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Fs Vargyas 161 (P512239)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Vargyas 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512239 |
| Museum no. | BM 085289 |
| 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 | _8(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2 3(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2# kankal#_ | 8 bur3 2 eše3 1 iku field area: furrows; 3 bur3 4 'es' field surface |
| 2 | qa2-du-um _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ mu-ha-ad-du-um | together with 1 bur3 of field Muḫaddum |
| 3 | e-zu-ub 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 sza ma-s,i2-a-tim | 1 bur3 1 eše3 surface area, field of harvesting, |
| 4 | ka-bi-it mu-ha-ad-du-um sza _lugal_ a-na a-ad-da-tim id-di-nu | the king gave to the adversaries, the captives of the muḫaddum. |
| 5 | _1(iku) 1(gesz2) 3(u) <sar> GAN2 {gesz}kiri6_ i-na _i7_ ap-pa-ia | 1 iku and 130 sar of field, orchard, in the Apapāya canal |
| 6 | _5(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 e2_ ki-di-im | 5 sar 15 shekels: the house of Kidim; |
| 7 | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 ga2#-gi4#-a{ki}_ | 1 1/2 sar, the house of Gagia |
| 8 | _1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz)# gin2#_ [du-un]-nim# _8(disz) sar_ asz-lu-ka-tum i-na _iri_ na-ha-nu-um | 1 sar 15 shekels of dunnum-flour, 8 ašlukatum-sar in the city Nahanum |
| 9 | _1(disz) sar 1(u) [5(disz) gin2_ du]-un#-nim _8(disz) sar_ asz-lu-ka-tum i-na _igi?_ ip-la#-hu-i | 1 sar 15 shekels of dunnum-frit, 8 (sar) of ašlukatum-flour, before? they sinned. |
| 10 | _2(disz) sar_ [du]-un-nim _8(disz)# sar_ asz-lu-ka-tum i-na _i7_ ap-pa-ia | 2 sar of dunnum-flour, 8 saar of ašlukatum-plant in the Apapāya canal |
| 11 | [($ blank space $) _ha]-la# dumu-me_ ab-di-{d}za-ba4!-ba4# | share of the sons of Abdi-Zababa |
| 12 | [...] x x [x] nu x [x?] x | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _4(bur3)# 1(esze3) [n? GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2] 3(bur3) [n?] GAN2# [a-sza3 kankal_] | 4 bur3 1 eše3 n? hectares of absin field, 3 bur3 ... cultivated field, |
| 2' | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2# ga2#-[gi-a 5(disz) sar] 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 e2_ ki-di-im | 1 1/2 sar, the house of Gagia; 5 musar 15 shekels, the temple of Kidim; |
| 3' | _1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2_ du#-un#-nim# _8(disz) sar aszlug(|E2.USZ.GID2.DA|) _ | 1 sar 15 shekels of dunnum-flour, 8 ašlug-sar, |
| 4' | _1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2_ du-un-nim _8(disz) sar aszlugx(|E2.USZ|) | 1 sar 15 shekels of dunnum-flour, 8 (volume-)sar of ašlug-plant |
| 5' | _1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2_ du-un-nim | 1 sar 15 shekels, Dunnum |
| 6' | ($ blank space $) _8(disz) sar_ asz-lu-ka-tum i-na i-na ha-ra-ma-tum | 8 sar of ašlukatum-flour in the harāmatu-festival, |
| 7' | ($ blank space $) _ha-la_ mu-ha-du-um | share of Muḫadum |
| 8' | _2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ | 2 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku field |
| 9' | _1(disz) sar e2 ga2-gi4-a_ | 1 sar, the house of Gagia |
| 10' | _2(disz) sar e2 zimbir{ki}-gal_ | 2 sar, the house of Sippar; |
| 11' | _ha-la_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim | share of Marduk-mušallim |
| 12' | _ha-la dumu-me_ ab-di-a-ra-ah | share of the sons of Abdi-Arah |
| 13' | sza i-na _e2 {d}utu_ i-zu-zu-szu-nu-szi-[im] | that in the temple of Šamaš they will divide for them |
| left | ||
| 1 | _mu ma-[da gu2 i7_ szu-mu-dar?] | year: “The land on the bank of the Šumudar canal |
Sources & licences
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