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MDP 23, 277 (P524357)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MDP 23, 277 |
|---|---|
| ID | P524357 |
| Museum no. | NMI BK 01320 |
| 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 | _a-sza3 1(barig) 1(ban2) numun_-szu _bala igi iri{ki}_ | a field of 1 barig 1 ban2, his seed, the bala before the city |
| 2 | ma-asz-qi2-it _pa5_ ra-ki-ib | “Ašqītu, the gatekeeper, the rakib priestess, |
| 3 | TI lu-ur-szi2-i _da_ {munus}zu-ub-bu-ur2-ti | a life of luršī, beside the pregnant woman |
| 4 | _ki_ ig-mil-an-ni {disz}nu-ur2-{d}|MUSZ3.EREN2| u2-sze-s,i2 | Nūr-MUŠEN brought out from the place where he had brought me. |
| 5 | a-na e-si2-ip ta-bal | You take it away for making bread. |
| 6 | a-na sze-im _sze-gesz-i3 gu2-tur_ | for barley, sesame and emmer |
| 7 | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ isz-qu2-ul _a-sza3_ u2-sze-s,i2 | 1 1/2 shekels of silver he took, the field he brought out. |
| 8 | _iti_ sze-er-i e-s,e2-di sza3 _iri dag_ | The month of Addarum, the harvest of the Inner City |
| 9 | _a-sza3 3(barig) 5(ban2) numun_-szu _bala igi iri{ki}_ le-e-tu-szu | a field of 3 barig 5 ban2, his seed, the term of office before the city of Lētu |
| 10 | _ki_ ig-mil-an-ni {disz}nu-ur2-{d}|MUSZ3.EREN2| | Nūr-MUŠEN |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na er-re-szu-ti il-qe2-e | he took it as a gift. |
| 2 | i-ri-isz i-na-ah-ma sze-a-am u3 _in-nu_-am# | he will recover, and the barley and the straw |
| 3 | ma#-al-lu ah-ma-mi i-zu-zu | (Sum) The one who knows(?) the aḫma ritual (Akk) I know the balaŋ ritual |
| 4 | _igi#_ {d}utu _igi_ {d}|MUSZ3.EREN| | before Šamaš, before Enlil |
| 5 | _igi_ a-hu-ki-ia _igi_ a-qa-li-ia | before Ahukiya, before Aqaliya |
| 6 | _igi_ dam-qi2-ia sa3-si2-nu | in front of my good reputation, their rejoicing |
| 7 | [_igi_] in-bi-i3-li2-szu | before Inbi-ilišu |
| 8 | _igi_ {munus}ha-ri-ri _igi_ a-ha-ti-wa-aq-ra-at | before Hariri, before Ahati-waqrat |
| 9 | _igi_ dam-qi2-ia _dub-sar_ | before Damqiya, scribe |
| 10 | _mu_ {d}|MUSZ3.EREN| u3 {d}isz-me-ka-ra-ab | the year: “MUŠ.E.REN and Ishme-karāb |
| left | ||
| 1 | s,u2-pur-szu | his fingernail |
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