Camb. 187 (P404999)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Camb. 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404999 |
| Museum no. | BM 030735 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Strassmaier, J.N. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The houses belonging to Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, son of Nabu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Egibi, which are in front of the Giššu-Gate (and) which were purchased from Ibriya – |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | for three years he gave them for house rent, for half a mina six shekels per year, to Muraššu, son of Aplaya, descendant of Irʾanni. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | He shall pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year, and half of the silver in the middle of the year. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | He shall renew the roof and he shall carry out the necessary repairs to the wall footing. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | In (the months) Nisannu, Duʾuzu and Kislimu he shall make the supplementary payments. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 12r 12–r 12r 12 | They have (each) taken (a copy of the document). |
| Reverse [1:3] r 1313–r 1414 | Witnesses: Itti-Nabu-balaṭu, son of Marduk-ban-zeri, descendant of Bel-eṭeri; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1515–r 1515 | Nabu-talimu-uṣur, son of Rikis-kalama-Bel; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1616–r 1616 | Kurbanni-Marduk, the scribe, son of Etellu, descendant of Eṭeru. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 1717–r 1919 | Babylon, 15th day of Tašritu, 3rd year of Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂-MEŠ ša₂ pa-na-at KA₂.GAL-giš-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ša₂ ina ŠU.II {m}ib-ri-ia mah-ra-ʾ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}KI-{d}ŠU₂-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 4 | A {m}e-gi-bi a-di 3-TA MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA 1/2 MA.NA 6 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | a-na {m}mu-ra-šu-u₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-⸢la-a⸣ | |
| 7 | A {m}ir-a-nu id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NA | |
| 8 | a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA i-nam-din | |
| 9 | u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-nu bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ | |
| 10 | i-ṣab-bat {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU | |
| 11 | u {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄ i-nam-din | |
| r | ||
| 12 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ il-te-qu-u | |
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}KI-{d}NA₃-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DU₃-NUMUN A {m}{d}EN-e-ṭe₃-ri | |
| 15 | {m}{d}NA₃-ta-li-mu-u₂-ṣur A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ri-kis-DU₃.⸢A⸣.BI-{d}EN | |
| 16 | {m}kur-ban-nu-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 17 | {m}e-tel-lu A {m}e-ṭe₃-ru TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}DU₆ | |
| 18 | UD 15-KAM₂ MU 3-KAM₂ {m}kam-bu-zi-ia | |
| 19 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
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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