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VS 04, 186 (P371709)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371709 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00518 |
| 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)
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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 6 1/2 GIN₂⸣ [KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂]} | 1/3 mina 6 1/2 shekels of white silver |
| 2 | [ša₂ {f}ina]-⸢e₂-sag-il₂-ra-mat DUMU.MI₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu⸣ | of Ina-esagil-ram, daughter of Balaṭu-e |
| 3 | ⸢DUMU {m}e-gi-bi ina UGU {m⸣}[BA]{ša₂}{d}AMAR.UTU | the son of Egibi against Iqiša-Marduk |
| 4 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{⸢su}iq-bi⸣ [DUMU {lu₂]}⸢SIMUG⸣ | son of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Nappahu |
| 5 | i-na {iti}KIN KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA | In the month of Elulu that silver, 1/3 mina |
| 6 | 6 1/2 GIN₂ i-nam-din | 6 1/2 shekels he will give. |
| r | ||
| 7 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-SUM.NA DUMU-šu₂ | Witnesses: Bel-iddin, his son |
| 8 | ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-ŠEŠ DUMU {m}maš-tuk-ku | From Iddin-šūzu, son of Maṣtukku. |
| 9 | {m}re-mut DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-⸢la⸣-a DUMU {lu₂}ŠU.HA | Emut, son of Šūla-Ea, descendant of Baʾeru |
| 10 | {m}{⸢d}NA₃-DU-NUMUN⸣ DUMU-⸢šu₂ ša₂⸣ {m}GI-{d}⸢AMAR.UTU DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG⸣ | Nebuchadnezzar, son of Mušallim-Marduk, descendant of Nappahu |
| 11 | {m}[GI-{d}AMAR.UTU] DUB.SAR ⸢A-šu₂⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢šu⸣-zu-bu | Mušallim-Marduk, the scribe of Ea-šu-e23, belonging to Eshu-zubu. |
| 12 | [A {m}ka-nik-KA₂] ⸢TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}NE⸣ | descendant of Kanik-babi. (In) Babylon. Month of Abu. |
| 13 | [UD 20 1-LA₂-KAM MU 2-KAM {m}da-ri-⸢ia⸣-[muš] | 20th day, 1st year, 2nd year of Darius, |
| 14 | [LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR] | king of Babylon, king [of the lands] |
Sources & licences
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