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out. The following will serve as an example of the style of 

 the wholly Akkadian documents : * 



" One acre of field-land beside the plantation of Ibni-Sin 

 the gardener and beside the field of Ura-Utu (the chief), (its) 

 end the field-land of the sons of Sin-azu, and its end the 

 field-land of Utuki-semi, the inheritance of Utuki-idinnam 

 son of Nannar-me-gis. With Utuki-idinnam son of Nannar- 

 me-gis, Sili-Innanna son of Hi-lag and Apil-ili his brother 

 have priced it, If shekels of silver they have weighed as its 

 complete price. For future days, for time to come, they 

 shall not dispute, they shall not withdraw. They have in- 

 voked the spirit of the king. 



"Before Nabi-Bel (son of Nidittu m ) ; 



" Before Kisti-Ura the scribe (?) ; 



" Before Sin-yatu m son of Pirhu" 1 ; 



" Before Ili-ikisa m son of Naram-Addi ; 



" Before Aplu m son of Sa-ili ; 



' Before Nannar-igi-guba, the ndru. 



" The tablet of the contracting-parties is ended. 



" Year of Tasmetu™." 

 I transcribe the text here : — 



(1) As gan gana-ki (2) da (gis)-sar Ibni-Sin, nu-{gis)-sar 

 (3) u da asag Uru-Utu, (4) saga gana-ki du^mes »>f- Sin-azu 

 (5) u saga-bi gana-ki >->f- Utuki-semi, (6) gala «->f- Utuki-idinnam, 

 d u _>^- Nannar-me-gis. (7) Ki Utuki-idinnam du >->f- Nannar- 

 me-gis, (8) Sili-Lnnanna du lli-lag (9) u Apil-ili, sesa-ni 

 (10) insisamames ; (11) gi-sanabi gin azaga (12) sama-tilani-su 

 innanlal (13) U-kur-su, u-nu-mea-kam (14) nu-mundapale 

 (15) nu-mungigine, (16) Mil lugala-li inpada. (17) Igi Nabi- 

 ->f Ellilla, etc., etc. (25) Mu ->f Tasmetu m .\ 



Anyone with a slight knowledge of Semitic languages 

 will see that the character of the above transcription is not 

 by any means Semitic. In the names, however, he will find 

 Semitic forms, as well as Akkadian, but the former pre- 

 dominate. The names with Semitic elements are Ibni-Sin, 

 " Sin has made," Utuki-semi, " Sungod, hear !" Utuki-idinnam, 

 "the Sungod has given," Apil-ili, "Son of God," Nabi-Bel, 

 "Prophet of Bel," etc., etc. Out of seventeen names 

 eleven have Semitic elements in them, and it is possible 

 that some of those that I have transcribed as Akkadian 



* Strassmaier's Texte Altbabylonische Vertrdge am Warka, No. 60. 

 According to the labels, these tablets came from Tell-Sifr. 



t The cuneiform text of this tablet with the variants from the version 

 on the envelope, will be given at the end. 



M 2 



