AchHist 15, 137 (P404838)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404838 |
| Museum no. | BM 026482 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | [1 day] of the oxherd prebend in [Ezida], temple of Nabû, 29/VII: Nabû-mutīr-gimilli [/PN]/Rēʾi-alpi declared a price of [x] m of block silver [with] Kudurru/Kīnā/Rēʾi-alpi and purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [7:13] 88–1313 | Kudurru//Rēʾi-alpi received [in total x] m of white silver [with x š] silver that [was given] as extra payment [from] Nabû-mutīr-gimilli//Rēʾi-alpi, as full amount. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | He is paid, he is quit, he does not have a claim. |
| Obverse [14:19] 1515–1919 | They will not come back on the matter, they will not charge each other (in court). The claimant will pay back (the silver) that he received 12 times. |
| Obverse [18:22] 1919–2222 | At the sealing of this tablet: |
| Obverse [19:29] 2020–2929 | Before Mukīn-Marduk//Naggāru, the šākin-ṭēmi of Borsippa. Before: Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Ilia, the šatammu of Ezida. In the presence of: Aplā//(f)Maqartu, Rēmūt-Gula/Šamaš-iddin/Nappāhu, Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Kīnā/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [28:30] 2929–3030 | And the scribe of the tablet: Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nādin/Raksu. |
| Obverse [30:33] 3131–3333 | Borsippa, Nbk 17-V-08. |
| Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434 | Fingernail of Kudurru, impressed instead of his seal.1 |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1{en} u₄-mu is]-qu {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-u₂-tu | |
| 2 | [E₂.ZI.DA] E₂ {d}AG {iti}DU₆ UD 29-KAM | |
| 3 | [ki-i x] MA.NA [KU₃.BABBAR KU₃].⸢PAD⸣.DU | |
| 4 | [it-ti {m]}NIG₂.DU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a | |
| 5 | [A {lu₂}SIPA].GUD-ME {m}{d}AG-mu-tir-ŠU | |
| 6 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x x] A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME | |
| 7 | [KI.LAM im]-be₂-e-ma | |
| 8 | [i-šam a-na] šam₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 9 | [PAB x MA].NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 10 | [a-di x GIN₂ KU₃].BABBAR ša₂ ki-i pi-i DIRI | |
| 11 | [SUM.NA ina ŠU-MIN {m]}{d}AG-mu-tir-ŠU | |
| 12 | [A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD]-ME {m}NIG₂.DU A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME | |
| 13 | [ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti] ma-hir | |
| 14 | a-[pil] za-ki ru-gum-ma-a | |
| 15 | ul i-ši | |
| 16 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš | |
| 17 | ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 18 | {lu₂}pa-qir-ra-nu ša₂ im-hu-ru | |
| 19 | a-di 12-ta-a₄ [i-ta-na]-ap-pal | |
| 20 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB MU-MEŠ | |
| 21 | ana IGI {m}GIN-{d}ŠU₂ A {lu₂}[NAGAR] | |
| 22 | {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 23 | ana IGI {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 24 | {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 25 | IGI {m}A{A} A {f}ma-qar-ti | |
| 26 | {m}re-mut-{d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU | |
| 27 | A {lu₂}SIMUG | |
| 28 | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a-a | |
| 29 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME | |
| 30 | u {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {im}DUB | |
| 31 | {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {m}rak-si | |
| 32 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}NE UD 17-KAM | |
| 33 | MU 8-KAM {m}{d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ | |
| 34 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 35 | ṣu-pur {m}NIG₂.DU ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 36 | tu₂-da-a-ta |
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