-zu-zu-ma | the share shall divide, and |
| 11 | a-na sze-e-em | to the barley |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar u3 ku3-sig17_ | silver and gold |
| 13 | bi-szi-im u3 _nig2-gur11_ | rations and property |
| 14 | mi-im-ma sza dingir-lum | all that the god |
| 15 | a-na a-wa-at _lugal_-ma#? | to the word of the king |
| 16 | a!-na _egir_ an-[ni-im] | in the future |
| 17 | u3 an-ni-[im] | and this |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}a-pil#-{d}mar-tu | Apil-Amurrum |
| 2 | u3 ka#-ra#-na-tum | and Karanatum |
| 3 | i-na _egir?_ x x [...] | in the after(?) |
| 4 | {disz}a-pil-{d}mar-tu# | Apil-Amurru |
| 5 | u3 _dumu-mesz_ {disz}ka-ra#-na#-tum# | and the sons of Karanatum |
| 6 | _u4 kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a-kam_ | In the future, in a day that is not mine |
| 7 | _szesz szesz-ra inim ga2-ga2_ | brother of brother, a matter to be decided |
| 8 | _ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4_ | may he not return. |
| 9 | _mu_ {d}nanna {d}utu dingir-mah | the year (in which) Nanna, Šamaš, (and) Ilī-maḫ |
| 10 | u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal in-pa3!_ | and Samsu-iluna the king chose |
| 11 | {disz}x-dingir-mah-lugal-la2? | -dingirmaḫ-šarri |
| 12 | _igi_ e-tel-pi4-{d}utu | before Etel-pî-šamaš |
| 13 | {disz}sa-mu-um | Samum, |
| 14 | {disz}a-li2-dingir | Ali-ili |
| 15 | {disz}a-hu-t,a3-bu | Ahu-ṭābu, |
| 16 | {disz}AN-DA-KU-LUM | ANDA-KULUM |
| 17 | {disz}szu-mu-li-ib-szi ra-bi-a-nu-um | Šumu-libši the chief |
| 18 | {disz}x x x [x] x dingir-mah | ... Dingir-maḫ |
| 19 | {disz}ip?-qa2?-tum | Ipqatum |
| 20 | {disz}x-[x-x]-{d}na-na-a | -Nanaya |
| 21 | _kiszib3 lu2 inim-ma-bi-mesz ib2-ra_ | Seal of the man who brought the matter. |
| 22 | _iti szu-numun-na-a u4 3(disz)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 3 |
| 23 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal du11-ga zi-da {d}amar-utu_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, the righteous command of Marduk, |
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