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VS 04, 138 (P371661)
Receipt, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371661 |
| Museum no. | VAT 05472 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Receipt |
| 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 | 1/2 GIN₂ 4-tu₂ LA₂{ṭi} KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [BABBAR{u₂]} | 1/2 shekel and a fourth deficit of silver (and) white |
| 2 | [ša₂ ina] 1 GIN₂ bit-qa nu-uh-⸢hu⸣-[tu] | of one-eighth alloy |
| 3 | {[m}MU]-{⸢d}NA₃⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-[NUMUN] | Šuma-e23, son of Nabu-ban-zeri |
| 4 | [A {lu₂]}SIMUG ina i-di E₂-⸢šu₂⸣ [(...)] | from the Nappahu family by the side of the house |
| 5 | [ina ŠU.II] {⸢f⸣}e-ṭir-tu₄ DUMU.MI₂-⸢su⸣ | from E’et-birtu, the daughter of Esû |
| 6 | [ša₂ {m}{d]}⸢NA₃⸣-NUMUN-BA{ša₂} DAM {m}NIM-⸢a⸣ | (Property) of Emanu-zer-iqiša, wife of Elam-ea. |
| 7 | [ma]-hi-ir 1{en}TA.AM₃ | Each has taken a copy. |
| 8 | ⸢ša₂⸣-ṭa-ri il-te-qu-u₂ | they have taken the eša-eṭari-plant |
| r | ||
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu | Witnesses: Nabu-ittannu, |
| 10 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}sag-gil-ia₂ | son of Marduk-zer-ibni, descendant of Saggilaya |
| 11 | {m}{d}EN-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{⸢d}EN A x⸣-[...] | Bel-eṭir, son of Šumma-Bel, descendant of |
| 12 | {m}{d}EN-KAD₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢DU₃-URU₃⸣ [A ...] | Bel-kaṣir, son of Nabu-bani-uṣur, descendant of |
| 13 | {m}{d}EN-SU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ni-⸢din-ti⸣ [A ...] | Bel-eriba, son of Nidintu-E, descendant of |
| 14 | {m}IR₃-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}UMBISAG [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] | Arad-Marduk, scribe, son of |
| 15 | A {m}e-gi-bi TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} {[iti}x] | from the Egibi family. Babylon, month |
| 16 | UD 30-KAM MU 13+(x)-⸢KAM⸣ | 30th day, 13+[x]th year. |
| 17 | {m}da-a-ri-⸢ia⸣-[muš] | Darius the Great King. |
| 18 | LUGAL E{ki} [u KUR.KUR] | king of Babylon and of all lands |
| l.e. | ||
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
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