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SEAL no. 34808 · BM 48498 (1881-11-03, 1209) · Chronicless · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

Obv.   

1 [a-na tar]-ṣi md[. . .]

2 [x x] x kur(gur) šīpātu(sígḫá) [. . .]

3 [ma]ḫīr([ki].lam) māti(kur)?-šú a-na [. . .]

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4 a-na tar-ṣi md[. . .]

maḫīru(ki.lam) in-ni-ip-pú-[. . .]

6 x ma-na erû(urudu) maḫīr(ki.lam) māti(kur)-[šú? . . .]

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ana tar-ṣi [Am]-mu-ra-p[í . . .]

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ana tar-ṣi Ku-ri-gal-z[u . . .]

šamaššammū(še.giš) 3? pān(pi) šīpātu(síg) 3 ma-[na . . .]

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10 šanat(mu) 21 marduk(damar.utu)-aplu(a)-iddina(sum) [. . .]

11 1 kur(gur) šeʾu(še) 1 kur(gur) su[luppū(zú.[lum.ma) . . .]

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12 šanat(mu) 13 kur? ku? áš? ka [. . .]

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13 šanat(mu) 9 nabû(dag)-kudu[rrī](níg.d[u])-u[ṣur(ù[ri) . . .]

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14 šanat(mu) 2? mar[duk(damar.[utu)- . . .]

15 sūtu(gišbán) 3? q[û(sì[la) . . .]

(Lacuna)

 

Rev.

(Lacuna?)

1' [x] x x x [. . .]

2' sūtu(gišbán) x q[û(sì[la) . . .]

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3' šanat(mu) 10 11 12 1[3? . . .]

4' šeʾu(še) 1 kur(gur) (erasure) x [. . .]

5' a?-na 4? šiqil(gín)? x [. . .]

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6' šanat(mu) 5 šanat(mu) 6 x [. . .]

7' sūtu(gišbán) 4? (sìla) [. . .]

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Translation

Obv.

1–3 [At the tim]e of [. . .], x kor of [. . .], wool [. . .], the market price of his land for [. . .].

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4–6 At the time of [. . .] used to be purchas[ed . . .] 10 minas of copper, the market price of [his] land [. . .].

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7 At the time of Ḫammurap[i . . .].

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8–9 At the time of Kurigalz[u, . . .] 3 pānu of sesame, 3 mi[nas] of wool [. . .].

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10–11 Year 21 of Merodach-baladan (I): [. . .] 1 kor of barley, 1 kor of dates [. . .]

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12 Year 13 . . . [. . .]

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13 Year 9 of Nebuchadne[zzar (I), . . .].

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14–15 Year 2(?) of Mar[duk-. . .], 1 seah [. . .] 3(?) q[û . . .].

(Lacuna)

 

Rev.

(Lacuna?)

1'–2' . . . [. . .] 1 seah [. . .] x q[û . . .].

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3'–5' Years 10, 11, 12, 1[3(?) . . .], 1 kor of barley [. . .] for 4 shekels [. . .].

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6'–7' Year 5, year 6, . . . [. . .], 1 seah, 4 [. . .].

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 34808; view on seal.huji.ac.il.