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VS 05, 078 (P371812)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371812 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01960 + VAT 01970 + VAT 02099 + 3615 |
| 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 A {⸢lu₂⸣}SIMUG | The house of Iddin-Eštar, son of Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu |
| 2 | ša₂ ṭa-hu su-u₂-⸢qu⸣ la a-ṣu-u₂ ⸢mu⸣-ta-qu | The one who is enraged (and) frightened cannot be overturned, |
| 3 | {d}NA₃ u {d}na-na-⸢a⸣ a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ | Nabu and Nanaya-ea for the rent of the house for a year |
| 4 | 18 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ⸢nu⸣-uh-hu-tu ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | 18 shekels of white ēštu-plant, which is in one-eighth alloy, |
| 5 | ⸢a-di 3-TA⸣ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na {m}mu-ra-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ | for 3 years to Muranu, his son |
| 6 | {m}{d}EN-MU A {⸢m}x⸣ [...] ⸢id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR i-na re⸣-eš ⸢šat⸣-[ti u] | Bel-iddin from the family of ... he gave. A half of the silver at the beginning of the šatāti and |
| 7 | re-hi-it KU₃.BABBAR ina ⸢mi⸣-[šil šat-ti] ⸢i-nam-din u₂⸣-[ru i-ša₂-an-nu] | He shall pay the remainder of the silver in that esvil-vessel (and) the ēnamdin-plant. |
| 8 | bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ ⸢i⸣-[ṣab]-⸢bat⸣ i-na SIG₄-HI.A u x [...] | The repair of the wall, the eīšaba-ebat-e23 from bricks and ... |
| 9 | i-ṣab-bat dul-lu SIG₄-HI.A ⸢GI u {giš⸣}UR₃ ⸢ma-la⸣ | The work on bricks, ēšû-trees and ḫašāru-wood, alālu-wood |
| 10 | [i-na] lib₃-bi ip-pu-uš a-na UGU {m}MU-{d}NA₃ [i-man-na] | from it he shall do and to Šumma-Nabû shall measure out. |
| 11 | {[m]}⸢mu-ra-nu x x x x x x⸣ [...] | Muranu |
| r | ||
| 12´ | ⸢x⸣ [... KU₃.BABBAR ša re-eš šat-ti-šu₂] | ... silver of the beginning of his life |
| 13´ | {m}MU-{⸢d}NA₃ ina ŠU.II {m}mu⸣-[ra-nu ma-hir (...)] | Šumma-ēdi-Nabu has received it from Mu-eranu. |
| 14´ | 1{en}TA.AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-⸢ri TI{u₂⸣} [(...)] | Each has taken a copy. |
| 15´ | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-A-MU ⸢A⸣-<šu₂ ša₂> {⸢m⸣}{d}AMAR.UTU-⸢x⸣-[x] | Witnesses: Nabu-apla-iddin, son of Marduk-e-x |
| 16´ | A {m}⸢sag-gil-ia₂ {m}{d}NA₃⸣-[...]-su A-⸢šu₂⸣ [ša₂ {m}x (x)] | descendant of Esagilaya. Nabu-e...su, son of ... |
| 17´ | {⸢m}x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-a A-šu₂ [...] | ... his son ... |
| 18´ | {m}{d}NA₃-ku-ṣur-šu₂ ⸢A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {m⸣}[ga-hal] | Nabu-kuṣuršu, son of Nadin, descendant of Gahal |
| 19´ | {m}{d}EN-bul-liṭ-su {⸢lu₂⸣}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-A-⸢MU⸣ | Bel-bullissu, scribe, son of Nabu-aplu-iddina, |
| 20´ | A {m}sag-gil-⸢ia₂ TIN⸣.TIR{ki} {iti}NE UD 2+⸢x⸣-[KAM] | descendant of Saggil-Eya. Babylon, 2nd day of Abu |
| 21´ | MU 15-KAM {⸢m}da⸣-ri-ia-muš LUGAL E{ki} | Year 15, Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 22´ | LUGAL ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ | king of the lands |
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