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Nappahu 080 (P512062)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Nappahu 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512062 |
| Museum no. | BM 077513 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | 5 [GI-MEŠ 10 ⸢ŠU.SI E₂ ep-šu₂⸣ u ⸢hu-uṣ⸣-ṣu | 5 reeds 10 fingers, a built house and a ḫušsbu-house |
| 2 | KI{⸢ti₃⸣} [šu-an-na]{⸢ki⸣} ša₂ qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣{[ki]} | in Šuanna, which is inside Babylon |
| 3 | 1 GAR 1+1 KUŠ₃ 4 ŠU].SI UŠ AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | 1 GAR 1+1 cubit 4 fingers, the upper side on the west; |
| 4 | DA ⸢E₂ {m}DU₁₀⸣.GA-GIŠ.MI-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ | next to the house of Ṭab-egam-ṣilli-Marduk, son of Bala-eṭbu-e23 |
| 5 | DUMU {lu₂}GAL.⸢DU₃⸣ | descendant of Rab-bane |
| 6 | 1 GAR 2(1) KUŠ₃ 4(3) ŠU⸣.SI UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ [DA] SILA | 1 GAR 2 cubits 4 fingers, the lower side on the east, next to the street |
| 7 | qa-⸢at-nu⸣ a-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ | qā-e-atnû (means) ašbu-e. |
| 8 | 1 GAR 1 KUŠ₃ 6(3) [ŠU].⸢SI⸣ SAG ⸢AN.TA {tu₁₅⸣}[SI].⸢SA₂⸣ | 1 GAR 1 cubit 6 fingers, the upper front on the south, |
| 9 | DA mu-ṣu-⸢u₂ ša₂⸣ {m}DU₁₀.GA-GIŠ.MI-{d}AMAR.UTU ⸢DUMU⸣ {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣.DU₃ | next to the exit of Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, the mār-ebi-official (and) the chief-eriba-official |
| 10 | 1 GAR 1 KUŠ₃ 6 ŠU.SI SAG KI.TA {tu₁₅}⸢U₁₈.LU⸣ | 1 GAR 1 cubit 6 fingers, the lower front on the south |
| 11 | DA E₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-eri-ba ⸢u₃⸣ DA ⸢GI⸣-MEŠ | next to the house of Esarhaddon, next to (the house of) the ēru-house, |
| 12 | nu-dun-nu-u₂ ša₂ {f}lu-u₂-bal-ṭa-⸢at DUMU⸣.[MI₂ ša₂ {m]}{⸢d⸣}U.GUR-GI | Nudunnu-offering of Lu-balat-Bāt, daughter of Nergal-ušallim |
| 13 | DUMU {m}⸢e-gi-bi⸣ | son of Egibi, |
| 14 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 5 GI-MEŠ 10 ŠU.SI mi-ši-ih-⸢tu₄⸣ [E₂ šu]-a-ti₃ | A total of 5 reeds 10 fingers, Isviḫ-etu, that house |
| 15 | it-ti {m}la-a-⸢ba⸣-ši-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kur-⸢ban-ni⸣-{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | with Lâ-ebaba-eši-Marduk, son of Kur-ebanni-Emarduk |
| 16 | DUMU {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{[d}NA₃-DU₃]-⸢NUMUN⸣ | son of Šamaš-bari, Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-bani-zer-iddin |
| 17 | DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG ša₂ 1/2 GAR A.ŠA₃ 1/2 MA.NA 6 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ | son of a smith of 1/2 GAR field, 1/2 mina 6 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 18 | ⸢GANBA im⸣-bi-e-ma 3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | It is an e’ebbītu-festival, and 3 minas 5 shekels of silver |
| 19 | i-ša₂-⸢am⸣ ši-mi-šu₂ gam-ru-tu u₃ 6 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | Its full price and 6 shekels of silver |
| 20 | ki-i at-ri u₃ lu-bar-ri ša₂ GAŠAN E₂ id-din-šu₂ | As a gift and a present the lady of the house gave to him |
| r | ||
| 21 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 3 MA.NA 11 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | A total of 3 minas 11 shekels of silver. |
| 22 | ši-bi-ir-tu₄ i-na ŠU.II {m}SUM.NA-{d}NA₃ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-NUMUN | Received by Iddin-Nabu, son of Nabu-ban-zeri |
| 23 | DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG {m}la-a-ba-ši-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kur-ban-ni-{d}AMAR.UTU | son of the smith, Labaši-Marduk, son of Kurbanni-Marduk |
