VS 05, 023 (P371757)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371757 |
| Museum no. | VAT 04075 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
English translation
By Ungnad, Arthur · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | The house of Nabu-mukin-apli, son of Balassu, descendant of Beliyaʾu – |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | Remutu, son of Etellu, descendant of Sin-šadunu (and) Belšunu, son of Bulṭaya, descendant of Amel-Ea shall live in it for one year. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Remutu and Belšunu will pay to Nabu-mukin-apli 10 shekels of silver as house rent for one year. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | They will pay the house rent monthly. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99– | They shall not pay the house rent to Nabu-mukin-apli without (the consent of) Qunnabatu. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11r 11–r 11r 11 | They shall carry out the necessary repairs to the wall footing and they shall renew the roof. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 1212–r 1313 | They shall pay 1/2 shekel of silver as supplementary payment for the day of Enlil and the kinayyatu-offering. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1414–r 1414 | Witnesses: Nabu-ittannu, son of Balassu, descendant of Esagil-mansi; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1515–r 1515 | Marduk-eriba, son of Nergal-naṣir, descendant of Esagil-mansi; |
| Reverse [5:7] r 1616–r 1717 | Bel-eṭir, son of Nabu-mukin-apli, descendant of Maqartu; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1818–r 1818 | Remutu, son of Nabu-bel-ili, descendant of Šangu-Adad. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1919–r 1919 | Scribe, Šamaš-zer-iqiša, descendant of Siʾat. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2020–r 2020 | Borsippa, 9th day of Ayyaru, 4th year of Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2121–r 2121 | From the 14th day of Ayyaru the house is at their disposal. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN{su} A {m}EN-ia₂-u₂ | |
| 2 | a-di ṭup-pi-šu₂ {m}re-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 3 | {m}e-tel-lu A {m}{d}30-ša₂-du-nu {m}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}bul-ṭa-a A {m}LU₂-{d}IDIM ina lib₃-bi | |
| 5 | aš₂-bu-ʾ ina MU.AN.NA 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | i-di E₂ {m}re-mu-tu u {m}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | a-na {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A i-nam-di-nu-ʾ | |
| 8 | ITI{us-su} i-di E₂ i-nam-di-nu-ʾ | |
| 9 | i-di E₂ ša₂ la {f}qu-un-na-ba-tu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | a-na {d}NA₃-DU-A ul i-nam-di-nu-ʾ | |
| r | ||
| 11 | <ba>-at-qu ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ i-ṣab-ba-tu-ʾ | |
| 12 | u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-nu 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR nu-up-tu₄ | |
| 13 | ša₂ UD{mu} {d}EN u ki-na-a-a-ta i-nam-di-nu-ʾ | |
| 14 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN{su} | |
| 15 | A {m}E₂.SAG.GIL-man-si₃ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}U+GUR-PAB | |
| 16 | A {m}E₂.SAG.GIL-man-si₃ {m}{d}EN-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 17 | {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A A {lu₂}ma-qar-tu₄ | |
| 18 | {m}re-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-EN-DINGIR-MEŠ A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}IM | |
| 19 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}UTU-NUMUN-BA{ša₂} A {m}si-ia₂-a-tu₂ | |
| 20 | bar-sip{ki} {iti}GU₄ UD 9-KAM MU 4-KAM | |
| 21 | {m}{d}NA₃-I LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} TA UD 14-KAM | |
| 22 | ša₂ {iti}GU₄ E₂ ina IGI-šu₂-nu | |
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