AchHist 15, 157 (P404860)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404860 |
| Museum no. | BM 101987 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:8] 11–88 | (Concerning) the oxherd prebend in Ezida, [temple of Nabû], and the (sheep of the) irregular offerings of months I and XI before Nanāya and Sutītu, the inheritance of Nabû-šumu-ibni/Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Rēʾi-alpi that Nabû-mukīn-apli/Šulā/Šikkûa, the šatammu of Ezida, assigned to Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi on the orders of the king, and (for which) he received [from him (= Nabû-mukīn-zēri)] a gift of 1 m silver, and about which Iddin-Nabû/Nādin/Rēʾi-alpi (later) filed a claim: “[The prebend] belonged to Nabû-šumu-ibni, the brother of my father; I should get it!” |
| Obverse [8:12] 99–1212 | Later, Nabû-mukīn-zēri and Iddin-Nabû made an agreement with each other and they assigned the sheep of the irregular offerings of month I and XI to Nabû-[mukīn-zēri] and the days (= the oxherd prebend) [they assigned] to Iddin-Nabû. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | Each (party) has taken a copy. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | They have sworn by the life of Nabû and Marduk, their gods, not to make any changes (to this agreement). |
| Obverse [14:20] 1515–2020 | Witnesses: Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rēʾi-alpi, Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Rēʾi-alpi, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Nabû-šumu-ibni of the same family, Nādin/Balassu/Zērūtia. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Scribe: Šamaš-iddin/Nabû-mušētiq-ud[di/Rēʾi-alpi]. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | Borsippa, Cyr 08-IX-03. 1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA [E₂ {d}AG] | |
| 2 | u₃ gu-qa-ni-e ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ u {iti}ZIZ₂ pa-ni {d}na-[na-a] | |
| 3 | u₃ {d}su-ti-ti pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-DU₃ A-šu₂ [ša₂] | |
| 4 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.[DA] | |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}šik-ku-u₂-a a-ki-i qi₂-ba-at LUGAL | |
| 6 | a-na {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-x-a | |
| 7 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME id-din-nu u₃ 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR NIG₂.BA im-hu-[ru-šu₂] | |
| 8 | u {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME pa-qa-ra ina muh-hi ir-šu-u₂ um-[ma GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 9 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-DU₃ ŠEŠ AD-ia a-na-ku a-na-aš₂-ši ar₂-ki | |
| 10 | {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN u {m}MU-{d}AG a-ha-meš il-tim-mu-[ma] | |
| 11 | UDU gu-qa-ni-e ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ u {iti}ZIZ₂ ina pa-ni {m}{d}AG-[GIN-NUMUN] | |
| 12 | u₂-šad-gil-lu u₃ u₄-mu-MEŠ pa-ni {m}MU-{d}AG [u₂-šad-gil-lu] | |
| 13 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ gaba-ra-ni-e il-te-[qu-u₂] | |
| 14 | a-na la e-ni-e niš {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu iz-zak-[ru] | |
| 15 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GI.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 16 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-GI A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-URU₃ | |
| 17 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-DU₃ A {<MIN({lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME)>} | |
| 18 | {m}na-din A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN-su A {m}NUMUN-u₂-ti-ia | |
| 19 | x x x x x | |
| 20 | {m}{d}UTU-SUM{na} {lu₂}DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DIB-UD.[DA A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME] | |
| 21 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GAN UD 8-KAM MU 3-KAM | |
| 22 | {m}ku-ra-aš₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.[KUR] |
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