AchHist 15, 159 (P404843)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404843 |
| Museum no. | BM 026540 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:19] 11–1919 | Tablet of exchange between Nabû-mukīn-[zēri/]Aplā/Rē’i-alpi and Iddin-[Nabû/]Nādin/Rē’i-alpi. Nabû-mukīn-zēri voluntarily sealed and gave forever to Iddin-Nabû: his slave Nabû-lū-šulum, whose hand is marked with the name of Nabû-mukīn-zēri. And Iddin-Nabû voluntarily sealed and gave forever to Nabû-mukīn-zēri: [sheep] of the festive (guqqû) offerings of 28/[XI] before Nanāya Ehuršaba of the herdsman’s house [in Babylon], one sheep of the festive (guqqû) offerings of the 29/[XI] before Nanāya Ehuršaba of the herdsman’s house [in] Babylon, (one) lamb of the festive (guqqû) offerings of 29/XI before Nanāya Ehuršaba of the herdsman’s house in Kish - in total: 2 (sic) sh[eep] of the festive (guqqû) offerings of Babylon and Kish before Nanāya Ehuršaba. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Each (of them) assumes warranty for the exchange. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Whoever breaks the contract will have to pay 20 š white silver. |
| Obverse [20:25] 2121–2525 | Each (party) has taken one (copy). This does not bear on the tablet of 3 sheep of the festive (guqqû) offerings of month I before Nanāya and Sutītu that Iddin-Nabû/Nādin/Rē’i-alpi assigned forever to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-[mukīn-zēri]/Rē’i-alpi for doing temple service (manzaltu). |
| Obverse [25:28] 2626–2828 | Witnesses: Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Mušēzib-Marduk/[Ahiya’ūtu], Iddin-Nabû/Balassu/Bā’iru, Nabû-ittannu/Nabû-šumu-iškun/Rē’i-alpi, Rēmūt-[Nabû]/Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Šarrahu. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | Scribe: Nabû-[šumu-iddin]/Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Dannēa. |
| Obverse [29:31] 3030–3131 | Borsippa, Cyr 10-[x]-05. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ṭup-pi šu-pil-tu₄ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-[NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 2 | {m}A{a} A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD u₃ {m}MU-{[d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 3 | {m}na-di-nu A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD it-[ti a-ha-meš] | |
| 4 | uš-pil-lu {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN i-na hu-ud [lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 5 | {m}{d}AG-lu-u₂-šu-lum {lu₂}qal-la-šu₂ ša₂ rit-[ta-šu₂] | |
| 6 | a-na MU ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN šaṭ-ra-[tu₄] | |
| 7 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ pa-ni {m}MU-{d}AG [u₂-šad-gil] | |
| 8 | u₃ {m}MU-{d}AG i-na hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ [UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | gu-qu-<<qu>>-u₂ ša₂ UD 28-KAM ša₂ {iti}[ZIZ₂ pa-ni] | |
| 10 | {d}na-na-a HUR.ŠA₃.BA ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA{i} ina [TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 11 | 1{en} UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-u₂ UD 29-KAM ša₂ {iti}[ZIZ₂ pa-ni] | |
| 12 | {d}na-na-a HUR.ŠA₃.BA ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA{i} [ina] | |
| 13 | TIN.TIR{ki} UDU.NITA₂ pu-had gu-qu-u₂ ša₂ UD 29-[KAM] | |
| 14 | ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ pa-ni {d}na-na-a HUR.ŠA₃.BA | |
| 15 | ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA{i} ina {uru}KIŠ{ki} PAB 2 UDU.[NITA₂-MEŠ] | |
| 16 | gu-qu-ne₂-e ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} u₃ {uru}KIŠ{[ki]} | |
| 17 | pa-ni {d}na-na-a HUR.ŠA₃.BA {m}MU-{d}AG ik-nu-[uk-ma] | |
| 18 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-ta pa-ni {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 19 | u₂-ša₂-ad-gil{il} man-nu pu-ut šu-pil-tu₄ | |
| 20 | na-ši na-bal-<kat₂>-ta-a-nu 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} u₂-šal-[lam] | |
| 21 | 1{en} TA a₄ TI{u₂} e-lat {im}DUB [ša₂] 3 UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-[ni-e] | |
| 22 | ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ pa-ni {d}na-na-a u₃ {d}su-ti-ti | |
| 23 | ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ku-u₂ u₂-šu-[uz-zu] | |
| 24 | ša₂ man-za-al-a-ta pa-ni {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[GIN-NUMUN] | |
| 25 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ u₂-ša₂-ad-gil{[il]} | |
| 26 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}AMAR.UTU A {[m}ŠEŠ-ia-u₂-tu] | |
| 27 | {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN-su A {m}ba-i-ri {m}{d}AG-it-[tan-nu] | |
| 28 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD {m}re-mut-{[d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 29 | {m}{d}AG-MU-URU₃ A {m}šar-ra-hu {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-[MU-MU] | |
| 30 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A {m}du-ni-a bar-sip{ki} {iti}[x] | |
| 31 | UD 10-KAM MU 5-KAM {m}kur-ra-aš₂ LUGAL [E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR] |
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