StLouis 238 (P509304)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | StLouis 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509304 |
| Museum no. | PB 26 |
| Collection | Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 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 | _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 4 shekels of silver |
| 2 | [_masz2_ {d}]utu u2-s,a-ab | an interest rate of Utu shall add |
| 3 | _ki_ {d}mar-tu-na-s,ir | from Martunaṣir |
| 4 | x ra x nu | ... not |
| 5 | _[szu ba]-an-ti_ | received. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] _masz-kan2_-nim | for the extispicy |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 _masz2-bi_ | the silver and its interest |
| 3 | _i3-la2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 4 | _igi is,-ru-pa-an-ni | looked at me, |
| 5 | _dumu_ {d}suen-re-me-ni | son of Sîn-remeni |
| 6 | {disz}na-x-x | Na-, |
| 7 | _dumu_ u2-qa2-dingir | son of Uqa-ilum |
| 8 | {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}en-ki x lu | Ipquša son of Enki |
| 9 | u3 ka-ra x x x x | and the market ... |
| 10 | _mu alan szud3-de3 ku3-sig17_ | the year: “A statue for the šud prayer of gold— |
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