AchHist 15, 005 (P202351)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P202351 |
| Museum no. | BM 102251 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
English translation
By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] 11–88 | [Šulā son of] Ṣillā of the Ilia family has [voluntarily] freed [his] slave Kalbā to the status of mār-banê. Šulā sealed and gave to Kalbā a [ (+size) ] garden, planted with date palm trees, [in the district of] Kandurû in the Fifty of Bīt-[x], [the inheritance] that Šulā [divided?] with [his brothers?].1 |
| Obverse [8:11] 99–1111 | As long as Šulā lives, Šulā will give [x] + 1 sūtu kasû and haṣbu-vat(s) to Kalbā. |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | Kalbā will brew 150 vats of billatu beer a year and deliver (them) for the sacred meal of Šulā. |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | Kalbā is responsible for making clear billatu beer and xx. |
| Obverse [15:19] 1616–1919 | Šulā will pay five kurru of barley a year as rations to Kalbā. |
| Obverse [18:30] 1919–3131 | Witnesses: Ezida-šumu-ukīn/Bēl-uballiṭ/Ilšu-abūšu the overseer of the butchers, Nabû-bēlšunu/Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Ilšu-abūšu, Balāṭu/Ṣillā/Ilia, Nabû-nādin-ahi/Kiribtu/Ilī-bāni, Nabû-tabni-uṣur/Esagil-mukīn-apli/Bēliya’u, Etellu/Kūnā/Ilšu-abūšu, Nabû-tabni-uṣur/Nabû-šumu-x/FN, [PN]. |
| Obverse [28:30] 3030–3131 | Scribe: Nabû-mukīn-šumi(?)/[PN]. Borsippa, Nbk 10-III-22?. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}šu-la-a A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}ṣil-la-a A {m}DINGIR-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ina hu-ud lib₃]-bi-šu₂ {m}kal-ba-a {lu₂}qal-⸢la⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | [a-na] {lu₂}DUMU DU₃-u₂-tu u₂-zak-[ki] | |
| 4 | [x x] x {giš}KIRI₆ {giš}GIŠIMMAR-MEŠ zaq-pu | |
| 5 | [ina {garim]}kan-du-ru-u₂ ina 50{e} ša₂ E₂ [x x] | |
| 6 | [HA.LA] ša₂ {m}šu-la-a it-ti ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂ zu-u₂-zu] | |
| 7 | {[m}šu]-la-a ik-nu-uk-[ma] | |
| 8 | [pa-ni {m]}kal-ba-a u₂-šad-gil | |
| 9 | [u₄-mu] ma-la {m}šu-la-a bal-laṭ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x+1 BAN₂ ka]-si-ia u₃ {dug}[ha-aṣ-bu] | |
| 11 | {[m}šu-la-a] a-na {m}kal-ba-[a i-nam-din] | |
| 12 | [MU].AN.NA 150 {dug}dan-nu ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA] | |
| 13 | {[m]}kal-ba-a [i-bal]-lal-ma | |
| 14 | [a-na] nap-ta-nu ša₂ {[m}šu-la-a i-nam-din] | |
| 15 | [pu-ut] KAŠ.U₂.SA har-ṣu u [te-bu-x x x] | |
| 16 | {[m}kal-ba]-a na-ši MU.AN.[NA 5 GUR ŠE.BAR] | |
| 17 | [ŠUK.HI.A {m}šu-la-a a-na {m}kal-ba-a] | |
| 18 | [i-nam-din] | |
| 19 | {[lu₂}mu-kin]-nu {m}E₂.ZI.DA-MU-u₂-kin | |
| 20 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m]}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ {lu₂}PA GIR₂.LA₂-MEŠ | |
| 21 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu)>} {m}{d]}⸢AG⸣-EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GIN A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 23 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu])>} {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ṣil-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 24 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu])>} {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti A {m}DINGIR-ba-ni | |
| 25 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu])>} {m}{d}AG-DU₃-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}E₂.SAG.ILA₂-[GIN-IBILA] | |
| 26 | A {m}{d}EN-ia-u₂ | |
| 27 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu])>} {m}e-tel-lu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 28 | {<[MIN({lu₂}mu-kin-nu])>} {m}{d}AG-DU₃-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-x x A x x x | |
| 30 | {[lu₂]}DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-GIN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[x x x x x] | |
| 31 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 10-KAM | |
| 32 | MU 22+n-[KAM] {m}{d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} |
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