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Rental of Houses 129 (P507719)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental of Houses 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P507719 |
| Museum no. | BM 033966 |
| 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 {gi}hu-uṣ-ṣu ša₂ DA {f}ra-šat-tu | The house of the ḫussbu-drum, which is next to the house of Rašattu, |
| 2 | u₃ DA E₂ {m}su-qa-a-a ša₂ {f}šu-⸢ša₂⸣-an-nu | and next to the house of Suqaya of Šū-eša-eanna |
| 3 | DUMU.MI₂-su ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}EN DUMU ana mu-ti-šu₂ | his daughter, which is (that of) R’umut-Bēl the son of to his wife |
| 4 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-na-ṣir-IBILA | Nidinti-Bel, son of Marduk-nāṣir-apli |
| 5 | DUMU {m}e-gi₃-bi i-na na-aš₂-par-tu | son of Egibi, in the message |
| 6 | ša₂ {f}šu-ša₂-an-nu DUMU.MI₂-su ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}EN | of Šū-ša-annu, daughter of R’umut-Bel |
| 7 | a-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA 13 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | for the rent of the house for a year 13 shekels of white silver |
| 8 | ul-tu {iti}NE ša₂ MU 36-KAM | From Abu of year 36 |
| 9 | {m}da-ri-⸢ia⸣-muš LUGAL a-di-i ṭup-pi ṭup-pi | Darius the king until the tablet |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | a-na {f}GEME₂-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MI₂-su | to Šamaš-Nanaya his daughter |
| 11 | ša₂ {m}ab-di-{d}e-si id-din | of Abdi-Esi gave |
| r | ||
| 12 | a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NA re-hi-ti | He shall pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year. |
| 13 | KU₃.BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA ta-nam-din ur-ru | He will pay the silver in the middle of the year. |
| 14 | ta-ša₂-an-nu bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru ta-ṣab-bat | You sweep the surface of the drain. |
| 15 | {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU u₃ {iti}GAN($tablet: APIN$) nu-up-<tu₄> | Nisannu, Du’uzu and Kislimu (month IX) are favourable. |
| 16 | ta-nam-din KU₃.BABBAR a-<na> mi-šil MU.AN.NA-šu₂ | The silver shall increase by the same amount per year. |
| 17 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN ina ŠU.II {f}GEME₂-{d}na-na-a | Nidinti-Bel received from Šepe-Nanaya |
| 18 | mah-ru 1{en}TA.AM₃ il-te-qu-u₂ | They have each taken (a copy of the document). |
| 19 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}lu-uṣ-ṣu-ana-nu-ur A-šu₂ | Witnesses: Luš-bananur, son |
| 20 | ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}{lu₂}AD.KID | From Mušezib-Marduk, descendant of Adkid. |
| 21 | {m}i-di-DINGIR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}pa-ni-{d}NA₃-lu-mur | Iddin-ili, son of Pani-Nabu-lumur |
| 22 | {m}pa-di-e-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-ra-nu | Padisu, son of Muranu |
| l.e. | ||
| 23 | {m}{d}EN-bul-liṭ-su ⸢A-šu₂ ša₂⸣ {[m]}⸢šu-la⸣-a {m}mu-še-zib-{d}[EN] | Bel-bullissu, son of Šulaea, Mušezib-Bel |
| 24 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ra-šil-ia {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu | son of Rašiliya, scribe of Bel-ittannu. |
| 25 | ša₂-ṭa-ri ša₂-ʾ-ṭi-ir u₃ {lu₂}mu-kin-na šu-u₂ | It is a šaṭaru-commentary and a witness. |
| 26 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-a TIN.TIR{ki} | son of Iddinaya, Babylon |
| 27 | {iti}NE UD 5-KAM MU 36-KAM | 5th day of Abu, 36th year of |
| 28 | {m}da-ri-ia-muš | Dariya-muš |
| 29 | LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR-MEŠ | king of Babylon and of all lands |
Sources & licences
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