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Camb. 182 (P404998)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Camb. 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404998 |
| Museum no. | BM 031182 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Lease Contracts |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ ša₂ ina KA₂-giš-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU-TIN A-šu₂ | The house which is at the Gate of the House of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, son |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}e-gi-bi a-na i-di E₂ | of Nabu-ahhe-iddin, son of Egibi, for the rent of the house |
| 3 | a-di 3 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na MU.AN.NA 16 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | for 3 years, 16 shekels of silver per year. |
| 4 | a-na {m}IR₃-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kal-ba-a A {m}MU-lib₂-ši | to Arad-Bel, son of Kalbaya, descendant of Šumu-libši |
| 5 | ⸢id-din ur₃⸣-ra i-ša₂-an-nu bat-qa i-ṣab-bat | (If) he slips through the roof beams, he will experience loss (and) distress. |
| 6 | {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU u {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄ | Nisannu, Du’uzu and Kislimu (month IX) are favourable. |
| 7 | i-na-a-⸢pu a-hi⸣ KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year. |
| 8 | u re-eh-⸢tu₄ KU₃.BABBAR⸣ ina mi-šil MU.AN.[NA] | and the remainder of the silver in the middle of the year |
| 9 | i-nam-din TA UD 1-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}[...] | From the 1st day of ... |
| 10 | E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ 8 GIN₂ [KU₃.BABBAR ...] | The house is at his disposal. 8 shekels of silver |
| 11 | ina i-di E₂-šu₂ ša TA MU.AN.[NA ...] | from the rent of his house which from year |
| 11a | ma-hi-ir | received. |
| r | ||
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-mu-še-ti-⸢iq⸣-[UD.DA] | Witnesses: Nabû-mušētiq-udde |
| 13 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a ⸢A {m}tu-na⸣-[a] | son of Kinaya, descendant of Tunayu |
| 14 | {m}MU-{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}[EN] | Šumma-Nabu, son of Remut-Bel |
| 15 | A {m}{d}IM-šam-me-e {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-[DU₃] | son of Adad-šammê, Marduk-zera-ibni |
| 16 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {lu₂}SIMUG | son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Nappahu |
| 17 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URI₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ | Marduk-šuma-uṣur, the scribe, son of Merodach-baladan |
| 18 | A {m}ga-hul₂ TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}KIN-2-KAM | from the Gahal family. Babylon, 2nd day of Ululu |
| 19 | UD 22-KAM₂ MU 2-KAM₂ {m}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ | 22nd day, 2nd year of Cambyses. |
| 20 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR.KUR | king of Babylon and of all lands. |
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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