Iraq 25, BT 136 (P522846)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Imgur-Enlil · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 25, BT 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522846 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Seal of Nabû-šēzibanni, village manager, the owner of the moat, from the edge of the city wall to the bank of the moat, which is being sold. |
| Obverse [4:20] o 55– | (The extent of the property is) from the right embankment to the doorjambs of the wall to Nineveh. Adjoining a wall and adjoining the road to Nineveh. Mamu-iqbi has contracted and acquired it for thirty minas of copper to clear (for cultivation). (There are) no straw or corn taxes. He will have the usufruct of the field for fifteen crop years and fifteen fallow years. Thirty years. Whoever breaks the contract […] |
| Reverse [4:16] r 55–r 1616 | [Witness:] Mannu-GAZ-nu. Witness: Ṣalmu, Babilāya. Witness: Tikasu. Bīssunu. Witness: Gula-šumu-lēšir. Witness: Balasî. Witness: Rībāti. Witness: Nārānu. Witness: Bana[…]. Witness: […]-šākin-šulmi. [Witness: …]. Witness: Šulmu-ahhē. [… ep]onym year of Bēl-ēmuranni. […] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {m}{d}PA-še-zib-a-ni | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL-URU.MEŠ-ni | |
| 3 | EN hi-ri-ṣi a-di UŠ BAD₃-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣-di šap-ti hi-ri-ṣi-šu₂ SUM-an | |
| 5 | ⸢TA ŠA₃⸣-bi na-me-ri ša ZAG | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢di⸣ si-ip-pi ⸢ša⸣ du-u-ri | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-na NINA{ki} ⸢SUHUR du⸣-u-ri | |
| 8 | ⸢SUHUR⸣ KASKAL {uru}ni-nu-a | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-piš-ma {m}{d}MA.⸢MU₂⸣-iq-bi | |
| 10 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi 30 MA.NA ⸢URUDU⸣.MEŠ | |
| 11 | a-na pa-ṭu-ri ⸢i-si-qi₂⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢la⸣ ši-ib-si la nu-sa-hi | |
| 13 | 15 me-ri-še 15 ka-rap-hi⸣ | |
| 14 | [x 30 ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA.MEŠ | |
| 15 | [e]-⸢da⸣-nu ša₂-kin₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [man-nu ša] ⸢GIL⸣-u-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]-⸢an⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]+x-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]+x-⸢ni-me⸣ | |
| 5 | [IGI {m]}man-nu-⸢GAZ⸣-nu | |
| 6 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}⸢ṣal⸣-mu {m}⸢KA₂.DINGIR⸣-a-a | |
| 7 | IGI {m}ti-ku-su {m}bi-sun₂ | |
| 8 | IGI {m}{d}ME.ME-⸢MU⸣-GIŠ | |
| 9 | IGI {m}ba-la-si-⸢i⸣ | |
| 10 | IGI {m}SU.MEŠ-te | |
| 11 | IGI {m}na-ra-a-nu | |
| 12 | IGI {m}ba-na-[x] | |
| 13 | [IGI {m}x]+x-⸢ša⸣-kin₂-⸢DI-me⸣ | |
| 14 | [IGI {m}x-x-x] IGI {m}DI-mu-⸢PAB.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x lim]-mu {m}EN-⸢IGI.LAL⸣-a-ni | |
| 16 | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi ⸢GUB⸣.BA.ME | |
| 17 | [x x x x x]+x i-[x x] | |
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