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VS 05, 096 (P371830)
ARCHIVAL > Legal > Sale, Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371830 |
| Museum no. | VAT 05373 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | ARCHIVAL > Legal > Sale |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 15 | It is the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver). |
| reverse 28 | Witness:...-ittannu, son of Nabû-aplu-iddina, descendant of ama-. |
| left 40 | the seller of the house |
| obverse 7 | the house of the daughter of Nabû-zru-iddina, son of um-Papsukkal |
| obverse 3 | the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nanaya-bulliu |
| obverse 10 | with Bel-eir, son of Suqaya |
| reverse 29 | Nebuchadnezzar, son of...-zeri, descendant of Bel-uumgal |
| left 43 | Seal |
| right 46 | Seal |
| left 44 | Marduk-umu-ibni |
| right 47 | Marduk-umu-ibni |
| bottom 41 | Fingernail of Bel-eir |
| obverse 12 | of 12 nindanu of field, 16 shekels of silver, as a pledge |
| reverse 23 | At any time they shall make any claim concerning the house of Bel-eir. |
| reverse 22 | they shall not make any claim against one another. |
| reverse 34 | Ubar, son of Nabu-eir, descendant of |
| obverse 1 | 8 reeds, from the threshing floor of Eurab |
| reverse 21 | He has been paid, he is free from claims. He shall have no legal claim; they shall not return to court and |
| reverse 32 | Gimillu, son of Nabû-ndin-ahi, descendant of |
| obverse 17 | I will return. Further, you gave him garments |
| obverse 5 | the lower side on the east, |
| obverse 6 | the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nanaya-bulliu |
| obverse 8 | the lower front on the south, |
| obverse 16 | You recite his inscribed name and 4 1/2 shekels of silver. |
| obverse 11 | Nanaya-bulliu, daughter of Nabû-zru-iddina, descendant of um-Papsukkal |
| bottom 42 | the seller of the house, like his seal |
| obverse 9 | Total: 8 reeds. |
| left 38 | Witness: Nabû-kair, temple-enterer of Nabû, son of Bel-iddin. |
| reverse 31 | -lei-uur, son of Il-ipu,..., son of Mi |
| reverse 37 | king of Babylon, king of the lands. |
| left 45 | a scribe |
| left 39 | son of Ilta-ibni, son of Nanaya-abulu |
| obverse 14 | daughter of Nabû-zru-iddina, son of Iddin-Papsukkal |
| right 48 | a scribe |
| reverse 35 | Marduk-umu-ibni, scribe, son of ulya, descendant of Iliya. |
| reverse 20 | son of Suqaya, the seller of his house, |
| obverse 13 | Bel-eir, son of Suqaya, Nanaya-bulliu |
| obverse 4 | Airnu, the house of the daughter of Nabû-zeru-iddin, son of um-Papsukkal |
| reverse 26 | The money is paid completely. |
| reverse 30 | Rmt-..., son of..., descendant of Il-tadu |
| reverse 27 | at the sealing of that tablet |
| reverse 36 | Borsippa, Dar 25-I-25. |
| reverse 18 | 2 minas 12 1/2 shekels of white silver by the hand of Nanaya-bulliu |
| reverse 24 | The following: "This house has not been sold." |
| reverse 25 | The money is not paid completely. The guarantor |
| reverse 19 | daughter of Nabû-zru-iddina, descendant of Iddin-Papsukkal |
| reverse 33 | Bel-ittannu, son of Zeriya, descendant of |
| obverse 2 | ... of Borsippa |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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