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AchHist 15, 166 (P413024)

Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 166
IDP413024
Museum no.BM 102276
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 44.3434

English translation

By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:18] 11–1818The tablet of exchange that Nabû-nādin-ahi/Nabû-šumu-iškun/Rēš-ummāni and Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi exchanged with each other:
Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717Whoever breaks the contract will have to pay [x] m of silver.
Obverse [17:21] 1818–2121Witnesses: Nabû-nādin-ahi/Zēria/Ibnāya, Bēl-rēmanni/Bēl-zēru-ibni/Rēʾi-sisê, Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Zēr-Bābili/Nappāhu.
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222Scribe: [Balass]u/Rēmūt/Bāʾiru.
Obverse [22:26] 2323–2626Borsippa, Camb 13-X-06.
Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525Each (party) has taken one (copy).
Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626PN (broken). 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1rit-tu₄ šu-pil-uš-tu₄ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ
2DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}SAG-ERIN₂{ni} u₃
3{m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ
4it-ti a-ha-meš uš-pil-lu {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ
5[ina] hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ i-na MU.AN.NA 6 {uzu}x-[x-x] ša₂ UDU.NITA₂
66 {uzu}ZAG.LU-MEŠ u₃ {uzu}TI-MEŠ [x x (x) ri]-⸢ka⸣-su
7i-na UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-ni-e ša₂ lu-bu-uš-tu₄-MEŠ
8ša₂ kal-la MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu-[u₂]
9pa-ni {d}30 ša₂ E₂.DIM.AN.NA [x x x]
10u₂-ša₂-<ad>-gi-il
11ik-nu-uk-ku-ma a-na u₄-[mu ṣa-a-tu₂]
12pa-ni {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a [u₂-šad-gil]
13u₃ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN ina hu-ud [lib₃-bi-šu₂]
14{m}{d}AG-lu-u₂-šu(ku-)lum {lu₂}qal-la-[šu₂]
15ik-nu-uk-ku-ma pa-ni {m}{d}AG-na-[din-ŠEŠ]
16A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}SAG-ERIN₂{ni} ku-u₂ [UZU.MEŠ]
17pa-ni {d}30 u₂-ša₂-<ad>-gi-il ša₂ it-ta-pal
18[x] MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR u₂-šal-lam {lu₂}mu-kin-nu
19{m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia A {m}ib-na-a-a
20{m}{d}EN-re-man-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-NUMUN-DU₃ A {lu₂}SIPA.ANŠE.KUR.RA
21{[m}{d}AG]-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} A {lu₂}SIMUG
22{[lu₂}UMBISAG {m}TIN]-⸢su⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut A {lu₂}ŠU.KU₆
23[BARA₂].SIPA{ki} {iti}AB UD 13-KAM MU 6-KAM
24{[m}kam]-bu-zi-ia₂ LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR-MEŠ
251{en}TA.AM₃ il-te-qu-u₂
26{m}x x x x x x x
27x x x

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