Til-Barsip 20

CDLI P522610
Excavation no.: T 20
Primary publication(s): Til-Barsip 20

Provenance

Provenience: Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) (Pleiades ID: 658410)
Archive: 001 - Hanni Archive (House C1)

Object Details

Object type: tablet, envelope
Material: clay
Script: Neo-Assyrian
Sealed/Marked: yes
Seal/Mark Type: stamp seal
Seal Owner(s): Zabinu

Text Details

Language: Akkadian, Aramaic? (Neo-Assyrian)
Genre: Legal Transaction
Subgenre: debt note (silver)
Debtor: Zabinu

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Ashurbanipal (668–ca. 631 BC)
Dated: yes
Date: 649-III-02 (Simānu 2nd, eponymy after that of Bēl-Harrān-šaddû’a)

Views

Til-Barsip 20 [debt note (silver)]


Obverse
o 1o 1	08 [GÍN.(MEŠ) KÙ.BABBAR]	(1) Eight shekels of silver belonging to Sasî, at the disposal of Zabinu. The silver shall increase by one-third.
o 22	ša ^msa-si-⸢i⸣
o 33	ina IGI ^mza-bi-nu
o 44	KÙ.BABBAR a-na 03-su-[šú]
o 55	GAL-bi ITI.⸢GU₄⸣	(5) Month Ayyāru (II), overlap of two days.
o 66	ú-tur UD-02-⸢KÁM⸣
Bottom
b.e. 7b.e. 7	IGI ^m10-[x]	(7) Witness: Adad-[...].
b.e. 88	IGI ^min-[da-ni]	(8) Witness: Indani.
Reverse		(8) Witness: Indani.
r 9r 9	IGI ^mba-ni-[i]	(9) Witness: Banî.
r 1010	IGI ^mITI.AB-[a-a]	(10) Witness: Kanun[ayu].
r 1111	IGI ^mḫa-te	(11) Witness: Hate.
r 1212	IGI ^mma-ri-su	(12) Witness: Marisu.
Top		(12) Witness: Marisu.
t.e. 13t.e. 13	IGI ^ma-tar-[SU]	(13) Witness: Atar-[eriba].
t.e. 1414	⸢IGI⸣ [^m10-x (x)]	(14) Witness: Adad-[...].
Left		(14) Witness: Adad-[...].
l.e. 15l.e. 15	IGI ^mMAN-di-li	(15) Witness: Šarru-dili.
Envelope

env o 1env o 1	NA₄.KIŠIB ^m⸢za^!-bi⸣-[nu]	(env o 1) Seal of Zab[inu].
env o 22	08 GÍN ⸢KÙ.BABBAR⸣	(env o 2) Eight shekels of silver belonging to S[asî],
env o 33	ša ^m⸢sa^!⸣-[si-i]	(env o 3) at the disposal of Za[binu]. The silver [shall increase] by [one-third].
	stamp seal impressions
env o 44	ina IGI ^mza-[bi-nu]
env o 55	KÙ.BABBAR a-na [03-su-šú GAL-bi]
Bottom
env b.e. 6env b.e. 6	ITI.SIG₄ UD-⸢02^!⸣-[KÁM lim-mu]	(env b.e. 6) Month Simānu (III), 2nd day, the year after [the eponym year of] Bel-Har[ran-šaddûʾa].
env b.e. 77	ša EGIR ^mEN-⸢KASKAL⸣-[KUR-u-a]
env b.e. 88	IGI ^m10-x-[x]	(env b.e. 8) Witness: Adad-[...].
		(env b.e. 8) Witness: Adad-[...].
env r 9env r 9	IGI ^min-da-⸢ni⸣	(env r 9) Witness: Indan[i].
env r 1010	IGI ^mITI.AB-a-[a]	(env r 10) Witness: Kanunay[u].
env r 1111	IGI ^mMAN-di-li	(env r 11) Witness: Šarru-dili.
env r 1212	IGI ^m10-[x (x)]	(env r 12) Witness: Adad-[...]
env r 1313	IGI ^mḫa^!-te	(env r 13) Witness: Hate.
env r 1414	IGI ^mba-⸢ni^!⸣-[i]	(env r 14) Witness: Banî.
env r 1515	IGI mar-su	(env r 15) Witness: Marisu.
env r 1616	IGI ^ma-tar-SU	(env r 16) Witness: Atar-eriba.

Adapted from Stephanie Dalley, “Neo-Assyrian Tablets from Til Barsib," Abr-Nahrain 34 (1996–97) pp. 66–99, by Jamie Novotny and Poppy Tushingham (2021) for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), which is funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The text was lemmatized by Jamie Novotny and the English translation was adapted by Poppy Tushingham from Dalley’s translation. The online edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/atae/P522610/.