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VS 04, 158 (P371681)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 158 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371681 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01897 + 01963 |
| 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 | 2/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢BABBAR⸣{u₂} ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | 2/3 mina of silver, the ešabātu-plant, which is in one-eighth alloy |
| 2 | [nu-uh-hu-tu] ša₂ {m}še-el-le-bi | ... of Šēlebi |
| 3 | ⸢A-<šu₂> ša₂ {m}SUM.NA{a} A {lu₂}SIMUG ina UGU {m}eri-ba-a⸣ | son of Iddinaya, descendant of Nappahu, incumbent on Eribaya |
| 4 | A-<šu₂> ša₂ {m}SUM.NA{a} ⸢A {lu₂}SIMUG⸣ <ina> {iti}ŠE MU 23-KAM | son of Iddinaya, smith, in the month of Tammuz, year 23 |
| 5 | ina SAG.DU-šu₂ i-⸢nam-din⸣ E₂ ša₂ {[m}eri]-⸢ba-a maš-ka-nu⸣ | on his head he shall deliver. The house of Erībâ is his guarantee. |
| 6 | ša₂ {m}še-el-le-bi ⸢a-di-i KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2/3 MA.⸢NA⸣ | From Šēlebi, the eadî. That silver, 2/3 mina |
| 7 | BABBAR{u₂} ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa {⸢m}še-el⸣-le-bi in-ni-ṭi-ru | The white plant, which is one-eighth shekel of Šēl-ērebi, they have weighed out. |
| r | ||
| 8 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-tab-ni-⸢URU₃⸣ A-<šu₂> ša₂ {m}TIN | Witnesses: Nabû-tabni-ēreš, son of Balaṭu |
| 9 | A {m}e-gi-bi {m}u₂-⸢bar⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU | son of Egibi, Ubār-e23, son of Bel-iddin |
| 10 | {m}a-na-{d}EN-u₂-pa-qu A-<šu₂> ⸢ša₂ {m}{d}e₂-a-NUMUN-DU₃ A {lu₂}ŠU.HA⸣ | Ana-Bel-upaqu, son of Ea-zer-ibni, descendant of Baʾeru |
| 11 | {m}IR₃-ia A-<šu₂> ša₂ {m}SUM.⸢NA⸣-{d}NA₃ A {m}e-gi-bi | Iriya, son of Iddin-Nabu, descendant of Egibi |
| 12 | {⸢m}{d}EN-i-qi₂-ša₂ A-šu₂⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃]-⸢URU₃⸣-šu₂ A {m}tu-na-a | Bel-iqiša, son of Nabu-uṣuršu, descendant of Tunaya |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [... A] {⸢m}ga-hul₂⸣ | ... descendant of Gahul |
| 15 | [E{ki} {iti]}⸢GAN UD 21-KAM MU 22-KAM | Babylon, 21st day of Kislimu, 22nd year of |
| 16 | {[m}da-ri-ia]-muš LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR | Darius, king of Babylon and of all lands. |
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