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VS 05, 081 (P371815)

Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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Designation	VS 05, 081
ID	P371815
Museum no.	VAT 00508 + VAT 00516
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)

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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)
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1	[E₂ ša₂ {m}MU]-{⸢d}NA₃⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN A {lu₂}⸢SIMUG⸣	The house of Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu
2	[ša₂ DA E₂ {m}DU₁₀].⸢GA⸣-GIŠ.MI-ŠU₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu	which is next to the house of Ṭab-eṭir-ṣilli, son of Balaṭu
3	[a-na] ⸢i⸣-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA 13 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR	for the eidi-house for 13 shekels of silver per year
4	[BABBAR]{⸢u₂⸣} ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa nu-uh-hu-tu a-na	white ēšû-stone, which is in one-eighth alloy for nuhhutu-disease
5	{⸢m}{d}NA₃-bul-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAD₂ A {m}{d}30-ša₂⸣-du-nu	E22m-Nabu-bullissu, son of Nabu-kaṣir, descendant of Sin-ša-edunu
6	id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NA u re-hi-it	He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year and the remainder in the middle of the month.
7	KU₃.BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA ina-ad-din KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš	He will pay the silver in the middle of the year. The silver at the beginning
8	MU.AN.⸢NA⸣-šu₂ {m}MU-{d}NA₃ ina ŠU.II {m}{d}NA₃-bul-liṭ-su	Year: Šumma-Nabu received from Nabu-bullissu.
9	ma-⸢hir u₂⸣-ri i-ša₂-an-nu bat-qa ša₂ a-⸢sur-ru-u⸣	He will receive the harvest. He will carry out the repairs to the wall footing.
10	i-⸢ṣab-bat {iti⸣}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU u {iti}GAN	he shall seize. Months I, IV and IX,
11	nu-[up]-tu₄ ina-ad-din mim-ma dul-⸢lu⸣	he will give the remainder, whatever work
12	ma-la ⸢TA⸣ muh-hi 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR	as much as the “house-of-the-mound' (measures) for 1 shekel of silver
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13	ša₂ gin₃(DIN-)nu ip-pu-uš a-na muh-hi	which he made into a shekel
14	{m}MU-{d}NA₃ i-man-nu TA UD 1-KAM ⸢ša₂ {iti⸣}SIG₄	Šumma-Nabû will measure it from the 1st day of the month of Simanu
15	E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ a-di-i 2-TA MU.⸢AN.NA⸣-MEŠ	The house is at his disposal for 2 years.
16	E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}ŠU-{d}⸢ME.ME⸣	Witnesses: Hand-of-Gula,
17	[A-šu₂] ⸢ša₂ {m}{d}EN-u₂-sep-pu⸣ A {m}ba-bu-tu {m}{d}NA₃-it-⸢tan⸣-nu	son of Bel-useppu-e, descendant of Babbutu; Nabu-ittannu
18	[A-šu₂] ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}šad-din-nu ⸢A {lu₂}ŠITIM {m⸣}{d}EN-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂	son of Šaddinnu descendant of Itinnu Bel-eṭir son of
19	{[m}...]-ia DUMU {m}ir-a-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}IR₃-a	-ia, son of Iranni, the scribe, Irāya
20	[A {m}na]-⸢bu⸣-un-na-a-a E{ki} {iti}GU₄	descendant of Nabopolassar. (In) Babylon. Month of Ayyaru
21	[UD x-KAM] ⸢MU⸣ 16-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš	day , year 16 of Dariya-muš
22	[LUGAL] ⸢E⸣{ki} u KUR.KUR	king of the House of Heaven and the lands

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