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CT 51, 054 (P285916)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285916 |
| Museum no. | BM 034544 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Lease Contracts |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ ša₂ {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN DUMU {m}ši-rik | The house of Nidinti-Bel, son of Virik |
| 2 | ša₂ DA E₂ {m}SILA-a-a | which is next to the house of Šalaya |
| 3 | {m}ni-din-tu₄ DUMU {m}ši-rik A {m}e-gi₃-bi | Nidintu, son of Virik, descendant of Egibi |
| 4 | a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA | For the rent of the house for a year. |
| 5 | 14 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} a-na {m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN | 14 shekels of white silver to Itti-Šamaš-balaṭu |
| 6 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-du-nu A {m}DU₃{eš}DINGIR i-din-nu | son of Vadūnu, descendant of Ibni-ili he gave. |
| 7 | u₃ 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ša₂ mi-šil MU.AN.NA | and 7 shekels of white silver for the whole year |
| 8 | {m}ni-din-tu₄ ina ŠU.II {m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN | Nidintu from Itti-Šamaš-balaṭu |
| 9 | mah-ra KU₃.BABBAR {m}ni-din-tu₄ ki-i | before Nidintu the silver |
| 10 | u₂-te-er-ri a-na {m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN ⸢it-ta-din⸣ | returned, to Itti-Šamaš-balaṭu gave |
| r | ||
| 11 | E₂ {m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN ina IGI {m}ni-din-tu₄ un-taš-šir₃ | The house of Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu is at the disposal of Nidintu. |
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-BA-ša₂-an-ni | Witnesses: Marduk-iqišanni |
| 13 | DUMU ša₂ {m}gi-mil-lu A {m}mu-na-bit-tu | son of Gimillu, descendant of Munabittu |
| 14 | {m}IR₃-{d}EDIN-u₂-a DUMU {m}gi-mil-lu | Arad-Šerūa, son of Gimillu; |
| 15 | A {m}{d}30-na-din-MU {m}{d}NA₃-MU-GAR{un} | son of Sîn-nādin-šumi, (and) Nabonidus, |
| 16 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}ME.ME {m}bul-ṭa-a DUMU ša₂ | son of Taqiš-Gula; Bullit-Baya son of |
| 17 | {m}e-tel-lu A {m}{d}30-DINGIR | Etel-lu, son of Sin-ili |
| 18 | {m}lib-luṭ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU {m}ša₂-du-nu | Liblut, scribe, son of Vadūnu. |
| 19 | A {m}LU₂-{d}IDIM TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}NE UD 7-KAM | descendant of Amel-kabti. Babylon, 7th day of Abu. |
| 20 | MU 36-KAM {m}da-ri-a-muš | year 36 of Darius, |
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