AchHist 15, 049 (P413323)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413323 |
| Museum no. | BM 103474 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | [Monthly] 1 tilimtu-vessel of the Ziggurrat, [that] Nabû-uballiṭ/Iddin-Nabû/Ilšu-abūšu leased to Balāṭu, the slave of Rēmūt-Bēl/Iddin-Nabû/Ilšu-abūšu, for performing (ana ēpišānūtu). |
| Obverse [5:12] 66–1212 | Per vat, Nabû-uballiṭ will give 0;2.2 barley and 0;0.1.2 kasû to Balāṭu and he (Balāṭu) will brew every month [x (amount, number of vats)] of billatu beer and Balāṭu will deliver it for the temple service (of Nabû-uballiṭ). |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | Balāṭu is responsible for uninterrupted and punctual service. |
| Obverse [11:16] 1212–1616 | Witnesses: Mušēzib-Marduk/Rēmūt-Nabû/Ilšu-abūšu, Murašû/Gimillu/Kinia, [Nabû]-aplu-iddin/Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [16:19] 1717–1919 | Scribe: Nabû-ittannu/[Marduk]-šumu-uṣur/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [18:22] 1919–2222 | Borsippa, Dar 17-VIII-[x]+6. |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | Each has taken one (copy). |
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 | [ša₂ ITI] 1{en} ti-lim-du₃ ša₂ ziq-qur-rat | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {m]}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {m}DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂-bu-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | a-na e-piš-ša₂-nu-tu i-na pa-ni | |
| 4 | {m}ba-la-ṭu IR₃ {m}re-mut-{d}EN | |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {m}DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂-[bu]-šu₂ | |
| 6 | a-na dan-nu 2 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.BAR 1 BAN₂ 2 [QA ka]-si-ia₂ x | |
| 7 | {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} a-na {m}ba-la-[ṭu] | |
| 8 | i-nam-din-ma ša₂ ITI 1{en} ti-lim-du₃] | |
| 9 | ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA u₂-ba-[al-la-al-ma] | |
| 10 | a-na man-zal-la-tu₄ {m}[ba-la-ṭu] | |
| 11 | i-nam-din pu-ut la baṭ-lu u ma-as-[naq-tu₄] | |
| 12 | {m}ba-la-ṭu na-ši {lu₂}mu-kin-ni | |
| 13 | {m}KAR-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG | |
| 14 | [A {m}DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ša₂-bu-šu₂ {m}mu-ra-šu-u A-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [ša₂ {m}gi]-mil-lu A {m}ki-ni-ia | |
| 16 | {[m}{d}AG]-EDURU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}ŠU₂-MU-URU₃ A {m}[DINGIR-MEŠ]-a-bu-šu₂ | |
| 17 | {[lu₂}DUB].⸢SAR⸣ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 18 | {[m}{d}ŠU₂]-MU-URU₃ A {m}DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂-bu-šu₂ | |
| 19 | [BARA₂].SIPA{ki} {iti}APIN UD 17-KAM | |
| 20 | [MU] 6+n-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš | |
| 21 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 22 | 1{en} TA a₄ TI{[u₂]} |
Sources & licences
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