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VS 05, 068 (P371802)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371802 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00138 |
| 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}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN | The house of Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri |
| 2 | DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA | the son of the smith, for the rent of the house for a year |
| 3 | 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ gi-nu ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | 25 shekels of silver, of the regular offerings, of one-eighth alloy, |
| 4 | ⸢a-na {m⸣}{d}EN-su-⸢pe-e⸣-mu-hur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ib-ni | Eana, Bel-su-epê-muhur, son of Bel-ibni |
| 5 | [A {lu₂]}⸢E₂⸣.BAR-⸢BARA₂⸣ [id]-⸢din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NA⸣ | descendant of Ebabbar-eṭir he gave. A half (mina) of silver at the beginning of the year |
| r | ||
| 6´ | ⸢x⸣ [... ul-tu UD 1-KAM] | From the 1st day |
| 7´ | ša₂ {iti}⸢GAN MU 5-KAM⸣ [E₂ ina IGI-šu₂] | of the month of Kislimu, year 5 of the house at his disposal |
| 8´ | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}⸢ba-ni-ia DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}...] | Witnesses: Ebaniya, son of |
| 9´ | DUMU {m}ka-⸢nik-KA₂⸣ {m}KI-{d}NA₃-TIN DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢KAR⸣-{[d}AMAR.UTU] | Itti-Nabu-balaṭu, son of Ekur-Marduk |
| 10´ | DUMU {m}{d}30-tab-ni {m}MU-{⸢d}NA₃⸣ [DUMU] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}pir-ʾu | son of Sin-tabni, Šuma-ēdi-Nabû, son of Xerxes, Piralu |
| 11´ | DUMU {m}{d}ŠEŠ{ki}u₃-tu {m}⸢ṭa-a-ba-ṣi-il⸣-li-{d}AMAR.UTU | son of Šamaš-nāṣir, descendant of Etel-Baba-ši-ili-Marduk |
| 12´ | DUB.SAR DUMU {lu₂}GAL.DU₃ TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} {[iti}APIN] UD 9-KAM | Scribe, son of Rab-bane. Babylon, 9th day of Araḫsamnu. |
| 13´ | MU 5-KAM {m}da-⸢ri-ia-mu-uš⸣ | year 5 of Darius, |
| l.e. | ||
| 14´ | [LUGAL TIN].TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | [king of Babylon, king of the lands] |
Sources & licences
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