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BATSH 6, 053 (P527178)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 6, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P527178 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian; Aramaic |
| 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]}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-MAN-⸢PAB⸣ | Seal of Nergal-šarru-uṣur |
| 2 | DUMU {m}{d}UTU-PAB-PAB EN UN.MEŠ SUM-an | son of Šamaš-aḫu-uṣur, owner of the people being sold. |
| 3 | {f}GEME₂-{d}DI-man ⸢GEME₂⸣ DUMU.MI₂-šu₂ | Šulmu-Šalman, his daughter, |
| 4 | ina UGU zi-zi ⸢PAB⸣ 02 GEME₂-šu₂ ša | on top of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ of the house, 2 female slaves |
| 5 | {m}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-MAN-PAB u₂-piš-ma | Nergal-šarru-uṣur has contracted |
| 6 | {m}DI-mu-MAN ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | Šulmu-šarri has contracted and bought it for 1/2 mina of silver. |
| 7 | TA IGI {m}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-MAN-PAB TI-qe₂ | took from Nergal-šarru-uṣur. |
| 8 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din GEME₂-šu₂ | The money is paid completely. His slave girl |
| 9 | za-rip laq-qe tu-a-ru | It is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 10 | de-e-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| 11 | man-nu ša ina ⸢ur⸣-[keš ina ma]-⸢ti-ma⸣ | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 12 | lu-u {[m}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-MAN-PAB lu-u] | either Nergal-šarru-uṣur or |
| 13 | DUMU.MEŠ TA {m}DI-mu-MAN TA | sons from Šulmu-šarri |
| 14 | DUMU.MEŠ DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ de-e-ni | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 15 | DUG₄.DUG₄ (ub-ta-u-ni) GIL-u-ni 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 16 | 01 MA.NA KU₃.GI ina bur-ki ša | 1 mina of gold in the bowl |
| 17 | DI-man i-šak-kan kas-pu | The money is paid completely. |
| 18 | a-na 03-te a-na EN.MEŠ | It shall increase by a third, to its owners. |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | GUR-ra ina de-ni-šu₂ | shall return in his lawsuit |
| r | ||
| 1 | DUG₄.DUG₄ NU ⸢TI⸣-qe₂ | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 2 | IGI {m}{d}PA-A-MAN-PAB | Witness Nabû-aplu-šarru-uṣur. |
| 3 | IGI {m}{d}nusku-MAN-PAB | Witness Nusku-šarru-uṣur. |
| 4 | IGI {m}DI-man-AD-PAB | Witness Šulmu-manu-abu-uṣur. |
| 5 | IGI {m}EN-TUKUL-KUR-u-a | Witness Bel-tukultī-šadû'a. |
| 6 | IGI {m}AŠ-a-a | Witness Ašāyu. |
| 7 | IGI {m}{d}PA-MAN-PAB | Witness Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 8 | IGI {m}{⸢d}MAŠ⸣-[x-x].⸢MEŠ⸣ | Witness Inurta-ešme-e3. |
| 9 | {lu₂}A.BA {⸢iti⸣}[ZIZ₂] | scribe of Šabaṭu |
| 10 | IGI {m}AŠ-[x-x] | Witness Iddin- |
| 11 | UD-16-⸢KAM₂⸣ [lim-me] | 16th day, eponym year of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 12 | {m}aš-šur-[gar-DIŠ.U] | Assur-gar-dišu |
| l.e. | ||
| a | dnt ʾmtšlmn ʾmt ʾtḥrsrṣr | |
| b | br ssḥṣr | |
Sources & licences
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