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VS 29, 070 (P510964)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 29, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510964 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00776 |
| 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 | _1(asz) gu2 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki na4 gi#-na#_ | 1 talent 2 1/2 minas of reed wool, |
| 2 | _ku3-bi 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz)? gin2 1(u) 6(disz) sze_ | its silver: 12 1/2 shekels 16 grains; |
| 3 | _|KI.LAM| 5(disz) ma-na#_ a-na _1(disz) gin2_ | the equivalent was: 5 minas for 1 shekel |
| 4 | _sza3 siki_ sza _e2-gal_ | from the wool of the palace |
| 5 | sza dingir-szu-ib-ni _ugula dam-gar3_ | belonging to Ilu-šū-ibni, the overseer of the merchants, |
| 6 | i-na _e2-gal_ im-hu-ru | in the palace received. |
| 7 | _ki_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _ugula dam-gar3_ | from Ilšu-ibni, foreman of merchants |
| 8 | {disz}{d}utu-ba-ni {disz}i3-li2-ki-ma-a-bi-ia | Šamaš-bani, Ili-kima-abiya |
| 9 | u3 ip-qa2-tum | and Ipqatum |
| 10 | _dumu-mesz_ ta-ri-bu-um | sons of Tarībum |
| 11 | _szu ba-an-ti-mesz_ | they received. |
| 12 | u4-um _e2-gal ku3-babbar_ i-ir-ri-szu | when the palace the silver he shall pay |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar i3-la2-e-mesz_ | silver he shall weigh out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam# | before Sîn-māgir, son of Sin-iddinam |
| 2 | _igi_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | before Sumum-libši |
| 3 | _dumu_ sig#-i3-li2-szu# | son of Sîn-ilišu |
| 4 | _[igi]_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _dub#-sar#_ | before Nanna-manšum, scribe |
| 5 | _iti szu-numun-na u4 1(u)# 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 14 |
| 6 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e A? GAR3? x me-ta x x x i7_ am-mi-di-ta-na x x | the year in which Ammi-ditana, the king, |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ {d}utu-ba-ni | Seal of Šamaš-bani |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | dumu i3-li2-[...] | son of Ilī- |
| 3 | [ARAD ...] | servant of . |
| 1' | _kiszib3_ i3-li2-ki-ma-[a-bi-ia] | seal of Ilī-kima-abiya |
Sources & licences
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