AchHist 15, 136 (P404863)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404863 |
| Museum no. | BM 109253 |
| 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 [0:11] 11–6'6' | [1] day of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, in months I and VII of Kudurru/Kīnā/Rēʾi-alpi: Rēmūt-Gula/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Rēʾi-alpi declared 5/6 m silver as its purchase price with Kudurru/Kīnā/Rēʾi-alpi and bought it for its full price. |
| Obverse [9:16] 5'5'–11'11' | In total 5/6 m 3 š white silver, including 3 š silver given as extra payment, the price of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, in months I and VII; Kudurru/Kīnā/Rēʾi-alpi received from Rēmūt-Gula/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Rēʾi-alpi the price of 1 day of his prebend that he gave. |
| Obverse [16:23] 12'12'–18'18' | [He is paid], quit. He does not have any claims. [They will not return to this matter], and they will not dispute with one another. Any claimant of this prebend will pay the silver that he received 12 times. |
| Obverse [21:33] 17'17'–28'28' | At the sealing of this tablet: in the presence of Nabû-šumu-līšir//Arkāt-ilāni-damqā, governor of Borsippa, in the presence of Nabû-balassu-iqbi//Ilia, šatammu of Ezida. Before: Nabû-balāṭu-ēreš/Kāṣir/Rēʾi-alpi, Nabû-ēṭer/Balāṭu/Šigûa, Nabû-šumu-līšir//Šagimmu. |
| Obverse [32:33] 28'28'–28'28' | Scribe: Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur//Damequ. |
| Obverse [33:36] 29'29'–3838 | Borsippa, Nbk 28-VI-01?. |
| Obverse [35:36] 3838–3838 | The fingernail of Kudurru is impressed instead of this seal. |
| Obverse [36:37] 3939–3939 | Kudurru//Rēʾi-alpi ... 1 day of the prebend ... Rēmūt-Gula ... 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 | 1{en} U₄]-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu | |
| 2 | [ša₂ E₂].ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG ina {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 3 | [u₃] {iti}DU₆ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a | |
| 4 | [A {lu₂]}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ ki-i 5/6 MA.NA | |
| 5 | [KU₃.BABBAR] KU₃.PAD.DU it-ti | |
| 6 | {[m}NIG₂.DU] ša₂ {<m>}ki-na-a A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 2' | {m}re-mut-{d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-bul-liṭ | |
| 3' | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ KI.LAM im-bi-e-ma | |
| 4' | i-šam a-na ši-me-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 5' | PAB 5/6 MA.NA 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} a-di 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6' | a-ki-i pi-i DIRI SUM{nu} ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 7' | {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG | |
| 8' | {iti}BARA₂ u {iti}DU₆ ina ŠU-MIN {m}re-mut-{d}gu-la | |
| 9' | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB-ME-TIN{iṭ} A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 10' | {m}NIG₂.DU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [šam₂] 1{en} U₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ id-din ma-hir | |
| 12' | [a-pil] za-ki ru-gu-ma-a ul i-ši | |
| 13' | [ul i-tur-ru]-ma a-na a-ha-meš | |
| 14' | [ul i-rag-gu]-mu pa-qi₂-ra-nu | |
| 15' | [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU]-MEŠ kas-pi im-hur | |
| 16' | [a-di 12 TA a₄] i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 17' | [i-na ka-nak] {im}DUB MU-MEŠ | |
| 18' | [a-na IGI] {m}{d}AG-MU-SI.SA₂ | |
| 19' | [A {m}ar₂-kat₂-DINGIR]-ME-SIG₅ {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ | |
| 20' | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 21' | a-na <IGI> {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 22' | {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 23' | IGI {m}{d}AG-TIN-APIN{eš} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ka-ṣir | |
| 24' | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 25' | IGI {m}{d}AG-KAR{ir} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 26' | A {m}ši-gu-u₂-a | |
| 27' | IGI {m}{d}AG-MU-SI.SA₂ A {m}ša₂-gim-mu | |
| 28' | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ A {m}da-me-qu | |
| 29' | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}KIN UD 28-KAM | |
| 37 | MU 1-KAM {d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 38 | [ṣu]-pur {m}NIG₂.DU ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 39 | [tu₂]-⸢da⸣-a-a-ti {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 40 | [A {lu₂]}SIPA.<GUD> ša₂ 1{en} U₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 41 | {[m]}re-mut-{d}gu-la ša₂ x [x] |
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