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VS 04, 066 (P371590)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371590 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00105 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | 1 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa nu-uh-hu-ti₃ | 1 1/3 minas of nuhhutu-silver of one-eighth alloy, |
| 2 | ša₂ {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat DUMU.MI₂-su ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu | of Ina-Esagil-ram, daughter of Balaṭu |
| 3 | A {m}e-gi-bi ina UGU {m}{d}NA₃-A-MU {m}ni-din-tu₄ | from the Egibi family by Nabu-aplu-iddin Nidintu |
| 4 | u {m}eri-ba-a ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU A {m}ir-a-nu | and Eribaya, his brothers, sons of Bel-iddin, descendant of Ir’anu |
| 5 | E₂-su-nu ša₂ DA E₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu u DA E₂ {m}mu-na-ah-hiš-{d}AMAR.UTU | Their house is next to the house of Balaṭu and next to (the house of) Munnahhiš-Marduk. |
| 6 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAD₂ A {lu₂}A.ZU maš-ka-nu ša₂ {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat | son of Nabu-kaṣir, descendant of Ištar, the guarantor of Ina-esagil-ramat |
| 7 | i-di ⸢E₂⸣ ia-a-nu u UR₅.<RA> KU₃.BABBAR ia-a-nu | There is no rent for the house, and there is no interest on the silver. |
| 8 | a-di 2 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ ar₂-ki 2 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | For two years the house is at his disposal. After two years |
| 9 | KU₃.BABBAR aʾ 1 1/3 MA.NA a-na {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat | 1 1/3 minas of silver to Ina-Esagil-ramat |
| 10 | i-nam-din-ma E₂ ina IGI-šu₂-nu tu-maš-šar bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u | He will give it, and you will remove the house from their presence. The repair of the wall footing |
| 11 | ta-ṣab-bat u₂-ru ta-ša₂-an-nu ul-tu UD 17-KAM | From the 17th day |
| 12 | ša₂ {iti}APIN E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ | of Araḫsamnu the house is at his disposal. |
| r | ||
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}gi-mil-lu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ | Witnesses: Gimillu, son of Marduk-šum-ibni |
| 14 | A {lu₂}SIMUG {m}MU-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}a-qar-a A {m}sip-pe-e | from the Nappahu family, Šumma-Bel, son of Aqara, descendant of Sippe |
| 15 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-u₂-ṣur A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-GI | Marduk-šumu-uṣur, son of Bel-ukin |
| 16 | A {lu₂}PA.ŠE{ki} {m}SUM.NA-{d}EN {lu₂}UMBISAG | from the Pašub family, Iddin-Bel, the scribe |
| 17 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAR{ir} A {m}{lu₂}SANGA-{d}NIN.URTA | son of Nabu-eṭir, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta |
| 18 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}DU₆-KAM UD 22-KAM MU 8-<KAM> {m}ku-ra-aš₂ | Babylon, 22nd day of Tašritu, 8th year of Cyrus, |
| 19 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | King of Babylon, king of the lands. |
Sources & licences
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