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VS 29, 001 (P510897)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 29, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510897 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00627 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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}a-ma-[at]-{d}a-[a _lukur_ {d}utu] | Amat-Aya, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ ku3-{d}nin-gil#-[na] | daughter of Ku-Ningila |
| 3 | ma-har {d}utu-ba-ni _ugula dam-gar3-mesz_ | before Šamaš-bani, foreman of merchants |
| 4 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum | and the judges of Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 5 | ki-a-am isz-ku#-un# um-ma szi#-[i]-ma# | Thus she said: |
| 6 | i-na _1(esze3) [n]+2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3#_ [a-ha]-rum | from 1 eše n+2 iku field, meadow of Aḫarum |
| 7 | _bala-ri i7_ ir-ni-[na] | the balaŋ of Irnina |
| 8 | szi-ma-ti-ia _3(iku) [GAN2 _a-sza3] a-gar3#_ a-ha-rum | My fate: 3 iku of field, meadow of Aḫarum |
| 9 | _bala-ri i7#_ [ir-ni]-na# | the canal of Irnina |
| 10 | [i-ta] _a-sza3_ dingir-szu-[...] | from the field Ilshu- |
| 11 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ [... _dumu?_] a-hu-ni | and from the field ... son of Ahuni |
| 12 | _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam a#-sza3#_ a#-bu#-wa-qar | its first head: field Abum-waqar; |
| 13 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ [...] | Its second head ... |
| 14 | {disz}ARAD-{d}suen _aga-us2 dumu#_ a-pil-{d}mar-tu | Warad-Sin, soldier, son of Apil-Amurru |
| 15 | _3(iku) GAN2 _a-sza3_-li ha-ab-la-an-ni-ma | a field of 3 ikû shall be brought to me, and |
| 16 | _sze gu2-un a-sza3_-ia u2-ul i-na-ad-di-nam# | the barley and the labor of my field he shall not give. |
| 17 | ki-a-am ma-har {d}utu-ba-ni _ugula dam-gar3_ | thus before Šamaš-bani, foreman of merchants |
| 18 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ isz-ku-un-ma | and judges he established, and |
| 19 | {disz}ARAD-{d}suen _aga#-us2# dumu_ a-pil-{d}mar-tu | Warad-Sin, soldier, son of Apil-Amurru |
| 20 | u3 a-ma-at-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d}utu | and Amat-Aya, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 21 | ma-har {d}utu-ba-ni _ugula dam#-[gar3]_ | before Šamaš-bani, foreman of merchants |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}-[ia-ah-ru-rum] | and the judges of Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 2 | id-bu-bu _di-ku5-mesz_ a-wa-a-ti-szu-nu | they spoke, the verdicts of their words |
| 3 | i-mu-ru-ma _3(iku) GAN2 _a-sza3 a-gar3_ a-ha-rum | they saw, and 3 iku of field, meadow of Aḫarum |
| 4 | sza ARAD-{d}suen _aga-us2_ i-ik-ka-lu | of Warad-Sîn the soldier eat |
| 5 | a-na geme2-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ ku3-{d}nin-gil-na | to Geme-Aya daughter of Ku-Ningilna |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ u2-te-er-ru | the owner of the field returned |
| 7 | u2-ul i-ta-ar-ma ARAD-{d}suen | did not return, and Warad-Sin |
| 8 | a-na geme2-{d}a-a asz-szum _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ a-ha-rum | to Geme-Aya concerning 3 iku of field Aharum |
| 9 | u2-ul i-ra-gu-um | shall not raise a claim. |
| 10 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a u3 am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal_ | year: “Šamaš, Aya, and Ammi-ditana, the king, |
| 11 | _giri3_ {d}utu-ba-ni _ugula dam-gar3-mesz_ | via Šamaš-bani, foreman of merchants |
| 12 | {disz}ARAD-{d}suen _di-ku5 dumu_ i-bi-{d}utu | Arad-Sîn, judge, son of Ibbi-šamaš |
| 13 | {disz}dingir-szu-ib-ni _di-ku5_ | Ilu-šū-ibni, judge |
| 14 | {disz}{d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _di-ku5_ | Sîn-nādin-šumi the judge |
| 15 | u3 {d}suen-isz-me-szu? _ugula lukur {d}utu-mesz_ | and Sîn-išmēša the foreman of the nadīrats of the gods |
| 16 | _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam#_ | The month of Addarum, the day 13 |
| 17 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal#-[e] esz-bar mah-a dingir gal#-[...]_ | The year in which Ammi-ditana, the king, the supreme decision of the great gods, |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | sin-na-di-in-szu-mi | Sin-nadin-šumi |
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