| 24 | DUMU {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ ka-sap ga-mir-tu₄ | son of Šamaš-bari, owner of his house, the silver is paid in full. |
| 25 | ma-hi-ir a-pil ru-gu-um-ma-a ul i-ši | He is paid, he is free from claims. |
| 26 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | They shall not return and they shall not raise a claim against each other. |
| 27 | ma-ti-ma ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ kim-tu₄ ne-su-tu₄ | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint (or) breaks the contract |
| 28 | u₃ sa-la-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri ša₂ i-⸢rag-gu-mu⸣ | and the salātu of the house of Šamaš-bari of Iragumu |
| 29 | um-ma E₂ šu-a-ti₃ ul na-din-⸢ma KU₃.BABBAR⸣ | Thus (says) the seller of that house: “It is not sold and the silver is not received. |
| 30 | ⸢ul⸣ ma-hi-ir {lu₂}pa-qi₂-ra-a-ni ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR] ⸢im⸣-hu-ru | he received. The paqirānu, the silver, the emḫuru-plant |
| 31 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ i-ta-⸢nap⸣-pal | he will pay back twelve times over. |
| 32 | i-na ka-na-ku {im}⸢DUB šu⸣-a-ti₃ | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| 33 | IGI {m}{d}EN-MU ⸢DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din⸣-ŠEŠ DUMU {m}maš-tu-ku | Witness: Bel-iddin, son of Nadin-eriba, descendant of Maštuku |
| 34 | {m}GI-{d}AMAR.UTU [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂] {m}⸢šu⸣-zu-bu DUMU {m}ka-nik₂-KA₂ | Mušallim-Marduk, son of Ešu-Ezubu, descendant of Kanik-babi |
| 35 | {m}ni-din-ti-{⸢d⸣}[EN] DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR DUMU {m}DU₃{eš}DINGIR | Nidinti-Bel, son of Ina-teši-eṭir, descendant of Eppeš-ili |
| 36 | {m}{d}UTU-⸢x DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}IŠKUR-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU {m}e-gi-bi | Šamaš-e..., son of Ea-ešra-iddin, descendant of Egibi |
| 37 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-[MEŠ]-⸢MU⸣ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-zu-bu DUMU {m}ka-nik₂-KA₂ | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Šuzubu, descendant of Kanik-babi |
| 38 | {m}{d}NA₃-⸢SUM.NA⸣ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-DU DUMU {lu₂}ša₂-MUN-HI.⸢A⸣-šu₂ | Nabu-ēṭer-iddin, son of Šuma-ukin, descendant of Labaši; |
| 39 | ina a-ša₂-bi ša₂ {f}⸢GEME₂⸣-{d}NIN.LIL₂ DAM {m}la-a-ba-ši-{⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣ | in the household of Emeš-Ellil, wife of Labaši-Marduk-e23 |
| 40 | na-di-in E₂ 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR NIG₂.BA tal-te⸣-qe₂ | The seller of the house will take 8 shekels of silver as a gift. |
| 41 | {[m}li]-bu-ru DUB.⸢SAR⸣ [DUMU {m}{d}NA₃{na-a]-⸢a⸣} TIN.TIR{ki} | Liburu, the scribe, son of Nabu-ea, Babylonian. |
| 42 | {[iti}x] ⸢UD⸣ 26-KAM MU 1+1-KAM {m}da]-⸢ri-ia-muš⸣ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | Month , 26th day, 1+1st year of Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 43 | [u KUR].⸢KUR⸣ ṣu-pur {m}la-⸢a⸣-[ba-ši-{d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢na⸣-din E₂ ki-ma {im}KIŠIB-šu₂ | and the land of Ekur. Fingernail of La-ea-ebāši-Marduk, gatekeeper of the house, as his seal. |
| l.e. | ||
| 44 | {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB | Seal of |
| 45 | {⸢m⸣}li-bu-ru | Liburu |
| 46 | DUB.SAR | scribe. |
| r.e. | ||
| 47 | {na₄}KIŠIB | Seal |
| 48 | {[m]}li-bu-ru | Luburu |
| 49 | ⸢DUB⸣.SAR | a type of inscription |
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