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VS 05, 067 (P371801)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371801 |
| Museum no. | VAT 04094 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
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}šad-din-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}EN-ia₂-u₂ | The house of Šaddinnu, son of Balassu, descendant of Beliya'u |
| 2 | ša₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ la-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ DA E₂ | (If) the term has passed, the tenant of the house will die. |
| 3 | {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}EN-ia₂-u₂ | Nabu-mukin-apli, son of Balassu, descendant of Beliya'u |
| 4 | a-di 2 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na i-di E₂ a-na | for 2 years the rent of the house |
| 5 | MU.AN.NA 13 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR {m}ba-laṭ-su | Year 13 shekels of silver, Balassu |
| 6 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}{d}IDIM-DU₃ | son of Šulaya from the Ea-ibni family |
| 7 | ina lib₃-bi a-šib-bi ba-at-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ | From it, I have received the payment of the border. |
| 8 | i-ṣab-bat u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-na | he will seize, the city will be plundered |
| 9 | nu-up-tu₄ u₄-mu {d}EN u ki-na-a-tu₂ | the light of the day of Bēl and truth |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | i-nam-din 1{en}a-ta-a₄ | one atāya, |
| 11 | il-qu-u₂ | took. |
| r | ||
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}gu-za-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ | Witnesses: Guzanu, son of |
| 13 | {⸢m⸣}[x x] A {m}ši-gu-u₂-a | descendant of Vigu’a |
| 14 | {[m}x-x]-⸢x⸣-lu-{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN | -elu-Nabu, son of Šapik-zeri |
| 15 | [A {m]}⸢ki⸣-di-nu-{d}30 | son of E-dinu-Sîn |
| 16 | DUB.SAR {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} | Scribe: Nabu-ittannu/Nabu-zer-ušabši/Ilia. |
| 17 | A {m}DINGIR-ia bar-sip{ki} {iti}AB | Borsippa, Ṭebetu |
| 18 | UD 7-KAM MU 5-KAM {m}da-ra-ʾ-⸢muš⸣ | 7th day, 5th year of Darius, |
| 19 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR ITI.A.TA.A₄ | king of Babylon, king [of the lands]. Month Ayyāru (II), |
| 20 | i-di E₂ i-nam-din | he will pay the rent of the house. |
| l.e. | ||
| 21 | TA UD 10-[KAM] | From the 10th day |
| 22 | E₂ ina IGI {m}⸢ba⸣-[laṭ]-su | the house is at the disposal of Ebaba-elatsu |
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