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al-Rafidan 17, 02 (P522457)

Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	al-Rafidan 17, 02
ID	P522457
Museum no.	IM —
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Legal
Find spot	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Coordinates	35.4557, 43.2611

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)
o
1	{na₄}KIŠIB {m}[sa-la-ma-a-nu]	Seal of Salamanu
2	DUMU {m}ha-di-[x-x x]	son of Hadi-
3	EN ARAD [SUM-ni]	owner of the slave being sold.
4	{m}{d}U.GUR-DU₃ ARAD-u-šu₂	Nergal-ibni, his servant
5	ša {m}sa-la-ma-nu	From Salamanu.
6	u₂-piš-((u))-ma {m}GIN-aš-šur	Ken-Assur has contracted
7	TA {mi₂}am-me-eʾ	from Ammêal
8	ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA 02 GIN₂ 1/2 KUG.UD	for 1 mina 2 1/2 shekels of silver
9	ina 01 ma-ne₂-e ša₂ gar-gar-mis	(measured) by the mina of Carchemish
10	TA IGI {m}sa-la-ma-a-ni	from Salamanu
11	iš-ši il-qi₂ kas-pu gam-mur	The money is paid completely.
12	ta-di-ni tu-a-ru de-nu	Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
13	DUG₄.DUG₄ la-a-šu	There is no reopening (of the case)
14	man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-ti-ma	Whoever in the future, at any time
b.e.
15	lu-u {m}sa-la-ma-a-nu	or Salamanu,
16	lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂	either his sons or his grandsons
17	lu-u PAB-u-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂	or his brother, or his nephews
18	lu-u mu-mu la GUR	or a name not returned,
r
1	ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄	Any lawsuit or litigation is void.
2	TA {m}GIN-aš-šur TA {mi₂}am-me-eʾ	from Kēn-ašar, from Ammêal,
3	TA DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu	from their sons, their grandsons
4	ub-ta-u-ni i-qa-bu-u-ni	“If he asks me, they will say to me:
5	ma-a ARAD a-pa₂-ṭar	“A servant of Apātbar
6	aš-šur {d}IM EN {d}PA	Assur, lord of Nabû
7	lu-u EN-de-ni-šu₂ kas-pu	The money is paid completely.
8	a-na 20.MEŠ ana EN-šu u-GUR	He shall return the money twentyfold to its owner.
9	ina la de-ni-šu₂ i-da-bu-bu-ma	He shall contest in his non-lawsuit and
10	la i-laq-qi₂ ṣib-tu₂ be-ni	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
11	sa-ar₂-tu ana kal-la MU.AN.NA.MEŠ	(Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for all years.
12	{iti}AB UD-18-KAM₂	18th day of Ṭebētu.
13	lim-mu {m}NU-MAN-E	eponym year of Ṣalam-šarri-iqbi.
14	IGI {m}mu-še-zib-aš-šur A {m}U.⸢GUR⸣-[x]	Witness Mušezib-Assur, son of Nergal-.
15	IGI {m}sa-gib₂-aš-šur A {m}EN-⸢ZU⸣	Witness Sagib-Assur, son of Bel-le’i-e23.
16	IGI {m}IGI-aš-šur-la-mur	Witness Atamar-lamur.
17	IGI {m}man-nu-ka-i-DINGIR	Witness Mannu-ki-ili.
18	A {m}DINGIR-a-[x]+x	son of Ila-
19	IGI {m}na-bu-u-[a 0	Witness Nabû'a.
20	IGI {m}zi-⸢zi⸣-[i]	Witness Zī-ezî.
21	IGI {m}ah-x+[x-x x]	Witness ...
22	IGI {m}man-[x-x x-x]	Witness Man-.
l.e.
1	pu-u-tu₂-hu i nab ti 01 ṣi {uru}ia-si-AN	One šūtu-vessel,
2	TA IGI {m}DINGIR-hi-ra-ri i-na-ši	from Ilu-ḫirari he shall bear.

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