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Iraq 50, 25-30 (P543023)
Administrative, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 50, 25-30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P543023 |
| Museum no. | 48-11-4, 280 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [iš-tu {iti}... U₄ x]+5KAM₂ li-me {m}mu-šab-ši-u₂-{d}IMIN.⸢BI⸣ [...] | From the month , [x]+5th day, eponymy of Mušabšiu-Sebetti |
| 2 | [...] {m}{d}šal₂-ma-nu-SAG UGULA{lu₄} DUMU {d}IŠKUR-[ERIM.TAH₂ UGULA{li₃]} | ... Šalmanu-ašarēd, the overseer, son of Adad-nīrāri’i, (also) overseer |
| 3 | [DUMU GID₂-de-en-DINGIR UGULA{lim]-ma} ri-ik-sa a-na KUR-šu [ir-ku-us₂] | son of Arik-dēn-ili, the overseer, a pledge to his land he made. |
| 4 | [šum-ma ...] u₃ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša u₂-ra-si ša {iri}⸢LIMMU₂⸣-[DINGIR lu ša ...] | If ... and the troops of the fortress of Arbela or of |
| 5 | [...]-⸢sa⸣ ša KUR gab-be lu ša ŠU {[lu₂}...] | ... of all the lands, or of the hand of ... |
| 6 | [...] u₂-kal-lu-ni a-na 1 MU-šu-nu-ma la-[a ...] | ... they hold. For one year not ... |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-na ṭe₂-a-ni id-du-nu [i-ṭe₂-nu ...] | ... they gave to you, they gave |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-na ŠITIM 2 BAN₂ ŠE [...] | ... for the builder 2 seahs of barley |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-na ERIN₂-MEŠ ša u₂-⸢ra⸣-[si ...] | ... to the troops who ... |
| 10 | [... a-na] ṭe₂-a-ni id-du-nu i-ṭe₂-nu ⸢i+na⸣ PISAN₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | ... they gave to you, they gave. |
| 11 | [...] i-ma-du-du ša i+na ri-⸢ik⸣-[si ...] | ... he will measure out. That in the rīk-esi |
| 12 | [... ša-aṭ]-⸢ru⸣-ni ma-a ERIN₂-MEŠ ša ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... he said: “The troops of ... |
| 13 | [... ERIN₂-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ u₂-ra-si ŠITIM 2 BAN₂ ⸢ŠE⸣ [...] | ... troops of the ēša-e23 temple of Urasi, the builder 2 seahs of the temple of |
| 14 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ti u₃ 1 BAN₂ ŠE a-na ERIN₂-[MEŠ ...] | ... and 1 seah of barley for the troops |
| 15 | [...] šu-nu ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... his hand ... |
| 16 | [...] u₃ a-na MUNUS-MEŠ [...] | ... and to women |
| 17 | [...] a-⸢ki⸣-a [...] | ... of A’ea |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ša⸣ {iri}⸢LIMMU₂⸣-[DINGIR ...] | ... the temple of the city Arbela |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ni ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the eše-priestess |
| 2' | [...]-ni ša-ak-nu-ni [...] | ... is placed ... |
| 3' | [... i-ba]-qu-ru-uš i+na ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... they will pluck up. In the ... |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KI-šu ma-ma-<te> e-ta-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [...] | ... with him, someone has done it |
| 5' | [...] u₃ 7{a-te} a-na EN ⸢de⸣-[ni-šu ...] | ... and seven to his lord |
| 6' | [šum-ma LU₂ e-ma]-⸢ra⸣ i-rad-de u₃ mal-qi₂-⸢ta⸣ [...] | If a man is seized by ema-ēriš and malqi-e-tā’e-23 |
| 7' | [...] ha-zi-a-nu i-kal-lu-uš [...] | ... the haziānu-demon holds ... |
| 8' | [... e]-⸢ma⸣-ra i-rad-de u₃ ma-al-qi₂-⸢ta⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... goes up to the eagle(?) and ... (Akk) The ... that goes up ... and the mashtâta ritual ... |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣-šu i-ba-taq₂-šu u₃ šum-ma LU₂ [...] | ... his ... will be cut off and if a man |
| 10' | [...] u₂-nu-ta i-laq-qe₂ GAL URU-DIDLI [...] | ... he will take the equipment. The chief of the cities |
| 11' | [...]-qu-uš šum-ma GAL URU-DIDLI LU₂ HA.LA [...] | If the chief of the cities a man the share |
| 12' | [...]-bi u₃ ha-am-su LUGAL i-ta-har la-[a ...] | ... and the king has received his payment, not ... |
| 13' | [...] šur-qa u₃ hi-ṭa ša LUGAL [i-na-aš₂-ši] | ... he will be killed and the penalty of the king will be imposed. |
| 14' | [šum-ma ...]-mu šu-nu il-lu-ku-u₂-ni [...] | If that ... they will come |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₂-ṣa-bu-tu e-em ⸢ṣi-x⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... the ešû demon, the one who ... (Akk) The ... demons, when they ... |
| 16' | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ ka-ni-ka-te-šu-nu [...] | ... their seals |
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