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VA Bab 00629 (X000025)

Royal/Monumental, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationVA Bab 00629
IDX000025
Museum no.VA Bab 00629
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreRoyal/Monumental
Find spotBabylon
Coordinates32.5350, 44.4258

English translation

By ORACC project ribo/sources · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse Column i [0:1] i' 1i 1–i' 1i 1A barley stubble field of [...],
Obverse Column i [1:2] i' 22–i' 22[in the] uza irrigation district,
Obverse Column i [2:3] i' 33–i' 33[(its) flank border]ing (the field of) Ayakala,
Obverse Column i [3:4] i' 44–i' 44[(which is) the field of] Diŋir-luti,
Obverse Column i [4:7] i' 55–i' 77PN [has leased in tenancy from Diŋir]-luti at the rate of one-third (of the annual yield).

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1[x] ⸢na⸣-bi-um-IBILA-[...]
2[x x]-ut [x x]-⸢men⸣-[...]
3⸢ti⸣-ri-[x x]-⸢ti {d⸣}[...]
4i₃-nu-um ⸢i-na me₂-eṣ⸣-[...]-ma-nim a-⸢na⸣-[x]-⸢ma⸣
5ina a₃-aš-ra-[x x] ⸢na-bi-um u₃⸣ [...].MEŠ-[...]-ʾa-a ka-⸢a-a-nim⸣
6šu-ut ku-⸢un-ni pa⸣-ar-ṣi-šu-nu ⸢u₃⸣ šu-⸢ul⸣-[...]-⸢de⸣-šu-un i-ta-ma-⸢a ka-bat-ta⸣
7a-na ki-it-ti u₃ mi-ša-[...]-⸢ša⸣-a uz-⸢na-a-a⸣
8{d}ša₃-zu EN mu-du-u₂ lib₃-bi ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ [x] ⸢ša⸣-me-e u₃ ⸢er-ṣe-tim⸣
9ša ta-ka-la-at ni-ši-im [...]-u₂ ⸢ka-a-a-nim⸣
10ia-a-ši ṣa-⸢ah-ri⸣-im ša i-na [...] ⸢lib₃-bi-ia⸣ ib-re-⸢e⸣-[x]
11i-na KUR ab-ba-⸢nu⸣-[...] re-še-e-tim
12a-na be-lu-⸢ut ma-a-ti u₃⸣ [...]-⸢ta-bi⸣ ni-bi-ta
13⸢u₂-ša-li-ik⸣ [x] ⸢LAMMA du⸣-[...] ⸢i⸣-di-ia
14i-na mim-ma e-⸢te⸣-[...]-⸢ip⸣-ra-am
15{d}NE₃.⸢ERI₁₁⸣.[...]-⸢li-ik i⸣-da-a-a
16⸢i-na⸣-ar ⸢a-a-bi⸣-[...]-⸢qi₃⸣-it ga-ri-ia
17aš-šu-ru-u₂ ša ul-tu [...]-⸢qu-te⸣ [x]-⸢ul⸣-la-at ni-ši-im i-be₂-lu-ma
18i-na ni-ri-šu ka-[x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ša-az-zi-qu ni-ši-im ma-a-ti
19⸢a-na⸣-ku en-šu-um [...]-qu mu-uš-te-uʾ-u₂ EN EN.EN
20[x]-⸢na⸣ e-mu-qu ⸢ga⸣-[x]-⸢ra⸣-a-ti ša {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU EN.MEŠ-e-a
21[...]-ka-di-i še-ep-šu-nu ap-ru-us-ma ni-ir-šu-nu u₂-ša-ad-di
22⸢i₃-nu-šu e₂⸣-PA-GIN₂-ti-la E₂ {d}nin-urta ša qe₂-reb šu-an-na{ki}
23ša₂ ul-la-nu-u₂-a LUGAL mah-ri u₂-še-pi-šu-ma la ig-mu-ru ši-pir-šu₂
24a-na te-diš-ti E₂ šu-a-ti GEŠTU.II ib-ši-ma
25ad-kam-ma um-ma-na-at {d}EN.LIL₂ {⸢d}UTU⸣ u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU
26u₂-ša-aš-ši {giš}al-lu e-⸢mi-id⸣ tup-šik-ku
27E₂ la qa₂-ta-a ag-⸢mu⸣-ur₂ ši-pi₂-ir-šu₂
28GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ šad-lu-tim u₂-⸢ša-at⸣-ri-ṣa ṣu-lul-šu₂
29{giš}IG.MEŠ ṣi-ra-a-tim u₂-rat-ta-a i-na KA₂.MEŠ-šu₂
30E₂ šu-a-ti ša₂-aš₂-ši-iš u₂-ša₂-an-bi-iṭ-⸢ma⸣ a-na {d}nin-urta EN-ia ki-ma u₄-mi u₂-nam-mir
31ma-na-ma LUGAL i-na ma-ti-ma lu-u₂ ⸢DUMU⸣ [x]-⸢u₂⸣ DUMU.DUMU a-li-ku a₃-ar-ki-ia
32ša {d}AMAR.UTU a-na be-lu-ut ma-a-ti ⸢i-na⸣-ab-bu-u₂ zi-ki-ir-šu₂
33ša e-mu-qu u₃ da-na-ni e ta-aš-du-ud a-na lib₃-bi-ka
34a₃-aš-ra-at {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ši-te-eʾ-e-ma li-na-ru ga-ri-ka
35{d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ i-ha-ṭu pi₂-i-im i-⸢ba⸣-ar-ri lib₃-bi
36ša it-ti {d}EN [x x]-⸢nu⸣ i-[x x]-⸢na⸣ iš-da-a-šu₂
37⸢ša it-ti⸣ [...] ⸢ki⸣-i-⸢nu⸣ u₂-[...]-⸢a-tim⸣
38⸢e⸣-[...]-⸢a-ti⸣ [x x]-⸢hu⸣-ma tu-pa-[...]
39[...]-ia a-mu-[x]-ma it-ti mu-[...]
40[...] ⸢AMAR⸣.UTU EN [...] ⸢ša⸣ [...]
41[x]-⸢ki⸣-ir šu-⸢mi-ka⸣ li-[...]

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