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al-Rafidan 17, 11 (P522466)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | al-Rafidan 17, 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522466 |
| 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)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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}bal-la-DINGIR.MEŠ] | Seal of Balla-ilani |
| 2 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {m}mu-LAL-aš]-⸢šur⸣ | Seal of Mutaqqin-ašsvur-e23 |
| 3 | [EN GEME₂ ta]-da-a-ni | the owner of the she-ass being sold |
| 4 | {[mi₂]}{⸢d⸣}NIN.LIL₂-BAD₃ GEME₂-šu₂-nu | their female slave Ninlil-dūrī |
| 5 | [ša₂ {m]}bal-la-DINGIR.MEŠ-ni ša₂ {m}mu-LAL-aš-šur | From Balla-ilāni. From Mutaqqin-Ašṣur. |
| 6 | [u₂-piš-ma] {m}aš-šur-KUR-LAL IGI.DUB | Esarhaddon, the treasurer, has contracted |
| 7 | [ina ŠA₃-bi x]+17 1/2 GIN₂ KUG.UD | for x+17 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 8 | [TA IGI {m]}bal-la-DINGIR.MEŠ | from Balla-ilani |
| 9 | [TA IGI {m}mu]-GIN-aš-šur il-qi | took from Mukīn-Assur. |
| 10 | [kas-pu ga-mur] ta-di-nu | The money is paid completely. |
| 11 | [tu-a-ru] ⸢de⸣-e-nu | remission of debts |
| 12 | [DUG₄.DUG₄] ⸢la⸣-aš₂-šu₂ | “Seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic |
| 13 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-me | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [lu-u {m}bal]-⸢la⸣-DINGIR.MEŠ | or Bal-ela-ilani |
| 15 | [lu-u {m]}⸢mu⸣-GIN-aš-šur lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-(nu) | or Ēšumu-kenu-assur, or their sons |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu] ⸢DUMU⸣-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | or their sons |
| 2 | [ša₂] de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | Lawsuit or litigation |
| 3 | [TA] {m}aš-šur-KUR-LAL DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ | with Esarhaddon, his sons |
| 4 | DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u₂-ni | his sons brought |
| 5 | ma-a GEME₂ a-paṭ-ṭar | saying: “The she-ass has escaped |
| 6 | aš-šur {d}UTU EN {d}AG | Assur, Šamaš, lord of Nabu, |
| 7 | lu-u EN-de-ni-šu | or his legal adversary |
| 8 | {iti}GU₄ UD-10-KAM₂ lim-mu {m}aš-šur-ŠU-GUR | Month Ayyāru (II), 10th day, eponym year of Aššīr-gimilli-tere. |
| 9 | [ṣib]-tu₂ x-ni-šu [x x] ma | Received by ... |
| 10 | [x]+x i ARAD [x x x] u | ... servant of ... |
| 11 | [še-e-hi] a-na [ber]-ti ITI.MEŠ | He shall pay the remainder in the middle of the months. |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]-ma-pi-me | ...... the ...s |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL-ma-za-si | ...... the chief of the chariotry |
| 14 | [x x x x x x ha]-za-nu 05 pi ši zu a | ...... mayor 5 panu ... |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x] ku lu bu | ...... either |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] IGI {m}EN-KUR-[u-a x x x x x] | ... Witness Bel-šadû'a, .... |
| 2 | [x x x x x] mu qa a x+[x x x x x x x x] | ...... x litres ...... |
Sources & licences
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