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MCS 2, 77 no. 1 (P524055)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MCS 2, 77 no. 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P524055 |
| Museum no. | MMUM — |
| Collection | Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3 zabar-dab5_ | irrigation district of Zabardab |
| 3 | _sza3_ er-s,e-et ki-kal-la{ki} | in the middle of Kikalla |
| 4 | _a#-sza3_ {munus}da-an-e-ri!-is-sa3 eresz-dingir {d}za-ba4-ba4 | field of Dān-ērissa, queen of Zababa |
| 5 | _dumu-munus {d}u2-s,ur-a-wa-as-su2!-ga-mil | daughter of Uṣur-awassu-gamil |
| 6 | be-el-ti _[a]-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | [x] x e ri TA [...] hu-za#-lum | ... hazalum |
| 8 | [_dumu?_] ri#-isz-{d#}marduk# _ugula masz2-szu#-gid2-gid2_ | son of Rīš-Marduk, foreman of the extispicy priest |
| 9 | a#-na er-re-szu-[tim] | for extispicy |
| 10 | a-na _gu2-un_ | for the oxen |
| 11 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for 1 year |
| 12 | _ib2-ta-e3_ | went out |
| 13 | _u4# buru14#-sze3_ | at the harvest time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(bur3) GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur gu2-un_ | 1 bur3 field area, 8 gur of barley, |
| 2 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi-a_ | at the gate of the granary |
| 3 | _i3-ag3-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}za#-ba4-ba4 | before Zababa |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}inanna | before Inanna |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}ba-ba6 | before Baba |
| 7 | _iti x-[...] u4 3(disz)-kam_ | Month ..., 3rd day, |
| 8 | _mu_ sa-am-su#-[di]-ta#-na _lugal-e inim mah-a {d}marduk-ke4 lugal? bala-a-ni bi2-in-gi-na#_ | the year in which Samsu-ditana the king by the supreme command of Marduk restored his reign. |
Sources & licences
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