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VS 05, 082 (P371816)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371816 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00447 |
| 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(ŠEŠ) A {lu₂}SIMUG | The house of Šuma-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu |
| 2 | ša₂ ṭa-hu(E₂) su-u₂-qu(U₂) rap-šu₂ mu-ta-qu {d}NA₃ u {d}na-na-a | (Property) of the broad šuqu temple, the one who passes by Nabu and Nanaya. |
| 3 | a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA | For the rent of the house for a year. |
| 4 | 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} nu-uh-hu-tu ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | 1/3 mina of white nuhhutu-silver of one-eighth alloy, |
| 5 | a-na {m}nu-uh-ša₂-a-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}IGI.DU-TIN{iṭ} | to Nuhšaya, son of Palil-balaṭu |
| 6 | id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU re-eh-tu₄ KU₃.BABBAR | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year (and) the rest of the [silver]. |
| 7 | ina mi-šil MU i-nam-din ur-ru i-ša₂-an-nu | He shall pay in the course of a year and he shall renew the roof. |
| 8 | [bat]-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ i-ṣab-bat {iti}BARA₂ | the drain of the canal will be cut off. Nisannu |
| 9 | {[iti]}⸢ŠU⸣ u {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄ i-na-a-⸢pu⸣ | In the months of Du’uzu and Kislimu he will measure out the deficit. |
| 10 | [ul]-⸢tu⸣ UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}KIN MU 16-[KAM] | From the 1st day of Ululu, year 16 |
| r | ||
| 11 | E₂ ina IGI {m}nu-uh-ša₂-a-a dul-lu SIG₄-HI.A GI | The house is at the disposal of Nuhšaya. The work on the bricks is good. |
| 12 | u {giš}UR₃ ma-la lib₃-bi(BE) ip-pu-uš a-na muh-hi | and a roof-beam as much as he will build on it |
| 13 | {m}MU-{d}NA₃ i-ma-an-nu 1{en}AM₃ il-qu-u₂ | Šumma-Nabû has each taken (a copy of the document). |
| 14 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}IR₃-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂-a} A {m}LUGAL-A.<RA>.ZU{u₂} | Witnesses: Arad-Bel, son of Iqišaya, descendant of Šarru-aplu-iddina |
| 15 | {m}ta-hu-u₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-A-MU A {m}DA-{d}AMAR.UTU | Ahunu, son of Nabu-aplu-iddin, descendant of Edu-Marduk |
| 16 | {m}{d}NA₃-bul-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut A {m}ba-bu-tu | Nabu-bullissu, son of Emut, descendant of Babutu |
| 17 | {m}SU{a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut A {m}{lu₂}ŠU.HA | Riba, son of Emut, descendant of Baʾeru |
| 18 | {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-LUGAL-URU₃ | Nabu-ittannu, son of Šamaš-šar-uṣur |
| 19 | {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-URU₃ A {m}da-bi-bi | Bel-ittannu, scribe, son of Nabu-ban-uṣur, descendant of Dabibi |
| 20 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 13-KAM MU 16-KAM | Babylon, 13th day of Simanu, 16th year of |
| 21 | {m}da-ri-a-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR-MEŠ | Dariamuš, king of Babylon, ki[ng of the lands], |
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