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TMH 02-3, 144 (P551305)
Legal, Achaemenid, Nippur · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 02-3, 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P551305 |
| Museum no. | HS 0588 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| top 2 | son of Barik-il |
| left 16 | Seal of Iri-Enlil |
| reverse 31 | Enlil-uballi, Ninurta-ah-iddin, the bodyguard of the Weapon of Ur, son of |
| right 22 | Seal of Aya |
| left 17 | son of ar-t-Ninurta |
| obverse 17 | which they had done, and the ziggurat which they had taken, 1 talent of silver: Baga'miri. |
| obverse 19 | Bagamiri will clear that arable land and give (it) to Enlil-um-iddin. |
| obverse 11 | The arable land is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| obverse 2 | Muraû said as follows: “The arable land is seized and the gate is seized and the gate is seized.” |
| top 6 | Seal of Remut-Ninurta |
| reverse 25 | ama-ah-iddin, son of Ninurta-eir, Ninurta-nir and Nergal-mutirru, sons of |
| reverse 34 | Tablet of Baga'miri, son of Mitrati, in place of his seal. |
| obverse 14 | of those 60 years, Baga'miri, son of Mitratu, received from Enlil-um-iddin, son of |
| obverse 20 | from month I of the 37th year of Artaxerxes, the king, |
| bottom 13 | Seal |
| top 3 | Seal |
| right 21 | son of Tiriya |
| bottom 12 | Seal of Ninurta-iddin, son of Ninurta-eriba |
| reverse 23 | Iddin-Enlil, son of arru-ti-Ninurta, Qudâ, son of Muraû, Iddin-Ninurta and Ah-iddin, sons of |
| reverse 28 | Kudurru, son of Iddinaya, um-iddin, son of Ura-iddin, Aplaya, son of KA-iqia |
| obverse 5 | and adjacent to the arable land of ama-ni-umi, descendant of Nippur; |
| obverse 1 | Baga'miri, son of Mitratu, voluntarily sold (this property) to Enlil-um-iddin, son of |
| obverse 12 | which are present for a banquet until 60 years he will see. |
| top 7 | son of Enlil-atin |
| obverse 3 | of Rundtu, my father’s brother. |
| right 19 | son of Inurta-uballi |
| obverse 13 | That stu of land belongs to Enlil-um-iddin to Baga'miri. |
| top 9 | son of Enlil-bana |
| obverse 16 | and that arable land belongs to Bagamiri, to Enlil-um-iddin. |
| obverse 21 | For a bow and a door, at the disposal of Enlil-um-iddin, son of Muraû. |
| obverse 4 | and the houses in the city of Galiya, adjacent to the field of Nabû-ahhe-iddin, son of Ninurta-iddin; |
| obverse 6 | descendant of Balau; on the bank of the ilitu-waterway; on the bank of the ilitu-waterway; |
| right 20 | Seal of ama-uballi |
| reverse 26 | Nabû-ahhe-iddin, Iddin-Marduk, son of Balssu-Marduk, Aplaya, son of Enlil-balassu-iqbi |
| reverse 27 | Ubru-Enlil, son of Enlil-bana, Balau, son of Belunu, Iria, son of abiya |
| reverse 35 | Scribe: Ninurta-nir, son of Ir-Enlil, son of Nusku-uabi. |
| top 37 | From the field of Esaggil-bellet, daughter of Enlil-ittannu, mother of Baga'miri wrote, |
| reverse 29 | Labai, son of Nadin, Imbiya, son of Kidin, um-iddin, son of Tattannu |
| obverse 7 | (Property) of Run-pati, the interpreter scribe of Artarê. |
| bottom 11 | son of Inurta-eir |
| top 8 | Seal of Eriba-Enlil |
| obverse 15 | Muraû is paid. Should he litigate in the lawsuit, he will not succeed. |
| reverse 32 | Nergal-ekalma, Ninurta-ana-eu, the pqud of the Apl-gula, son of Luidiya |
| right 18 | Seal of Iri-Ninurta |
| reverse 24 | Ninurta-uballi, Na'di-Ninurta, son of Enlil-um-ukn, Rmt-Ninurta, son of Enlil-hatin |
| reverse 22 | Witnesses: Banê, son of Bari-ki-ili, Ninurta-iddin, and Enlil-um-iddin, sons of Ninurta-eriba. |
| top 4 | Qudâ |
| obverse 10 | He heard him, and the seed was gathered, and the gate was gathered, his share and the share of Rundtu, his father. |
| top 1 | Seal of bya |
| bottom 14 | Sîn-um-iddin |
| obverse 9 | and the seed grain, the gate of the ulpu-service, are paid in full. |
| reverse 33 | Bel-ittannu, son of Bel-bullissu; Uspara, son of Daarparna; ama-uballi, son of Tiraya |
| reverse 30 | Ubru-Anu, the gatekeeper of the Aplmu, son of Ninurta-iddin, Enlil-iddin, the gatekeeper of the king: |
| bottom 10 | Seal of ama-ah-iddin |
| reverse 36 | Artaxerxes, king of the lands. |
| obverse 18 | Should a claim arise concerning that arable land, he will clear it and pay the 12-fold penalty to Enlil-um-iddin. |
| bottom 15 | son of Inurta-eriba |
| top 5 | son of Muraû |
| obverse 8 | Let me send for 60 years the arable land to the bow for 20 kurru of dates. |
| right 23 | son of Enlil-balassu-iqbi |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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