AchHist 15, 143 (P404856)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404856 |
| Museum no. | BM 094606 |
| 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 | 2 days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, that Nabû-bēlšunu/Nabû-zēr[u-ukīn]/Rēʾi-alpi sealed and gave to his sister (f)Nūptā/Nabû-[zēru-ukīn]/Rēʾi-alpi instead of [her dowry (?)]: |
| Obverse [5:11] 66–2'2' | afterwards [Nabû]-mukīn-zēri/Aplā[/Rēʾi-alpi] filed a claim against (f)[Nūptā/]Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Rēʾi-[alpi about the ox]herd prebend and ½ m silver [ ... (here follows the cancellation of the transaction in favour of Nabû-mukīn-zēri) ... the tablet] was sealed [upon the wish of] (f)Nūptā. |
| Obverse [9:11] 1'1'–2'2' | If in the [future a copy of the tablet appears in the house] of (f)Nūptā or anywhere else: it belongs to Nabû-mukīn-zēri. |
| Obverse [11:14] 3'3'–5'5' | Marduk-[x]//Arkāt-ilāni-damqā, husband of (f)Nūptā, [...] of the silver that to his wife (f)Nūptā [...]. |
| Obverse [14:18] 6'6'–9'9' | Witnesses: Nabû-bēlšunu/Nabû-[zēru-ukīn/Rēʾi-alpi], Ṣillā/Nabû-ibni/[FN], Rēmūt/Nabû-kēšir/[Rēʾi-alpi], Bēl-iddin/Mār-bīti-iqīša/Banê-ša-ilia. |
| Obverse [18:20] 10'10'–11'11' | Scribe: Nabû-tabni-uṣur/Nabû-[lēʾi]/Arkāt-ilāni-damqā. |
| Obverse [19:22] 11'11'–13'13' | Borsippa, Nbn 22-[x]-03. |
| Obverse [21:22] 13'13'–13'13' | [PN]/Nabû-šumu-iddin/[Rēʾi-alp]i.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 | 2 U₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA SIPA.GUD-u₂-tu E₂.[ZI.DA] | |
| 2 | E₂ {d}AG ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-[GI.NA] | |
| 3 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME ik-nu-ku-ma ku-mu nu-[dun-nu-u₂ ...] | |
| 4 | a-na {[f]}nu-up-ta-a DUMU.MUNUS-su ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[NUMUN-GI.NA] | |
| 5 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME a-hat-ti-šu₂ i-qi₂-[iš] | |
| 6 | ar-ka-[niš {m}{d]}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a} [A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME] | |
| 7 | [a-na UGU] SIPA-u₂-tu a-na {f}[nu-up-ta-a] | |
| 8 | [DUMU.MUNUS-su ša₂ {m]}{d}AG-NUMUN-GI.NA A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD-ME] | |
| 9 | [u₂]-pa-qir-ri-ma 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.[BABBAR] | |
| 1' | {f}nu-up-ta-[a ka-ni]-ik i-[na U₄-mu gaba-ri i-na E₂] | |
| 2' | {f}nu-up-ta-a lu-u₂ a-šar ša₂-nam-[ma i-te-la-a] | |
| 3' | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN šu-u₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[x A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x x] | |
| 4' | A {m}EGIR-ME-DINGIR-ME-SIG₅ DAM ša₂ {f}nu-up-[ta-a x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ a-na {f}nu-up-ta-a DAM-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[NUMUN-GI.NA A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME] | |
| 7' | {m}ṣil-la-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DU₃ A {lu₂}[...] | |
| 8' | {m}re-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ki-šir₃ A {lu₂}[SIPA.GUD-ME] | |
| 9' | {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}A-E₂-BA{ša₂} A {m}DU₃-ša₂-[DINGIR-ia] | |
| 10' | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-tab-ni-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[DA] | |
| 11' | A {m}EGIR-ME-DINGIR-SIG₅ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}[x] | |
| 12' | UD 22-KAM MU 3-KAM {d}AG-I LUGAL TIN.[TIR{ki]} | |
| 13' | {[m}x x x] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-MU | |
| 14' | [A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD]-ME |
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