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FAOS 02, 070 (P509617)
Legal, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509617 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12459 & VAT 12465 |
| 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(iku) GAN2 a-sza3# gug4 | 2 iku field, grain-fed |
| 2 | za3# za-za-num2# | to the right of Zazanum |
| 3 | sa10 til-la-ni#-sze3# | as his purchase price |
| 4 | 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar] | 16 shekels of silver |
| 5 | in-na-la2 | he has paid. |
| 6 | ki {d}suen-na-s,i-ir# | from Sin-nāṣir |
| 7 | za-za-kum | |
| 8 | in-szi-sa10# | bought. |
| 9 | gesz-gan#-na# | threshing floor |
| 10 | ib2-ta-gen | he went |
| 11 | u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2 | In the future, one man, one |
| 12 | nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4 | did not return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu {d}nin-urta | Year: Ninurta |
| 2 | u3 ma-na-ba-al-ti-el in-pa3 | and Mana-balti-El has sworn. |
| 3 | igi i3-li2-asz-ra-ni | before Ilī-ašranni |
| 4 | igi du-lu!#-qum | before Duluqum |
| 5 | igi i3-li2-isz-GA-u2-lu | before Iliš-GA-ulu |
| 6 | igi ba-tu-u2-a dam za-za-num2# | before Batua, spouse of Zazanum |
| 7 | igi bur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ki-nu | before Bur-Suen, son of Aḫu-kinu |
| 8 | igi nu-ur2-{d}suen | before Nur-Sîn |
| 9 | dumu lu2-{d}nanna | son of Lu-Nanna, |
| 10 | igi a-ab-ba-t,a3-bu-um | before Abbaṭābum |
| 11 | iti ab-e3 | month: “Abe’e. |
| 12 | mu e2 {d}nin-urta mu-na-du3 | year: “The house of Ninurta was erected. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [2(iku)] GAN2# a-[sza3] gug4# za3# za-za-num2 | 2 iku field, oxen pastured at the edge of Zazanum |
| 2 | sa10 til-la#-ni#-sze3 | as his full price |
| 3 | 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | 16 shekels of silver |
| 4 | in-na-la2 | he has paid. |
| 5 | ki {d}suen-na#-s,i#-ir# | from Sin-nāṣir |
| 6 | za-za-kum# in#-szi-sa10 | he bought the zazakum-vessel |
| 7 | gesz-gan-na# [ib2]-ta#-gen | went to the threshing floor |
| 8 | u4-kur2-[sze3 lu2] lu2# | In the future, a man |
| 9 | nu#-mu#-[un-gi4]-gi4# | he did not reply |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu {d}nin-urta | Year: Ninurta |
| 2 | u3 ma-na-ba-al-ti-el in-pa3 | and Mana-balti-El has sworn. |
| 3 | igi i3-li2-isz-GA-u2-lu dumu szu#-ku-bu-um | before Ilī-išga-ulu, son of Shu-Kubum |
| 4 | igi ba-tu-u2-a dam za-za-num2 | before Batua, spouse of Zazanum |
| 5 | igi i3-li2-asz-ra-ni dumu za-nu-um | before Ilī-ašranni, son of Zanum |
| 6 | igi nu-ur2-{d}suen dumu a-ha-nir#-szi | before Nūr-Sîn, son of Aḫanirši |
| 7 | igi du-lu-qum dumu e2!?-te-lum# | before Dulum, son of E-telum |
| 8 | igi bur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ki-nu#-um# | before Bur-Sîn, son of Aḫu-kinum |
| 9 | a-ab-ba-t,a3-bu-um | Abbaṭābum, |
| 10 | iti ab#-e3# | month: “Abe, |
| 11 | mu# e2 {d}nin-urta ma#-[na-ba-al]-ti#-el mu-na-du3 | year: “The temple of Ninurta Mana-balti-el was erected. |
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