AchHist 15, 129 (P404864)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404864 |
| Museum no. | BM 109859 |
| 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 [0:8] 11–88 | Oxherd prebend (in) Ezida, the temple of Nabû, in the “7-day periods” of Nādin//Rē’i-alpi, 1 day: Nabû-kēšir//[Rē’i-alpi] declared 35 š of block silver as its purchase price with Nādin//Rē’i-alpi and bought it. |
| Obverse [7:14] 88–3'3' | Nādin//[Rē’i-alpi received] from Nabû-kēšir[//Rē’i-alpi] in total 36 š silver, including 1 š silver given as extra payment. [large gap] |
| Obverse [12:20] 2'2'–9'9' | Present at the sealing of this tablet: Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ, the šākin-ṭēmi of Borsippa, Nabû-šumu-iškun//Ilia, the šatammu of Ezida, Nabû-zēru-ibni//Aqar-Nabû, Bēl-īpuš//Rē’i-alpi, Marduk-šāpik-zēri/Arkāt-ilāni-damqā. |
| Obverse [20:22] 10'10'–11'11' | Scribe, writer of this tablet: Nabû-udammiq//Šikkûa. |
| Obverse [22:24] 12'12'–13'13' | Borsippa, Nbp 11-XI-03. |
| Obverse [24:25] 14'14'–14'14' | The fingernail of Nādin is applied instead of his seal. |
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 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ-u₂-tu | |
| 2 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}PA ina 7.UD-MEŠ-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ 1{en} U₄-mu | |
| 4 | ki-i 1/2 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR [KU₃].PAD.DU | |
| 5 | {m}{d}AG-ki-šir₃ A {lu₂}[SIPA.GUD-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | KI {m}na-din A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD-MEŠ KI.LAM] | |
| 7 | im-bi-e-ma i-šam | |
| 8 | PAB 1/2 MA.NA 6 GIN₂ [KU₃.BABBAR a-di] | |
| 9 | 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-[i DIRI SUM.NA] | |
| 10 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-ki-[šir₃ A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | {m}na-di-nu A {[lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ] | |
| 1' | [x x x] x [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [i-na ka]-nak {im}[DUB šu-a-ti₃] | |
| 3' | ana IGI {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-bul-liṭ | |
| 4' | {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ bar-sip{ki} | |
| 5' | {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 6' | {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 7' | IGI {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ib-ni A {m}a-qar-{d}AG | |
| 8' | IGI {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 9' | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DUB-NUMUN A {m}EGIR-DINGIR.ME-SIG₅ | |
| 10' | {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {na₄}DUB | |
| 11' | {m}{d}AG-SIG₅{iq} A {m}sik-ku-u₂-a | |
| 12' | bar-sip{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 11-KAM | |
| 13' | MU 3-KAM {m}{d}AG-IBILA-URU₃ | |
| 14' | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} ṣu-pur {m}na-di-nu | |
| 15' | ki-ma {im}DUB-šu₂ tum₃-da-a-ta |
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