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VS 05, 059 (P371793)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371793 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00128 |
| 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 | E₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN | The house of Šumma-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri |
| 2 | A {lu₂}SIMUG a-na i-di E₂ a-di-i | from the Nappahu family for the rent of the house until |
| 3 | qi₂-it ša₂ {iti}⸢BARA₂⸣ a-na ITI 1/2 GIN₂ gir₂-u KU₃.BABBAR | At the end of the month of Nisannu (I) for 1/2 shekel of silver a month |
| 4 | a-na {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu u {m}gu-za-nu | to Nabu-ittannu and Guzanu |
| 5 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}AMAR.UTU id-din | sons of Mušezib-Marduk he gave. |
| 6 | bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ i-ṣab-ba-tu-uʾ | The repair of the wall will be carried out. |
| 7 | nu-up-tu₄ i-nam-di-nu-uʾ | they will give the additional payment. |
| 8 | ITI-AM₃ KU₃.BABBAR i-di E₂ | Each month the silver is the rent of the house. |
| 9 | i-nam-di-nu-uʾ | they will give. |
| r | ||
| 10 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su}E | Witnesses: Nabu-balassu-iqbi |
| 11 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂-a} A {m}GAL-a-šu₂-ša₂-{d}MAŠ | son of Iqišaya, descendant of Rab-ašû-Sin |
| 12 | {m}MU-DU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-ia | Šuma-ukin, son of Ardiya |
| 13 | u {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ | and the scribe Nabû-šumu-iddin, son of |
| 14 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}DU₃{eš}DINGIR TIN.TIR{ki} | Marduk-zera-ibni, son of Bani-ili. Babylon. |
| 15 | {iti}AB UD 27-KAM MU 1-KAM | 27th day of Ṭebētu, 1st year |
| 16 | {m}da-ri-ʾ-mu-uš LUGAL E{ki} | Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 17 | LUGAL KUR.KUR TA UD 1-KAM | From the 1st day, |
| l.e. | ||
| 18 | ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ E₂ | of month XI, house |
| 19 | ina IGI-šu₂-nu | in front of them |
Sources & licences
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