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VS 04, 068 (P371592)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371592 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00512 |
| 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 | [x MA].⸢NA⸣ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}{d}⸢U.GUR⸣-[x-(x)] | [x] minas of silver belonging to Nergal- |
| 2 | [A-šu₂ ša₂] {⸢m⸣}{d}AMAR.UTU-eri-ba ⸢DUMU⸣ | Hand of Marduk-erība, the scribe |
| 3 | {[lu₂}SANGA]-{⸢d}UTU⸣ ina UGU {m}BA{ša₂-a} | Šangû-Šamaš-e3 against Iqīa |
| 4 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m]}⸢MU⸣-SUM.NA DUMU {lu₂}KU₃.TIM | Hand of E-šum-iddin, descendant of Kutim |
| 5 | [ul-tu] {⸢iti}ŠU ša₂⸣ ITI ina UGU | From the month of Duʾuzu (IV) to the end of month |
| 6 | 1 ma-ne₂]-e 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ina ⸢muh-hi-šu₂⸣ | 1 mina (and) 1 shekel of silver in the granary |
| 7 | [i-rab]-⸢bi⸣ E₂-su maš-⸢ka-nu⸣ | he will redeem his house, the guarantor |
| 8 | [ṣa-bit e-lat] ⸢u₂⸣-il₃-ti₃ mah-ri-tu₄ | who was entrusted to the previous ēšû-priests |
| 9 | [ša₂ x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ E₂ ⸢maš⸣-[ka-nu] | of x ēšu-boats, silver of the house of Emasvukanu |
| 10 | ⸢ṣa⸣-ab-ti | |
| r | ||
| 11 | {[lu₂}mu]-⸢kin⸣-nu {m}{d}NA₃-⸢KAR⸣-[ZI-MEŠ] | Witnesses: Nabu-eṭir-napšati |
| 12 | [A-šu₂ ša₂] {⸢m⸣}šu-zu-bu A {lu₂}⸢GAL.DU₃⸣ | son of Šuzubu, descendant of Rab-bane |
| 13 | {[m}DU₁₀.GA]-⸢GIŠ⸣.MI-{d}AMAR.UTU A-⸢šu₂ ša₂⸣ | Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, son of Ša-e23 |
| 14 | {[m}ba]-⸢la⸣-ṭu DUMU {lu₂}GAL.⸢DU₃⸣ | Baba-elati, descendant of Rab-bane |
| 15 | {[lu₂}UMBISAG] {m}⸢IR₃-{d}gu-la A-šu₂⸣ | Scribe: Ištar-Gula, son of E23 |
| 16 | [ša₂ {m}{d}EN]-⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU⸣ {m}na-bu-un-na-a-a | From Bel-ēšu-iddin, son of Nabunnaya. |
| 17 | [TIN.TIR{ki]} {iti}⸢SIG₄⸣ [UD] 18-KAM | Babylon, 18th day of Simanu. |
| 18 | [MU x-KAM] {m}ku-raš ⸢LUGAL E{ki⸣} | [year ...] of Kuraš, king of Babylon. |
| 19 | LUGAL KUR.[KUR] | king of all lands. |
Sources & licences
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