AchHist 15, 139 (P404837)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404837 |
| Museum no. | BM 026479 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
English translation
By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | 3 m silver, property of Nabû “King-of-the-World,” given on 18/II of the second year of Neriglissar king of Babylon to Nabû-zēru-ibni and the workers of the “house of the oxherds” for bricks for the wall of Ezida alongside the river: |
| Obverse [4:6] 55–66 | Nabû-zēru-ibni took 1 m of silver from this amount. The workers of the house of the oxherds will divide 2 m of silver. |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | 5/6 m silver, (for) the workers of month I: it is sent to the workers of month I by the hands of Nabû-šāpik-zēri and Nabû-mukīn-zēri son of Aplā. |
| Obverse [8:14] 99–1414 | 5/6 m silver, (for) the workers of month II: Nabû-mušētiq-uddi, Marduk-ēṭer and Kīnā took (it). Of this amount, 15 11/24 š with 1/5 (š) parīdu is sent to Šumu-uṣur son of Rēmūt through Nabû-mušētiq-uddi and Marduk-ēṭer. Including the silver of month I, share of Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti. |
| Obverse [14:18] 1515–1818 | 5/6 m silver, share of the workers of month III: it is sent in the hands of Kīnā son of Nergal-ušēzib and Rēmūt son of Nādin. |
| Obverse [17:23] 1818–2323 | 13 1/3 š with 1/6 (š) parīdu, the share of Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti, who is with the workers of month [x]. 6½ š and 1/6 [parīdu] of this amount: Nabû-mušētiq-uddi, Marduk-ēṭer, Kīnā and Šumu-uṣur son of [Rēmūt] took (it). |
| Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525 | Witnesses: Marduk-ēṭer/[DN]-ahu?-iddin/Ilī-bāni, Aplā/Nabû-šumu-iškun/Basia, Bulṭā/Lūṣi-ana-nūri/Babūtu. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | Scribe: Marduk-ēṭer/Marduk-šumu-ibni/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | Borsippa, Ner 18-II-02.1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR NIG₂.GA {d}PA.MAN.ŠU₂ ša₂ UD 18-KAM ša₂ {iti}GU₄ | |
| 2 | MU 2-KAM {m}{d}U.GUR-LUGAL-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} a-na SIG₄.HI.A | |
| 3 | ša₂ a-na UŠ ša₂ E₂.ZI.DA ša₂ US₂.SA.DU ID₂ | |
| 4 | a-na {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ib-ni u₃ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ SUM.NA | |
| 5 | 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ina lib₃-bi {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-DU₃ it-ta-ši | |
| 6 | 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ u₂-za-aʾ-zu | |
| 7 | 5/6 MA.NA ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-DUB-NUMUN | |
| 8 | u {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a} a-na ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ šu-bul | |
| 9 | 5/6 MA.NA ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}GU₄ {m}{d}AG-mu-še-ti-iq-UD.DA | |
| 10 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR u {m}ki-na-a it-ta-šu-u₂ | |
| 11 | ina lib₃-bi 15 1/2 GIN₂ gir₂-u LA₂ KU₃.BABBAR a-di hum-mu-šu₂ pa-ri-du | |
| 12 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-DIB-UD.DA u {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR a-na | |
| 13 | {m}MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut šu-bul a-di KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 14 | pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 15 | 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ | |
| 16 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-na-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-u₂-še-zib | |
| 17 | u₃ {m}re-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din šu-bul | |
| 18 | 13 GIN₂ šul-lul-ti 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR a-di 6-uʾ pa-ri-du | |
| 19 | pu-ut [HA].LA ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI.[MEŠ] ša₂ it-ti ERIN₂-MEŠ | |
| 20 | ša₂ {iti}[x] 6 1/2 GIN₂ 6-uʾ [pa-ri-du] ina lib₃-bi | |
| 21 | {m}{d}AG-DIB-UD.DA {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR | |
| 22 | {m}ki-na-a u {m}MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[re-mut] it-ta-šu-u₂ | |
| 23 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR A-šu₂ [ša₂ {m}{d}x]-ŠEŠ-MU A {m}DINGIR-ba-ni | |
| 24 | {m}A{a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}ba-si-ia | |
| 25 | {m}bul-ṭa-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}lu-E₃-<ana>-ZALAG₂ A {m}ba-bu-tu | |
| 26 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ | |
| 27 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 28 | {iti}GU₄ UD 18-KAM MU 2-KAM | |
| 29 | {[m}{d]}U.GUR-LUGAL-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} |
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