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BATSH 6, 008 (P527134)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 6, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P527134 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 10461 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Dur-Katlimmu (mod. Tall Shekh Hamad) |
| Coordinates | 35.6463, 40.7436 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {m}LUGAL]-⸢I⸣ | Seal of Šarru-emūti-e23 |
| 2 | [DUMU {m}{d]}⸢PA-TEŠ₂-UN.MEŠ⸣ | son of Papsukkal-niše |
| 3 | ⸢EN UN⸣.MEŠ SUM-ni | the owner of the people being sold. |
| 4 | {m}{d}PA-še-zib {m}{d}PA-AŠ-PAB | Nabû-šēzib (and) Nabopolassar |
| 5 | PAB 02 ZI.MEŠ ARAD.MEŠ-ni ša {m}LUGAL-I | in all 2 persons, servants of Šarru-na’di. |
| 6 | u₂-piš-[ma] {m}EN-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ | Bel-ahhešu has contracted |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃ 01 [MA].NA KU₃.BABBAR ina ša gar-ga-mes | for 1 mina of silver by the (mina) of Carchemish |
| 8 | il-qe [kas]-pu gam-mur ta-ad-din | The money is paid completely. |
| 9 | UN.MEŠ [šu]-⸢a⸣-tu₂ zar-pu | The people of that land are scattered |
| 10 | laq-qe-u ⸢tu₂⸣-a-ru de-nu | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 11 | DUG₄.DUG₄ [la]-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | There is no lawsuit. Whoever in the future |
| 12 | ina ma-te-ma i-[za]-qu-pa-an-ni | At any time, he will question me. |
| 13 | GIL-u-ni lu-u {m}LUGAL-I | or Sargon |
| 14 | lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ | either his sons or his grandsons |
| 15 | ⸢ša⸣ TA {m}EN-PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ | from Bel-ahhešu, his sons |
| 16 | DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 17 | [ub]-⸢ta⸣-u-ni kas-pu a-na 10.ME | shall return the money tenfold. |
| 18 | [a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂] GUR-ra | shall return to its owners. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina de]-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | shall contest in his lawsuit and |
| 2 | [la] i-laq-qe de-en-šu₂ | He shall contest in his lawsuit |
| 3 | {lu₂}DI.KUD la i-šam-me | The judge shall not listen. |
| 4 | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD-12-KAM₂ lim-mu {m}EN-lu-da₃-a-ri | Month Šabaṭu, 12th day, eponym year of Bel-lu-dari. |
| 5 | IGI {m}DI-mu-MAN {lu₂}qur-ZAG | Witness Šulmu-šarri, royal bodyguard. |
| 6 | IGI {m}U.GUR-MU-AŠ DUMU {m}ARAD-15 | Witness Nergal-šumu-iddina, son of Urdu-Issar. |
| 7 | IGI {m}{uru}ma-as-ʾa-a-a {lu₂}mu-kil-PA.MEŠ | Witness Masallâ, chariot driver. |
| 8 | IGI {m}kid-du-a-a-di A {m}sa-ak-li | Witness Kiddu-ayadi, son of Sakli. |
| 9 | IGI {m}qar-ha-a DUMU {m}hu-un-ni-ia | Witness Qarhâ, son of Hunniya. |
| 10 | IGI {m}sa-al-ti-DINGIR {lu₂}mu-kil-PA.MEŠ | Witness Salti-ilu, chariot driver. |
| 11 | IGI {m}suk-ka-a-a {lu₂}GAL-a-ṣu-de {lu₂}GAL-a-ṣu-de | Witness Sukkāya, chief of the chiefs. |
| 12 | IGI {m}MAŠ-ma-lak-ka {lu₂}DAM.GAR₃ | Witness Inurta-malakka, merchant. |
| 13 | ša E₂ DUMU-MAN DUMU-MAN | From the house of the crown prince. |
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