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VS 04, 073 (P371597)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371597 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00115 |
| 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 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa nu-⸢uh-hu⸣-[tu₄] | 1 mina of silver, (measured) by one-eighth alloy |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}gi-mil-lu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ | From Gimillu, son of Marduk-šum-ibni. |
| 3 | A {lu₂}SIMUG ina muh-hi {m}{d}NA₃-ba-laṭ-⸢su⸣-iq-bi | from the Nappahu family by Nabu-balat-esu-iqbi |
| 4 | A-šu₂(DIŠ) ša₂ {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU A {lu₂}SIMUG | son of Mušallim-Marduk, descendant of Nappahu |
| 5 | ša₂ MU ina UGU 1 ma-ne₂-e 12 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | That year, for 1 mina 12 shekels of silver |
| 6 | ina muh-hi-šu₂ i-rab-bi | will accrue against him. |
| 7 | E₂-su ša₂ DA ⸢E₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU⸣-MU-⸢URU₃⸣ | his house is next to the house of Marduk-šuma-uṣur |
| 8 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}NA₃-⸢šu-u₂ A {lu₂}BAHAR₂⸣ | son of Sha-Nabu-ešû, descendant of Paharu |
| 9 | [maš]-⸢ka⸣-nu ša₂ {m}gi-mil-lu | an heir of Gimillu |
| 10 | {[lu₂}TUKU]{⸢u₂⸣} ša₂-nam-ma ina UGU ul i-⸢šal-laṭ⸣ | No other person shall raise a claim against it. |
| r | ||
| 11 | [a-di] ⸢UGU {m}gi⸣-mil-lu KU₃.BABBAR-⸢šu₂⸣ | until Gī-emillu, the silversmith |
| 12 | [(a₄ 1 MA.NA) i]-šal-li-mu ul-⸢tu₂⸣ | they will pay back in full 1 mina. |
| 13 | ⸢UD 1-KAM⸣ ša₂ {iti}GU₄ UR₅.RA ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ | 1st day of Ayyaru, eponymy of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur. |
| 14 | ina muh-hi-šu₂ i-rab-bi {lu₂}mu-⸢kin-nu⸣ | will accrue against him. |
| 15 | {m}{d}EN-u₂-sa-tu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃-x-ZALAG₂⸣ | Bel-usat, son of Nabu-x-nuri, |
| 16 | A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}30 {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-bul-liṭ | descendant of Nur-Sin; Nabu-eṭir-bulliṭ |
| 17 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ba-laṭ-su-iq-bi A {lu₂}SIMUG | son of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Nappahu |
| 18 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}ha-ba-ṣi-ru A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A | the scribe Habaṣiru, son of Nabu-bani-apli |
| 19 | A {m}MU-lib₂-ši TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}BARA₂ | from the Šumu-libši family. Babylon. Nisannu. |
| 20 | UD 28-KAM MU 2-KAM {m}kam-bu-zi-⸢ia⸣ | 28th day, 2nd year of Cambyses. |
| 21 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | King of Babylon, king of the lands. |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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