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VS 04, 129 (P384796)
Receipt, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | VS 04, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384796 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00181 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Receipt |
| 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 | i-di E₂-šu₂ ša₂ ul-tu {iti}SIG₄ | The rent of his house from Simanu |
| 2 | MU 10-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | year 10 of Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR.KUR a-di TIL {iti}APIN MU 10-KAM | king of all lands until the end of Araḫsamnu, year 10 |
| 4 | {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN A {⸢lu₂}SIMUG⸣ | Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri, descendant of Nappahu |
| 5 | ina ŠU.II {m}{d}NA₃-mu-še-ti-iq-UD.DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN | from Nabu-mušetiq-udde, son of Šapik-zeri |
| 6 | A {m}mi-ṣir-a-a e-ṭi-ir 1{en}TA.AM₃ | from the Misbiraya family, each took (a copy of the document). |
| 7 | TI{u₂} 1 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA | 1 1/2 shekels of white silver belonging to Nabu-mušetiq-udde |
| 8 | ina IGI {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ | at the disposal of Iddin-Nabu. |
| r | ||
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ | Witnesses: Bel-ahhe-iddin, son |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}šu-zu-bu A {m}ka-nik₂-KA₂ {m}i-qu-pu | From Šuzubu, son of Kanik-babi. Iqupu. |
| 11 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}lib-luṭ A {m}A₂.GAL₂-e-a | son of Liblut, descendant of Aplaya |
| 12 | {m}SU-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}EN A {m}A₂.GAL₂-e-a | Eriba-Marduk, son of Remut-Bel, descendant of Rab-ea |
| 13 | {m}haš-da-a-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šad-din-nu A {m}{d}EN-e-ṭe₃-ru | Hašdaya, son of Vaddinnu, descendant of Bel-eṭeru |
| 14 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KAR A {m}ka-nik₂-KA₂ | Mušallim-Marduk, scribe, son of Šūzub, descendant of Kanik-babi |
| 15 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}NE UD 28-KAM MU 10-KAM | Babylon, 28th day of Abu, 10th year of |
| 16 | {m}da-ri-ia-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | Dariyamuš, king of Babylon, kin of the lands. |
| 17 | ina {m}da-ri-ia-muš it-te-me | he heard from Darius |
| 18 | ki-i a-di-i bat-qa ša₂ E₂ | As long as the roof of the house |
| 19 | a-ṣab-ba-⸢ta⸣ | |
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