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VS 04, 197 (P371720)
Receipt, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 197 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371720 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00095 |
| 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 | u₂-il₃-ti₃ ša₂ 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.[BABBAR BABBAR{u₂]} | the debt note of 1/2 mina of white silver |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-SI.SA₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-DU [A {m}e-ṭe₃-ru] | of Nabu-šumu-lišir, son of Zer-ibni, descendant of Etel-Bēru |
| 3 | ša₂ ina UGU {m}la-a-ba-ši A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kur-⸢ban-ni⸣-{d}AMAR.UTU | which is incumbent on Labaši son of Kur-ebanni-Emarduk |
| 4 | A {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri u₃ E₂-su maš-ka-nu | son of Šamaš-bari, and his house are pledged. |
| 5 | ṣab-ta KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/2 MA.NA a-ki-i | The price of that 1/2 mina of silver is as follows: |
| 6 | u₂-il₃-ti₃-šu₂ ina ŠU.II {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ | his debts from Iddin-Nabu, his son |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN A {lu₂}SIMUG ma-hi-ra-nu E₂ | From Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu. Received by the house. |
| 8 | e-ṭir i-na {im}DUB GANBA ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ | I crossed. In the “Seal of the business of Iddin-Nabû |
| 9 | {m}{d}NA₃-MU-SI.SA₂ a-na ši-bu-tu | Nabû-šumu-lišir in perpetuity. |
| 10 | a-ši-ib | I have taken. |
| r | ||
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-SUM.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-ŠEŠ | Witnesses: Bel-iddin, son of Šuma-lēšir |
| 12 | A {m}maš-tuk {m}{d}NA₃-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ | son of Inurtuk, Nabu-šum-iddin, son of Marduk-zera-ibni |
| 13 | A {m}DU₃{eš}⸢DINGIR⸣ | son of Banitu-ilī, |
| 14 | {m}GI-{d}AMAR.UTU DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-⸢zu-bu⸣ | Mušallim-Marduk, scribe, son of Šū-Ezubu |
| 15 | A {m}ka-nik₂-KA₂ TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}[x] | from the Kanik-babi family. Babylon, month |
| 16 | UD 30-KAM MU 2-KAM {m}[da-a-ri-ia-a-muš] | 30th day, 2nd year of Darius |
| 17 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL [KUR.KUR] | King of Babylon, king of the lands |
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