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Fs Van Lerberghe 627-644 (P511806)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Van Lerberghe 627-644 |
|---|---|
| ID | P511806 |
| Museum no. | BM 097067 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3 ka2_ {d}na-bi-um | 1 eše of field in the meadow of the gate of Nabium |
| 2 | i-ta _a-sza3_ ha-zi-rum | from the field Ḫazirum |
| 3 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}urasz-qar-ra-ad | and from the field Uraš-qarrād |
| 4 | a-di _kaskal_ im-gur-{d}utu | until the road Imgur-šamaš |
| 5 | _5(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na im-gur-{d}utu | 5 iku of field in Imgur-šamaš |
| 6 | i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-mesz_ qar-ba-nim | from the field of the warriors |
| 7 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ li-wi-ra-szum | and from the field of Liwirašum |
| 8 | _1(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ i-na an-za-gar3-{d}en-lil2 | a built house plot of 1 sar in Anzagar-Enlil |
| 9 | _da e2_ a-hu-la-ap-{d}marduk | adjacent to the house of Aḫulāp-Marduk, |
| 10 | _1(disz) ab2_ {d}na-bi#-um-sza-am-szi | 1 cow (for) Nabium-šamshi |
| 11 | {disz}<{d}>utu-sza-ta-ka-li#-im | Shamash-ša-takalim |
| 12 | a-na ni-szi-ni-szu _nin-dingir_ {d}na-bi-um _dumu-munus-a-ni_ | to his people the goddess Nabû his daughter |
| 13 | id-di-in!-ma i-ga-ru-um | he gave, and the Igarum |
| 14 | i-na mu-uh#-hi tup-pi2 nu-du-un-ne-sza | on top of the tablet she did not build. |
| 15 | [wa]-at#-ru-ma {disz}li-wi-ra-szum | he seized, and Luwirašum |
| 16 | [_a]-sza3 e2!_ u3 _ab2_ {disz}ni-szi-i-ni-szu | the field, house, and son of Nišinišu |
| 17 | ib#-qu2-ur-szi-i-ma | shall replace her, and |
| 18 | {disz}ha-ia-ab-ni-dingir u3 _di-ku5-mesz#_ | Haya-abni-ilu and the judges |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ik-szu-<<ud>>-du-ma a-wa-ti-szu-nu | he reached, and their words |
| 2 | i!(U2)-mu!(BU)-ru {disz}{d}na-bi-um-ma-lik ra-bi-a-nu-[um] | Nebuchadnezzar, the great king |
| 3 | u3 szi-bu-ut _iri_ ha-bi-bi it-ru-nim-ma | and the inhabitants of the city Ḫabibi entered, and |
| 4 | szi-bu-su2-nu ki!-ma i-ga-ru | their witnesses, like a flood, |
| 5 | i-na mu-uh-hi _dub_ nu-du-un-ne-sza wa-at-ru# | On top of the inscription her name is written. |
| 6 | iq-bu-u2 u3 ki!-ma {disz}li-wi-ra-szum i-na pa-ni-tim | and as Liwirašum in the presence |
| 7 | ib-qu2-ru-szi-ma _di-ku5 babila2{ki}-mesz_ | they imposed upon her, and the judges of Babylon |
| 8 | di-nam u2-sza-hi-zu-szu-nu-ti-ma | I gave them a verdict, and |
| 9 | _a-sza3 e2_ u3 _ab2_ a-na ni-szi-i-ni-szu-ma id-di-nu-ma | the field, house, and cattle to us and gave, and |
| 10 | qa2-ti li-wi-ra-szum# na-as-ha-at iq-bu-u2 | May the hand of Liwirašum bless him! They said: |
| 11 | u3 li-wi-ra-szum ki#-ma# _di-ku5-mesz_ babila2{ki} | and Liwirašum as judges of Babylon |
| 12 | di-nam u2-sza-hi-zu-u2-szu iq-bi-ma | “It is a matter of justice! They have sworn it to him, and |
| 13 | a-na qa2-be2-e ra-bi-a-nim szi-bu-ut _iri{ki}_ | at the command of the great ones, the inhabitants of the city |
| 14 | u3 li-wi-ra-szum _a-sza3 e2_ u3 _ab2_ | and Liwirašum the field, house and cattle |
| 15 | sza {d}utu-sza-ta-ka-lim a-bu-sza | of Šamaš-šada-kalim, her father |
| 16 | a-na ni-szi-i-ni-szu _dumu-munus-a-ni_ id-di-nu | to us, his daughter, they gave. |
| 17 | u2-bi-ru-ma a-na ni-szi-ni-szu id-di-nu | they brought and gave to his people. |
| 18 | {disz}li-wi-ra-szum ar-nam i-mi-du | Liwwirašum, the sage, knows |
| 19 | tup-pi2 la ra-ga-mi u2-sze-zi-bu-u2-szu# | they made him sit on a non-canonical tablet. |
| 20 | u2-ul i-ta-ar-ma {disz}li-wi-ra-szum | Liwirašum |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | asz-szum _a-sza3 e2_ u3 _ab2_ | Concerning the field, house and cattle |
| 2 | a-na ni-szi-i-ni-szu | to his people |
| 3 | u2-ul i-ra-ga-am | shall not raise a claim. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 2 | u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na | and Samsu-iluna |
| 3 | it-mu-u2 | they heard. |
| left col 3 | ||
| 1 | [di]-in# nu-ra-tum | gift of Nuratum |
| 2 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ | and judges |
| 3 | zimbir{ki} | of Sippar, |
Sources & licences
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