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AchHist 15, 156 (P404857)

Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 156
IDP404857
Museum no.BM 094641
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 44.3434

English translation

By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:9] 11–99Iddin-Nabû/Nādin/Rēʾi-alpi voluntarily sealed and assigned forever to Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi 2 sheep of the irregular offerings before Nanāya and Sutītu in month I from the prebend of Nabû-šumu-ibni/Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Rēʾi-alpi, the brother of Iddin-Nabû’s father.
Obverse [9:14] 1010–1414Nabû-mukīn-zēri shall enjoy 1/4 sheep (of the irregular offering) of 29/XI, the share of Nabû-šumu-ibni.
Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414Iddin-Nabû swore by the life of Nabû and Marduk not to make any changes (to the agreement).
Obverse [14:17] 1515–1717Witnesses: Nabû-mukīn-apli/Marduk-zēru-ibni/Mubannû, Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Bēl-kāṣir/Ilia, Nabû-nādin-ahi/Nabû-ušallim/Ilšu-abūšu.
Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919Scribe: Nabû-mukīn-apli/Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu/Ša-diš-luh.
Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020Borsippa, Cyr 08-I-02. 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
12 UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-MEŠ pa-ni
2{d}na-na-a u {d}su-ti-ti
3ša₂ ina {iti}BARA₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂
4{m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA
5ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃
6A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME ŠEŠ AD ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG {m}MU-{d}AG
7ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ik-nu-uk-ma
8pa-ni {m}{d}AG-GIN(MU-)NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a}
9A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME a-na U₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂
10u₂-šad-gil re-bu-u₂
11ina UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ UD 29-KAM ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ pu-ut HA.LA
12ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-DU₃ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN ik-ka-al
13a-na la e-ni-e {m}MU-{d}AG ni-iš
14{d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU iz-zak-ka-ar
15{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-GIN-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃
16A {lu₂}PA.GIŠIMMAR {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-GI
17A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-KAD₂ A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ
18A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG
19{m}{d}AG-GIN-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN A {m}<ŠA₂-DIŠ>-LUH
20bar-sip{ki} {iti}BARA₂ UD 8-KAM
21MU 2-KAM {m}ku-ra-aš₂ LUGAL E{ki}
22LUGAL KUR.KUR

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