Iraq 25, BT 101 (P522821)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Imgur-Enlil · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 25, BT 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522821 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Imgur-Enlil (mod. Balawat) |
| Coordinates | 36.2294, 43.4033 |
English translation
By ORACC project atae/imgurenlil · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1– | n minas of silver (by the mina) of the merchant of Issār of Arbela. Sama' has taken it as a loan from Ṣil-Bēl. He will hand over the silver by the tenth day. If he does not pay, it will increase by fifty percent per shekel. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1– | Month Šabāṭu (XI), 25th day. Eponym year of Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur. Witness: Ēreš-ilu. Witness: Qibīt-Aššur. [Witness:] Bēl-dān. [Witness:] Mannu-⸢kī⸣-Issār. |
| [0:10] env o 1env o 1– | [Seal of Sa]ma'. [n] minas of silver (by the mina) [of] the merchant of Issār of Arbela. Sama' has taken it as a loan from Ṣil-Bēl. He will hand it over by the tenth day. If he does not pa[y], it will increase [b]y fifty percent per shekel. |
| [0:7] env r 1env r 1–env r 77 | [Month Šabāṭu (XI)], 15th [day]. Eponym year of ⸢Šamaš⸣-bēlu-uṣur. Witness: Ēreš-ilu. Ahu-[…], palace sup⸣ervisor. [Witness:] Qibīt-Aššur, goldsmith. [Witness:] ⸢Bēl⸣-dān, chief tailor. [Witness: Mannu-kī-Issār], household overseer. [Witness: …]me. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣ MA.NA KUG.UD ša {lu₂}⸢DAM⸣.[QAR] | |
| 2 | ša {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 3 | {m}sa-ma-a TA IGI | |
| 4 | {m}GIŠ.MI-EN ina pu-hi i-ti-ši | |
| 5 | a-di 10 UD-me KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| 6 | šum₂-ma la SUM-ni a-na | |
| 7 | 1/2 GIN₂-šu₂ GAL-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD-25-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | lim-mu {m}{d}UTU-EN-PAB | |
| 3 | IGI {m}APIN-eš-DINGIR | |
| 4 | ⸢IGI⸣ {[m]}qi-bit-AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 5 | [IGI] {⸢m⸣}EN-KALAG-an | |
| 6 | [IGI {m]}man-nu-⸢ki⸣-15 | |
| env o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {m}sa]-ma-a | |
| 2 | [x x] 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 3 | [ša] {⸢lu₂⸣}DAM.QAR | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 5 | {[m]}⸢sa⸣-ma-a TA IGI {m}GIŠ.MI-EN | |
| 6 | [ina] pu-hi i-ti-ši a-di 10 | |
| 7 | 0 UD SUM-an šum₂-ma la SUM-[ni] | |
| 8 | [a]-na 1/2 GIN₂-šu₂ GAL-u | |
| env r | ||
| 1 | {[iti}ZIZ₂] ⸢UD⸣-15-KAM₂ lim-mu | |
| 2 | {[m}{d]}⸢UTU⸣-EN-PAB IGI {m}APIN-[eš-DINGIR] | |
| 3 | {m}PAB-⸢x-x-x {lu₂}ša⸣-IGI-⸢E₂.GAL⸣ x | |
| 4 | [IGI] {m}⸢qi⸣-bit-AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ {lu₂}⸢SIMUG⸣.KUG.GI | |
| 5 | [IGI {m]}⸢EN⸣-KALAG-an {lu₂}GAL-KA.KEŠ₂ {lu₂}GAL-KA.KEŠ₂ | |
| 6 | [IGI {m}man-nu-ki-15 {lu₂}ša₂-UGU-E₂-a-ni | |
| 7 | [IGI {m}x-x-x]+x-me | |
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