Dar. 075 (P404990)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Dar. 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404990 |
| Museum no. | BM 031576 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
English translation
By Strassmaier, J.N. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | 4 minas of nuhhutu-silver of one-eighth alloy belonging to Ahhiua, son of Nadana-ili, and Adinaʾ, his wife, are the debt of Nabu-naṣir, son of Itti-Bel-lummir, descendant of Basiya. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | His house which is in Borsippa, and which is next to the house of Ahušunu, son of Hummanu, and next to the house of Širku, son of Iddin-Marduk, is the security of A[hhiua?] until [...] on condition of (there being) n[o] rent (payable) on the house [and] no [interest on the silver]. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99– | No other creditor shall have right of disposal over it [until] Ahhiua and Adinaʾ recover the 4 minas of [si]lver. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 1313–r 1313 | Witnesses: Rimut, son of [...], descendant of Sikkua; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1414–r 1414 | Bel-iddin, [son of ...]; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1515–r 1515 | Iqupu, son of Nabu-[...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1616–r 1616 | Šum-iddin, Zuzanu, and the scribe [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1717–r 1717 | Bel-iddin, son of Nabu-naṣir, descendant of Basiya. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 1818–r 2020 | Babylon, 2nd day of Ululu, 3rd year of Darius, king of Babylon, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2121–r 2121 | He shall carry out the necessary repair work, he shall renew the roof. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2222–r 2222 | From the 1st day of Tašritu the house is at their disposal. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 4 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | |
| 2 | nu-uh-hu-tu ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-hi-u₂-<a> A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-da-na-DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 3 | u {f}a-di-na-aʾ DAM-šu₂ ina muh-hi {m}{d}NA₃-PAB | |
| 4 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-{d}EN-lum-mir A {m}ba-si-ia | |
| 5 | E₂-su ša₂ ina bar-sip{ki} ša₂ DA E₂ {m}a-hu-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | ⸢A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}hu⸣-um-ma-nu u DA E₂ {m}ši-rik-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 7 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AMAR.UTU maš-ka-nu ša₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-[...] | |
| 8 | a-di X X i-di E₂ ia-[a-nu u hu-bul KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 9 | ia-a-nu {lu₂}TUK{u₂} ša₂-nam-[ma] | |
| 10 | ina muh-hi ul i-šal-⸢laṭ⸣ [a-di muh-hi] | |
| 11 | {m}ŠEŠ-hi-u₂-a u {f}a-⸢di⸣-[na-aʾ] | |
| r | ||
| 12 | [KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ a₄ 4 MA.NA i-šal-[li-mu] | |
| 13 | {⸢lu₂}mu-kin⸣-nu {m}ri-mut A-⸢šu₂⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 14 | A {m}sik-ku-u₂-a {m}{d}EN-MU [A-šu₂ ša₂ ...] | |
| 15 | {m}i-qu-pu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[...] | |
| 16 | {m}MU-MU {m}zu-za-nu u {lu₂}⸢UMBISAG⸣ [...] | |
| 17 | {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-PAB A {m}ba-si-ia | |
| 18 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}KIN UD 2-KAM₂ | |
| 19 | MU 3-KAM₂ {m}da-ri-muš | |
| 20 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 21 | bat-qa i-ṣab-bat u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-ni | |
| 22 | ⸢TA⸣ UD 1-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ E₂ ina IGI-šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- Linguistically Annotated Achemenet Babylonian Texts (Univ. Helsinki) · CC BY 4.0 · Alstola, T., Sahala, A., Valk, J., Ong, M. (2025). Linguistically Annotated Achemenet Babylonian Texts v1.1.0. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17651786
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