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AS 16, 213 (P523741)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AS 16, 213 |
|---|---|
| ID | P523741 |
| Museum no. | Smith College 240 |
| Collection | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | asz-szum _lu2-kurun2-na-mesz#_ u3 _muhaldim#-mesz_ wa#-[szi-ib ...] | Concerning the kurunnu-officials and the cooks who reside ... |
| 2 | sza _mu_ am-mi#-di-ta-na _lugal#-[e] mu gibil egir bad3_ am-mi-di-ta-na#[{ki}] _bi2-in-du3-a_ | of the year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, a new year after the wall of Ammi-dintana erected. |
| 3 | sza a-na u2-tul2-esz18-dar _dub-sar_ | which to Utul-Ištar the scribe |
| 4 | a-na szu-ud-du-nim na-ad-nu | given to Šuddunu. |
| 5 | gu-um-mu-ri szu-usz-t,u2-ri-im-ma | Write down my writing-board, and |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ ne-me-et-ti-szu-nu a-na _e2-gal_ ba-ba-lim | the silver of their own to the palace of Babalim |
| 7 | _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ la pu-uz-zu-ri-im | the fattener and the cook are not responsible |
| 8 | _ARAD2-mesz_ sza a-wi-le-e a-na pa-ni _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ sza# _iri# [hi]-a_ | servants of a man before the kurunnu and the cook of the city of Hia |
| 9 | la sza-ka-nim | is not placed. |
| 10 | u3 _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ sza-qi2-il _ku3-babbar_ a-na _szu bar-ra_ | and the kurunnu-official and the cook, the šaqīl-official, the silver for the hand-lifting |
| 11 | la szu-usz-t,u2-ri-im | did not write down, |
| 12 | a-na {d}utu-ra#-bi# ra-bi-a-nu i-lu-ni-[ma] | to Šamaš-rabi the great one came and |
| 13 | {disz}dingir-szu#-li#-[ib]-lu-ut, _ugula szu-i_ | Ilu-šūl-ibluṭ, foreman of the barbers |
| 14 | {disz}<...> | PN |
| 15 | {disz}<...> | PN |
| 16 | {disz}<...> | PN |
| 17 | u3 szi-bu-ut# [...] | and the šibûtu-disease |
| 18 | ki-a-am [iq-bu-u2-ma um-ma szu-nu-ma] | thus they said: |
| 19 | _1(disz) lu2-kurun2-na_ x [...] | 1 fat-tailed sheep ... |
| 20 | _1(disz) muhaldim_ x [...] sza [...] | 1 cook ... ... |
| 21 | _1(disz) lu2-kurun2-na_ x [...] | 1 fat-tailed sheep ... |
| 22 | _1(disz) muhaldim_ [...] | 1 cook ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza i-na kar-{d}utu{ki} in-nam#-[ru] | who in Kar-Šamaš became visible |
| 2 | nu-ub-lam# | did not bring |
| 3 | e-zu#-ub# _1(disz) lu2-kurun2-na 1(disz) muhaldim_ an-nu-ut#-[tim] | entered. 1 fat-tailed sheep, 1 cook of these |
| 4 | sza nu-sza-asz-t,e4-ru | that we have written |
| 5 | _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ la nu-pa-az-zi-ru | the kurunnu-official and the cook are not to be appointed. |
| 6 | _ARAD2#-mesz#_ sza a-wi-le-e a-na pa-ni _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3# _[muhaldim]_ | servants of a man before the kurunnu and the cook |
| 7 | la ni-isz-ku-nu-ma | we did not place, and |
| 8 | u3 _lu2-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ sza-qi2-il _ku3-babbar_ a-na _szu bar-ra#_ | and the kurunnu-official and the cook, the šaqīl-official, the silver for the hand-lifting |
| 9 | la# nu-sza-asz-t,e4-ru | we did not write. |
| 10 | an-ni-tam iq-bu-u2-ma | this they said, and |
| 11 | _mu_ {d}marduk u3 am-mi-di-ta-na szar-ri | the year: “Marduk and Ammi-ditana, the king, |
| 12 | iz-ku-ru | he made enter. |
| 13 | a#-na# _lu2#-kurun2#-na#_ u3 _muhaldim_ sza ar-ki-tam# sza up#-ta#-az-za-ru | to the kurunnu and the cook, who later they have appointed |
| 14 | a#-na# _ARAD2#-mesz#_ sza a-wi-le-e u3 _szu bar-ra_ a-na pa-nim sza-ka-nim | to the servants of a man and a foreigner in the presence are placed. |
| 15 | sza# _lu2#_ qa2-ab-ba-hu-u2 a-na _e2-gal_ | of a slanderer to the palace |
| 16 | u2#-ub#-ba-lam | he shall carry out |
| 17 | u3# <a-na> _lu2#-kurun2-na_ u3 _muhaldim_ sza i-ha-al-li-qu2 | and to the kurunnu-official and the cook who are missing |
| 18 | pi2-ha-tam _e2-gal_ i-ip-pa-lu# | the palace's gate they shall open |
| 19 | _iti# apin#-du8-a u4 2(u)+[n-kam]_ | The month of Arahsamna, the day 20 |
| 20 | _mu_ am#-[mi]-di#-ta#-na# _[lugal-e mu gibil egir bad3_ am-mi-di-ta-na{ki} _bi2-in-du3-a]_ | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, a new year after the wall of Ammi-dintana erected, |
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