OECT 09, 73 (P342410)
Business / Contracts, Hellenistic, Kish · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 73 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342410 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0174b |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
English translation
By McEwan, Gilbert J. P. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | According to the word of Bel, may it (the transaction) go well. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Belšunu, son of [PN], said to Belessunu thus [...]: |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Please give [PN ...] in marriage. [Let her be a wife.] |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [...] until now [...] a seal [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | Bel-X, [scribe ...]. Hursagkalama. [month ... day ... year ...], Alexander [(was) king] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Seal of Bel-kuṣuršu, son of Nur-Marduk |
| Top Column ii [0:2] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1–t.e. ii 22 | Seal of Hiaši-Marduk, [son of ...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Seal of Marduk-šum-lišir, son of Amel-Marduk |
| Left Column ii [0:2] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1–l.e. ii 22 | Seal of Bel-uballissu, [...] |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Seal of [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ina a-mat {d}EN liš-lim | |
| 2 | {m}EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ {m}{d}⸢x-x⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | a-na {f}⸢GAŠAN⸣-su-nu [...] | |
| 4 | iq-bi um-ma {f}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 5 | a-na DAM-u₂-⸢tu₄ bi⸣-[in-nam-ma lu-u₂ DAM ši-i] | |
| 6 | x x te an x [...] | |
| 7 | a-di-i e-nin-[ni ...] | |
| 8 | ku-nu-⸢uk⸣-ʾu i-[...] | |
| 9 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {m}{d}EN—⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | HUR.SAG—KALAM-⸢MA⸣{[ki} {iti}x U₄ x-KAM₂ MU x-KAM₂] | |
| 3' | {m}a-lik-sa-an-[dar LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}EN—ku-ṣur-šu₂ | |
| 2 | A {m}ZALAG₂—{d}ŠU₂ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}hi-a-⸢ši⸣-{d}ŠU₂ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}ŠU₂—⸢MU⸣—GIŠ | |
| 2 | A {m}LU₂—mar-duk-u₂ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {m}{d}EN—DIN-⸢su⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-MEŠ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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