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SCD 259 (P500475)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SCD 259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500475 |
| Museum no. | Smith College 259 |
| Collection | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | sza {disz}{d}utu-e-mu-qa2-a-a | of Šamaš-emuqāya, |
| 3 | _ki_ {d}utu-e-mu-qa2-a-a | from Šamaš-emuqaya |
| 4 | {disz}i-din-{d}isz8-tar2 | Iddin-Adad |
| 5 | _szu ba-an-ti_ | received. |
| 6 | u4-um i-ri-szu-usz | when he requests |
| 7 | {disz}i-din-{d}isz8-tar2 | Iddin-Adad |
| 8 | a-na {d}utu-e-mu-qa2-a-a | To Šamaš-emuqāya |
| 9 | _ku3 i3-la2-e_ | he shall weigh out the silver. |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}utu | before Šamaš |
| 11 | 1(disz) {d}nanna | 1: Nanna, |
| 12 | 1(disz) {d}suen-a-ha-am-i-din-nam | 1 Sîn-aham-iddinam, |
| 13 | 1(disz) {d}suen-gal? | 1: Sîn-gal(?) |
| 14 | _iti sze-sag11-ku5_ | the month of Addarum |
| 15 | _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal bad3 gal uri2{ki}_ | Year: Samsu-iluna, king of the great wall of Ur. |
Sources & licences
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