JRAS 1921, 577-582 (P523852)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JRAS 1921, 577-582 |
|---|---|
| ID | P523852 |
| Collection | Rev. Chas. Overy, Radley College, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | 2(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-ba | 2 iku field area, planted with trees; |
| 2 | a2 {gesz}kiri6 lu2-EN-x-abzu | labor of the garden of Lu-Bēl-x-abzu, |
| 3 | a2 {gesz}kiri6 ta-ki-il-li-su | labor of the orchard of Takil-lissu |
| 4 | u3 a2 {gesz}kiri6 nig2-gur11-{d}nanna | and the labor of the orchard of Nanna’s property |
| 5 | ki {d}suen-ma-gir dumu ku-zu-lum# | from Sîn-magir, son of Kuzulum |
| 6 | {disz}nig2-gur11-{d}nanna szesz-a-ni-ke4# | Niggur-Nanna, his brother |
| 7 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 8 | 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar | 1 2/3 minas of silver |
| 9 | sa10-am3 til-la-ni-sze3 | as his full price |
| 10 | in-na-la2 | he has paid. |
| 11 | inim gal2-la {gesz}kiri6-bi | The word of the orchard |
| 12 | in-na-gub-bu | he set up. |
| 13 | u4 kur2-sze3 inim-ma nu-ga2-la | In the future he will not raise a claim |
| 14 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 15 | igi {d}suen-ma-gir dumu x-[...] | before Sîn-magir, son of |
| 16 | {disz}u-bar-{d}utu dumu dingir-x-[...] | Ubār-šamaš, son of Dingir- |
| 17 | {disz}e-ri-ba-am-{d}suen dumu x-x-x | Erībam-Sîn, son of |
| 18 | {disz}{d}suen-i-ri-ba-am dumu sa3-a-sum2# | Sîn-iribam, son of Sa’asum |
| 19 | {disz}{d}suen#-mu-ba-li2-it, dumu ku-zu-lum | Sîn-muballiṭ, son of Kuzulum |
| 20 | {disz}ta-ki-il-li-su dumu {d}NUN-TAB-ma-an-szum2 | Takil-lissu, son of Nusku-taqqin-manšum |
| 21 | {disz}{d}dumu-zi-ma-an-szum2 dumu da-x-[x]-x | Dumuzi-manšum, son of |
| 22 | {disz}ur-{d}ab-ba-u2 dumu i3-li2-ma-a-bi | Ur-Abba’u, son of Ilīma-abi |
| 23 | {disz}u2-s,ur#-{d}utu dam-gar3 | Uṣur-Šamaš, the merchant |
| 24 | {disz}{d}en-lil2-sipa dub-sar | Enlil-sipa, the scribe |
| 25 | iti szu-numun-a | month: “Sowing,’ |
| 26 | mu i7 buranun-na ti-gi8-da ku3-ga {d}nanna-ke4 nesag tum3 e2-kur-ra esz3 nam-ti-la-sze3 [sipa zi] {d}ri-im-[{d}suen ...] | year: “The Euphrates, the pure tigida canal of Nanna, the nesag offering of the Ekur, the shrine of life, the true shepherd Rīm-Sîn |
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