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VS 05, 131 (P371865)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 05, 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371865 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01913 |
| 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 ša₂ DA] | The house of Šumma-ešared, son of Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu, which is next to |
| 2 | mu-ta-qu {d}[NA₃ u {d}na-na-a su-u₂-qu] | who makes Nabu and Nanaya bow down, |
| 3 | la aṣ-ṣu-u₂ ⸢a⸣-[na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA x GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR] | he did not pay. He shall have the usufruct of the house for a year (and) [x shekels of silver]. |
| 4 | ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-[qa nu-uh-hu-tu a-na {m}...] | of one-eighth alloy for the nuhhutu-gift |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢x⸣-[x (A ...) a-di] | son of Nabu-e..., descendant of |
| 6 | 2-TA MU.[AN.NA-MEŠ id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR i-na re-eš šat-ti u] | For two years he will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year and |
| 7 | ⸢re⸣-hi ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA i-nam-din ...] | He will pay the reed and silver in the middle of the year. |
| r | ||
| 8´ | A {m}⸢x x x⸣ {[m}... A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] | son of |
| 9´ | A {m}{lu₂}ŠITIM {lu₂}⸢UMBISAG⸣ {[m}... A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] | from the Itinnu family, the scribe, son of |
| 10´ | A {m}ba-si-ia [TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}x] | from the Basiya family. Babylon, month |
| 11´ | UD 3-KAM MU 10+[(x)-KAM da-ri-ia-muš] | 3rd day, 10+xth year of Darius, |
| 12´ | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} [LUGAL KUR.KUR] | King of Babylon, king of the lands |
| l.e. | ||
| 13´ | 1{en}TA.AM₃ (ša₂-ṭa-ri)] ⸢TI⸣{u₂} | Each has taken a copy. |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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