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MDP 23, 272 (P524352)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MDP 23, 272 |
|---|---|
| ID | P524352 |
| Museum no. | NMI BK 01353 |
| Collection | National Museum, Tehran, Iran |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Susa (mod. Shush) |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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 | [_n ma-na] 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza3 _mu 2(disz)-kam-ma_ | n minas 10 shekels of silver for the 2nd year |
| 2 | [{munus}]wa#-qar-tu um-ma-<szu> le-qa-at-ma# | “Take his mother-in-law a waqartu, |
| 3 | [x x] x# _ku3-babbar tab-ba ki_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu | ... of silver, tabbed, from Warad-Amurru |
| 4 | [{munus}wa]-qar#-tu u3 li-ib-lu-t,a2 il-[qu2-u2] | they took a female slave and a male slave. |
| 5 | [_iti_] sza3#-ba#-t,i _ku3-babbar_ il-qu2-u2 | In the month of Šabatu they took the silver. |
| 6 | [i-qi2]-ip-pu-ni i-zi-bu-ni-im-ma | they will speak, they will stand, and |
| 7 | [a-na] ba#-ab-ti u3 szi2-hi-it, _kaskal_ | for the capture and allocation of the campaign |
| 8 | [um]-ma#-nu u2-ul szu-hu-uz | the king, my lord |
| 9 | [_ku3-babbar_ um]-ma-na i-pa-lu-ma | the silver of the master they shall weigh out, and |
| 10 | [ne-me-el] ib#-ba-asz-szu-ma ma-al-la ah-ma-mi | “It is pure, there is nothing, I have no rival. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [i-zu-zu ki]-di-nam u3 ku-bu-us-sa3#-[am] | Izuzu, the cult center and Kubusam |
| 2 | [u2-ul u2]-ma-ah-ha-ru _igi_ {d}utu _igi_ {d}|MUSZ3.EREN#| | they will not accept. Before Šamaš, before Enlil |
| 3 | [_igi_ {d}]|[MUSZ3].EREN|-i3-li2-szu _igi_ nu-ri-ia | before Nergal-ilišu, before Nuriya |
| 4 | [_igi_ ...]-a-u2 _igi_ u2-ba-an-na-asz-szi2 | before ...au, before Ubannashshi |
| 5 | [_igi_ ...]-x# _igi_ ta-ak-la-ku | Witness: ... Witness: Taklaku |
| 6 | [_igi_ ...] _igi_ at-kal#-szu | Witness: .... Witness: Atkalshu. |
| 7 | [_igi_ ...] _igi_ {d}|MUSZ3.EREN|-ti-il-la-ti | before ..., before Šamaš-tillati |
| 8 | [_igi_ ...]-du-um-qi2 _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}e2-a-szar-ri | before ...-dumqi, before Nur-Ea-šarru |
| 9 | [_igi_ {d}]|[MUSZ3].EREN#|-ki-nam-i-di _dub-sar_ | before Šamaš-kinam-idi, scribe |
Sources & licences
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