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VS 04, 090 (P371614)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371614 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00130 |
| 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 | 1/3 MA.NA 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-⸢qa⸣ | 1/3 mina 4 shekels of silver which is in 1 shekel of eqae, |
| 2 | ša₂ {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat DUMU.⸢MI₂⸣-[šu₂] | From Ina-Esagil-ram, his daughter. |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}e-gi-bi ina muh-hi {m}BA{⸢ša₂-a⸣} | from Balaṭu, son of Egibi, incumbent on Iqišaya |
| 4 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su}iq-bi A {m}{lu₂}SIMUG ina {iti}DU₆ | son of Nabu-balassu-iqbi from the Nappahu family in the month of Tašritu |
| 5 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA 4 GIN₂ i-nam-din GI-MEŠ ⸢ep⸣-šu-tu | He will pay the 1/3 mina 4 shekels of silver. The reeds |
| 6 | u₃ gi-šub-bu-u₂ ma-la HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂-a} | and reed bundles, as much as the share of Iqišaya |
| 7 | ša₂ it-ti {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SU u {m}{d}EN-SUR ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | who is with Bel-eriba and Bel-ereš his brothers |
| 8 | maš-ka-nu ša₂ {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat | an interest-bearing loan of Ina-Esagil-ramat |
| 9 | u₂-il₃-ti₃-MEŠ mah-ri-tu₄ ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂-a} | earlier debts of Iqiša |
| r | ||
| 10 | ša₂ ina E₂ {m}MU-{d}NA₃ u₃ {f}ina-e₂-sag-il₂-<ra-mat> | which are in the house of Šumma-Nabû and Ina-esagil-cramat |
| 11 | DAM-šu₂ e-ṭir-tu₄ ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂-a} ši-i | His wife is a slave of Iqiša. |
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-A-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-ma-a A {lu₂}ŠITIM | Witnesses: Nabu-aplu-iddin, son of Šumâ, descendant of Itinnu |
| 13 | {m}{d}U.GUR-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}gu-la A {m}{d}30-SIZKUR₂-ŠE.GA | Nergal-iddin, son of Taqiš-Gula, descendant of Sin-šaddû-iqbi |
| 14 | {m}ki-din-nu A-šu ša₂ {m}MU-{d}NA₃ A {m}EN-e-ṭe₃-ru | Kidinnu, son of Šumma-Nabu, descendant of Bel-eṭeru |
| 15 | {m}la-a-ba-ši-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ | Labaši-Marduk, scribe, son of |
| 16 | {m}kur-ban-ni-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri | Kurbanni-Marduk, son of Šamaš-bari |
| 17 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}kin UD 25-KAM MU 2-KAM | Babylon, 25th day of Ululu, 2nd year |
| 18 | {m}da-ri-ia-<<mu>>-muš LUGAL E{ki} | Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 19 | LUGAL KUR.KUR-MEŠ | king of all lands |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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