AchHist 15, 152 (P404842)
Business / Contracts, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 152 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404842 |
| Museum no. | BM 026538 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 | Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Rēʾi-alpi spoke as follows to Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi: “I am incapable (of work) and I do not have sons, please give me your son Rēmūt-Nabû and let him be my son. I will assign to him a part of my prebend.” |
| Obverse [7:9] 88–99 | Nabû-mukīn-zēri listened to Nabû-ahhē-šullim and he gave him his son Rēmūt-Nabû as son. |
| Obverse [9:18] 1010–1818 | And Nabû-ahhē-šullim voluntarily sealed and gave forever to Rēmūt-Nabû 8 days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû: days 13, 14, 15, [16 of month] I and days 13, 14, 15, 16 of month VII. |
| Obverse [18:23] 1919–2323 | [...] including pappasu [... x] of the panāt ūmi that Nabû-ahhē-šullim enjoys, Rēmūt-Nabû will enjoy the pappasu. |
| Obverse [22:26] 2323–2626 | Nabû-ahhē-šullim will have to fully pay from his remaining prebend any dues to the temple that might still arise upon this prebend (from the time) before Nabû-ahhē-šullim sealed the tablet and handed it over to Rēmūt-Nabû. |
| Obverse [26:30] 2727–3030 | May Nabû and Marduk ordain the ruin of the person who changes this matter. May Nabû, scribe of Esagil, make his long days short. |
| Obverse [29:33] 3030–3333 | In the presence of: Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Aplā/Dannēa, Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Mār-bīti-šumu-ibni/Naggāru, Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Mušēzib-Nabû/Allānu, Bēl-iqīša/Šumu-ukīn/Ša-ṭābtišu. |
| Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434 | Scribe: Iddin-Nabû/ Nādin/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [34:35] 3535–3535 | Borsippa, Nbn 11-IX-08. |
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 | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-ṣur | |
| 2 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 3 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ ki-a-am | |
| 4 | iq-bi um-ma sa-ma-a-ka u₃ {lu₂}DUMU-u₂-a | |
| 5 | ia-a-nu {m}re-mut-{d}AG {lu₂}DUMU-u₂-ka bi-in-na-am-ma | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}DUMU-u₂-a šu-u₂ mim-ma i-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-ia | |
| 7 | lu-uk-kin-nu-ma pa-ni-šu₂ lu-šad-gil | |
| 8 | {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim | |
| 9 | iš-me-e-ma {m}re-mut-{d}AG {lu₂}DUMU-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 10 | a-na {lu₂}DUMU-u₂-tu id-daš-šu₂ u₃ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim | |
| 11 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 8 U₄-mu-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.[BA] | |
| 12 | {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {[d}AG] | |
| 13 | UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM ša₂ {iti]}BARA₂ | |
| 14 | UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM ša₂ {iti}DU₆ | |
| 15 | PAB 8 U₄-MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu | |
| 16 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim | |
| 17 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-[u₂-ṣur A {lu₂]}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 18 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ [ik-nu-uk]-ma a-na U₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 19 | pa-ni {m}re-mut-{d}AG [u₂-šad-gil x x x] | |
| 20 | a-di-i pap-pa-su a-[x x x x] | |
| 21 | ša₂ pa-na-at U₄-MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim | |
| 22 | ik-ka-la {m}re-mut-{d}AG pap-pa-su ik-kal | |
| 23 | re-ha-a-nu ša₂ E₂.KUR ša₂ a-di la {im}DUB | |
| 24 | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim i-ka-na-ku-ma pa-ni | |
| 25 | {m}re-mut-{d}AG i-nam-di-nu ina UGU GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | |
| 26 | il-la-a {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim ina ri-hi-it | |
| 27 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ uṭ-ṭar ša₂ dib-bi an-nu-u₂ ša₂-an-nu-u₂ | |
| 28 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU HA.A-šu₂ liq-bu-u₂ {d}AG DUB.SAR E₂.sag.ila₂ | |
| 29 | UD-MEŠ-šu₂ ar-ku-tu li-kar-ri | |
| 30 | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a} A {m}dan-ni-e-a | |
| 31 | IGI {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}A-E₂-MU-DU₃ A {lu₂}NAGAR | |
| 32 | IGI {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AG A {m}LAM.HAR | |
| 33 | IGI {m}{d}EN-BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-GIN A {lu₂}ša₂-MUN.HI.A-šu₂ | |
| 34 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 35 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GAN UD 11-KAM MU 8-KAM | |
| 36 | {d}AG-IM.TUK LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} |
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