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SCD 257 (P500473)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SCD 257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500473 |
| Museum no. | Smith College 257 |
| 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 | {disz}{d}nin-szubur-ta-a-a#-[ar] _mu-ni#_ | Ninšubur-tayar, his name |
| 2 | _ki_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu | from Apil-ilišu |
| 3 | _ad-a-ni_ | his father |
| 4 | {disz}{d}utu-ma-gir | Šamaš-magir |
| 5 | _nam mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3-a_ | the governorship for 1 year he ruled |
| 6 | _zu2-kesz2 mu 1(disz)-kam_ | the rent for 1 year |
| 7 | _[n]+2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | x+2 shekels of silver |
| 8 | _i3-la2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 9 | _sza3-ba zu2-kesz2 mu 1(disz)-kam_ | therefrom: dates, 1st year |
| 10 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1 shekel of silver |
| 11 | le-qu2-u2 | they shall take. |
| 12 | u2-sza-asz-x u2-la-ba-asz-szu-u2 | shall raise, shall not raise. |
| 13 | u4-ma-ti-szu u2-ul u2-ma-la-ma | his days he shall not be complete, and |
| 14 | i-na i-di-szu i-ti-li | at his side he went. |
| 15 | _igi_ ip-qu2-isz8-tar2# | before Ipqu-Ištar |
| 16 | _igi_ {d}utu-li-x#-[...] | before Šamaš-li- |
| 17 | _iti sig4-a u4 1(u) 2(disz)-[kam]_ | The month of Simanu, the day 12 |
| 18 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na# _[lugal-e] {uruda}ki-lugal-gub_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, erected a king-of-the-world-shield. |
Sources & licences
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