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VS 05, 061 (P371795)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371795 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00131 |
| 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 Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri |
| 2 | ⸢A {lu₂}SIMUG ša₂ DA E₂⸣ {m}DU₁₀.⸢GA-GIŠ.MI⸣-{[d}AMAR.UTU] | the smith, who is next to the house of Ṭab-emaga-ṣilli-Marduk |
| 3 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {lu₂}GAL.DU₃ a-na [i-di E₂] | son of Balaṭu from the Rab-bane family for the rent of the house |
| 4 | a-na MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ 15 GIN₂ KU₃.[BABBAR] ⸢a⸣-na | For the year 15 shekels of silver, the ēnu-house |
| 5 | {m}{d}NA₃-lu-u₂-⸢sa⸣-lim A-šu₂ ša₂ {[m]}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ | Nabu-lu-esa-elim, son of Iddin-Nabu |
| 6 | id-din u₂-ru [i-ša₂]-⸢an⸣-nu bat-qa ša₂ a-⸢sur-ru-u₂⸣ | He will deliver the roof. Restore the foundation of the A-esurrû. |
| 7 | i-ṣab-bat {iti}⸢BARA₂ {iti⸣}ŠU u {iti}⸢GAN⸣ nu-⸢up-tu₄⸣ | he shall take away. The days of Nisannu, Du’uzu and Kislimu will not be completed. |
| 8 | i-na-a-pi a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina(HAL) re-eš ⸢MU.AN.NA⸣ | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year. |
| 9 | re-eh-ti KU₃.BABBAR ina ⸢mi-šil MU⸣.AN.NA i-na-ad-din | The rest of the silver in the middle of the year he will give. |
| 10 | ul-tu UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}DU₆ E₂ ina pa-ni | From the 1st day of Tašritu the house is at my disposal. |
| 11 | {m}{d}NA₃-lu-u₂-sa-lim 1{en}TA.AM₃ | Nabû-lū-salim, each (taking) one (copy). |
| r | ||
| 12 | il-te-qu-u₂ | have taken |
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-ba-ru | Witnesses: Nabu-šum-ukin, son of Ubaru |
| 14 | A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}INNIN-TIN.TIR{ki} {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | from the Šangû-Ištar-Babylon family. |
| 15 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAR{ir} A {lu₂}ŠITIM | son of Nabu-eṭir, descendant of Itinnu |
| 16 | {m}{d}EN-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ne₂-⸢e-a⸣ | Bel-iddin, scribe, son of Tabnea-ea, |
| 17 | A {lu₂}⸢A.ZU⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 15-[KAM] | Babylon, 15th day of Tašritu |
| 18 | MU 2-KAM {m}da-⸢ri-muš⸣ | year 2 of Darius, |
| 19 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.[KUR] | King of Babylon, king of the lands. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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