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FAOS 02, 005 (P509557)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509557 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12530 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
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 | 2/3(disz) ma#-[na] ku3#-babbar# | 2/3 mina of silver |
| 2 | masz2-[bi]-sze3# | as its interest |
| 3 | 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 uszur# | 2 eše3 field area: field Ušur |
| 4 | ib2-ta-gub ku3-[bi a-sza3] | he will pay back. That silver, the field |
| 5 | 8(asz) gur sze masz2-bi#-sze3# | 8 gur of barley as its interest |
| 6 | za3 ha-a-isz-pi2-u | the border of Ḫāšpu, |
| 7 | ki za-za-kum | from Zazakum |
| 8 | i-lu-ki-ma# | went to you |
| 9 | {disz}i-ar-bi-el3 | Iarbi-El |
| 10 | {disz}wa-ar-di-ia | Warriya |
| 11 | u3# na-ar-bu-um | and Narbum |
| 12 | ku3#-bi szu ba-an-ti | that silver he received |
| 13 | ki lu2-si-li-ma-ta | from Lu-silima |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi mu-na-wi-ru-um | before Munawirum |
| 2 | igi mu-za-ni azlag2 | before: Muzani, the leatherworker |
| 3 | igi ia-ar-ha-mi-el3 | before Iār-ḫami-El |
| 4 | igi a-sa3-na-a-a | before Asanaya |
| 5 | igi {d}suen-be-<el>-i3-li2 | before Sîn-bēl-ili |
| 6 | igi bur-{d}suen | before Bur-Suen |
| 7 | igi a-da-a-a dumu ARAD-ku-bi | before Adaya, son of Urad-Kūbe |
| 8 | igi {d}suen-i-din-nam dumu {d}inanna-[x-x] | before Sîn-iddinam, son of Inanna- |
| 9 | iti udru{duru5} | month “Udru |
| 10 | mu us2-sa ma-na-ba-al-te-el | year after: “Ma-na-bal-te-el’ |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3#-babbar# masz2-[bi]-sze3 | 2/3 mina of silver as its interest |
| 2 | 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 uszur | 2 eše3 field area: field Ušur; |
| 3 | ib2-ta-gub ku3-bi a-sza3-gi-me-en | I am the one who stands by his silver in the field. |
| 4 | us2-sa ha-a-isz-pi2-u2 | next to Ḫāšpu, |
| 5 | 8(asz) gur sze [ku3-babbar] masz2-bi-sze3# | 8 gur of barley, as its interest |
| 7 | ki za-za-kum | from Zazakum |
| 8 | {disz}i-lu-ki-ma | Iluki, and |
| 9 | {disz}ia-ar-bi-el3 | Ia-arbēl, |
| 10 | {disz}wa-ar-di-ia | Warriya |
| 11 | u3 na-ar-bu#-um# | and Narbum |
| 12 | ku3-bi# [szu] ba#-[an]-ti#-esz | they received its silver. |
| 13 | ki lu2-si-li-ma-ta szu ba#-[ab-te-ge26] | from Lu-silima was taken |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi mu-na#-[wi-ru]-um# | before Munawirum |
| 2 | igi ia#-[ar]-ha#-mi-el3 | before Yarim-ḫamil |
| 3 | igi mu#-za#-ni# azlag2 | before: Muzani, the leatherworker |
| 4 | igi a-sa3-na-a-a | before Asanaya |
| 5 | igi bur-{d}suen dumu zi-da-a-a | before Bur-Sîn, son of Zidaya |
| 6 | igi {d}suen-be-el-i3-li2 | before Sîn-bēl-ili |
| 7 | igi a-da-a-a dumu ARAD-ku-bi | before Adaya, son of Urad-Kūbe |
| 8 | igi {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Sîn-iddinam |
| 9 | iti udru{[duru5]} | month “Udru |
| 10 | mu us2-sa ma#-na#-ba#-al#-te#-el | year following: “Ma-na-bal-te-els |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | na-ar-bu-um | Narbû |
| 2 | dumu ri-ba-am-i3-li2 | son of Ribam-ilī, |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i-ar-bi-el3 | Irbi-El |
| 2 | dumu s,a#-al#-lum# | son of Ṣallum |
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