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MDP 24, 395 (P524457)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MDP 24, 395 |
|---|---|
| ID | P524457 |
| Museum no. | NMI BK — ? |
| 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 hi-a e2 du3-a_-ti | a field and a built house |
| 2 | il-le-eq-qa-a | will take |
| 3 | a-wi-lum sza _e2 du3-a-mesz_ ma-da-a-ti | a man who a built-up house in the land |
| 4 | i-szu-u2 | he has |
| 5 | sza3 1(disz) _e2 du3-a_ i-le-qe3 | from one built house he shall take |
| 6 | x x [... u3]-ul <<i>> i-le-qe3# | ... he will not take |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | u3# i-na mi#-i#-tim sza3-ni-tim i-szu | and in a second year he has |
| 9 | sza3# _e2 du3-a#_-szu i-le-qe3 | from the house he built shall take. |
| 10 | sza3 mi-i-tim sza3-ni-tim | in the middle of the middle |
| 11 | u3# sza# x (x) NIG2-ti u3-ul i-le-qe3 | and of ... property he will not take. |
| 12 | szum#-ma _dumu-munus_ szu-szi2 a-hi-iz | If that daughter married |
| 13 | _e2 du3-a_ sza3 ARAD u3-ul i-le-eq-qe3 | a built-up house belonging to a slave shall not take. |
| 14 | u3# _e2 du3-a#_ sza3 _munus_ | and the built house of the woman |
| 15 | [(u3-ul)] i-le-eq-qe3 | he shall not take |
| 16 | [a-wi-lum] sza3# _{gesz}kiri6_ i-szu-u2-ma# | a man in the garden has, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x na-ri-im-ma# | ... the herald |
| 2' | [a-wi-lum sza {gesz}]kiri6#_ i#-szu#-u2 i-le-eq-qe3 | a man who has a orchard shall take |
| 3' | [sza] _{gesz#}kiri6_ la i-szu-u2 | who has no orchard |
| 4' | [_{gesz}kiri6_]-szu u3#-ul i-le-eq-qe3 | his orchard shall not take |
| 5' | [_dumu-munus_ szu]-szi2 ma-ak-ku-ur2 a-bi-sza | the daughter of that man, Akkur, her father |
| 6' | [i-szu]-u2 | he has |
| 7' | [_dumu-mesz_-sza] _ibila#_ a-bi-szu-nu i-szu-u2 | her sons, an heir of their father they shall bear. |
| 8' | [sza3 i-na _e2_-sza] wa-asz-bu | who dwells in her house |
| 9' | [_e2 du3-a_ sza3] _munus_ i-le-eq-qe3 | a built-up house in which the woman shall take |
| 10' | [... u3]-ul i#-x-x-ma | ... did not ... and |
| 11' | _[...] hi-a_ i-zu#-uz-zu | ... they will stand. |
Sources & licences
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