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Edubba 10, 40 (P522527)

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

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Designation	Edubba 10, 40
ID	P522527
Museum no.	IM 132218
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Legal
Find spot	Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Coordinates	36.1022, 43.3385

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)
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1	ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ ṣu-pur-šu iš-kun	Instead of his seal he impressed his nail.
2	ṣu-pur {1}DINGIR-ga-di EN A.ŠA₃	Fingernail of Ili-gadi, owner of the field
3	E₂ 03 BAN₂ A.ŠA₃ ma-za-ru-te {uru}[x-x-(x-x)]	An estate of 3 seahs of land, cultivated land of the city ...
4	SUHUR ⸢A.ŠA₃⸣ ša {uru}si-ri PU₂ x [x (x x)]	adjoining the ēšû-tree of the sīru canal, well
5	u₂-tap-⸢piš⸣ {1}{d}PA-DI.KUD-a-ni	Nabû-dayyāni has contracted
6	ina ŠA₃ 04 ⸢MA⸣.[NA] ⸢URUDU⸣-MEŠ TA pa-an	in exchange for 4 ešamaš-boats of copper from
7	{1}DINGIR-⸢ga⸣-[di i]-⸢se⸣-qe kas-pu	Ili-ega’edi shall take, the money
8	ga-mur [ta-din A.ŠA₃ za-rip]	The money is paid completely. That field is purchased and acquired.
9	laq-qi ⸢tu⸣-[a-ru de]-nu	Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
10	DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu man-nu	There is no reopening (of the case)
11	ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma	who in the future, at any time
12	lu-u {1}DINGIR-ga-di lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣	or Ili-gadi or his sons
13	[lu]-u DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂	or his grandsons, grandsons or uncles
14	[TA {1}{d}PA-DI.KUD-a-ni TA DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂	from Nabû-dayyāni and his sons
b.e.
15	[TA DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ]-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ]-šu₂ TA ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂	from his sons, his grandsons, from his fathers
16	[de-nu DUG₄].⸢DUG₄⸣ ub-⸢ta⸣-u₂-ni	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
17	[x x x KUG].UD LUH a-na {d}MAŠ	... of refined silver to Ninurta
18	0 a]-šib {uru}kal-hi SUM-an	He shall pay the Kalḫu-tax.
r
1	[x x x AN].⸢NA⸣ a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM	... to the governor
2	URU-šu₂ SUM-an kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-ti	He shall pay the money tenfold to its owner.
3	a-na EN-šu u₂-ta-ra	He shall return it to its owner.
4	ina de-ni-šu DUG₄.DUG₄ la ʾi-laq-qe	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
5	IGI {1}qur-di-{d}15 {lu₂}ha-za-nu	Witness Qurdi-Issar, mayor.
6	IGI {1}EN-ZU IGI {1}qu-ra-a-a	Witness: Bel-le’i. Witness: Quraya.
7	IGI {1}DINGIR-ṣi-id-[qi] IGI {1}na-na-a	Witness: Ilu-bidqi. Witness: Nanaya.
8	IGI {1}GIŠ.MI-EN-{[uru]}tu₂-u-e	Witness: Ṣilli-Bēl-Tue.
9	IGI {1}EN-SAG.[KAL] IGI {1}DINGIR-si-ki-i	Witness: Bel-ašared. Witness: Ilu-sikî.
10	{iti}AB UD [x]+4.KAM₂ lim-mu {1}EN-KALAG-an	Month Tebet (X), 4th day, eponym year of Bel-dan.
11	{lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}kal-hi	governor, governor of Kalḫu
12	IGI {1}{d}hal-di-rem₂-a-ni	Witness: Haldi-remanni

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