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BATSH 6, 069 (P527194)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 6, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P527194 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 21013 |
| 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}x-x-x]-nu | Seal of nu |
| 2 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {m}x-x]-MAN-PAB | Seal of -šarru-uṣur |
| 3 | 02 LU₂.MEŠ] ⸢TA⸣ {uru}BAD₃-⸢duk-1-lim⸣ | 2 men from Dur-Duklim-e23 |
| 4 | [EN MI₂].⸢MEŠ SUM-ni⸣ | owner of the woman being sold. |
| 5 | {f}⸢ur⸣-[kit-tu₂-x-(x)] {f}ma-sa-ma-a | Eurkittu-x, Masamâ |
| 6 | ⸢PAB 02 GEME₂.MEŠ ša₂ LU₂.MEŠ a-nu-te | A total of 2 female donkeys of these men. |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {m}DI-mu-MAN {lu₂}qur-ZAG | Šulmu-šarri, royal bodyguard |
| 8 | TA IGI LU₂.MEŠ a-nu-u-te | from these men |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR il-qe | He has taken it for one mina of silver. |
| 10 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din | The money is paid completely. |
| 11 | ⸢MI₂⸣.MEŠ šu-a-te zar-pu | Those ešīmû-vessels are split |
| 12 | ⸢laq⸣-u tu-a-ru de-e-nu (DUG₄.DUG₄) | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 13 | la-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-keš ina ma-⸢te⸣-[ma] | Whoever in the future, at any time, |
| 14 | i-⸢zaq⸣-pa-a-ni | he shall replace |
| 15 | GIL-[u-ni] | he shall contest. |
| 16 | lu-u [LU₂.MEŠ a-nu-(u)-te] | or these men |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | or their sons |
| 18 | TA {m}[DI-mu]-LUGAL | from Šulmu-šarri |
| 19 | TA [DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂] | from his sons |
| r | ||
| 1 | de-[ni DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni] | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 2 | 05 ⸢MA⸣.[NA KU₃.GI 10 ⸢MA⸣.NA KU₃.BABBAR | 5 gold ešamaš-boats, 10 silver boat(s), |
| 3 | ina ⸢bur⸣-ki {d}DI-⸢man⸣ a-šib {uru}⸢BAD₃⸣-duk-1-lim (GAR-an) | In the Eburki temple, Šulmu-emane, in the middle of the Dūr-duklim (temple), |
| 4 | kas-pi a-na 10.MEŠ a-na EN-[šu₂] GUR | The money is paid tenfold to its owner. |
| 5 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la [TI] | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 6 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}man-ki-{uru}NINA{ki} A {⸢m}uk⸣-ka-a-a | Witness: Manki-Ninua, son of Ukkaya |
| 7 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-MAN-PAB A {m}{d}DI-man-PAB-PAB | Witnesses: Nergal-šarru-uṣur, son of Šulmu-manu-aḫu-iddin |
| 8 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}UTU-PAB-AŠ A {m}{d}DI-man-KAM | Witness: Šamaš-aḫu-iddina, son of Salmaneser, |
| 9 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}BA.U₂-KUR-u-a {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR MAN | Witness: Babu-šadû'a, royal charioteer |
| 10 | [IGI] {⸢m}DINGIR⸣-A-MAN-DU₃-⸢uš⸣ A {m}MAN-PAB | Witness: Ilī-apla-šarru-ibni-eušue, son of Sargon (II). |
| 11 | [IGI {m}x-x-x]-x {[lu₂}UŠ]-KI.UŠ | Witness ..., cohort-commander. |
| 12 | IGI {m}{d}30-⸢I⸣ [A {m}x-x-x]-a | Witness Sîn-nādin-apli, son of a. |
| 13 | IGI {m}{d}PA-PAB-[x-(x)] | Witness Nabû-aḫu-. |
| 14 | IGI {m}pa-šu-šu IGI {m}10-x-[x-x]-x | Witness Pašû. Witness Adad-. |
| 15 | [IGI {m]}⸢x-x⸣-[x] ⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}PA-MAN-PAB | Witness: ..., witness: Nabû-šarru-uṣur |
| 16 | [IGI {m}x-x-x-x]-x IGI {m}SUM-PAB.MEŠ | Witness ... Witness Iddin-ahhe. |
| 17 | [IGI {m}x-x-x-x-x]-x | Witness . |
| 18 | [IGI {m}x-x-x-(x) IGI {m]}ARAD-[x-(x)] | Witness . Witness Urdu-. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢IGI⸣ {[m]}PAB-sa-lam [...] | Witness: Aḫu-salam |
| a | ʾ d [...] z y š l [...] | |
| b | b n x [...] x p [...] | |
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