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AchHist 15, 002 (P521502)

Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 002
IDP521502
Museum no.BM 094836
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreLegal
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:9] 11–99Brewer’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû - a 1/4 day (of) the kapru offering, (on the occasion of) the second serving in the evening, and a 1/4 šussullu vessel with good beer - which Mušēzib-Nabû/Murašû/Ilia sealed and gave to Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Tabnēa/Ahiya’ūtu:
Obverse [8:13] 99–1313Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Ilia, the son of the brother of the father of Mubēzib-Nabû was present as a witness at this (transaction).
Obverse [12:15] 1313–1515Witnesses: Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-uballiṭ/Kidin-Sîn, Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Marduk/[FN].
Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717Scribe: Iddin-Marduk/[PN]/É-dù-a.
Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919[Borsippa], Dar 29-I-[x].

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)
1[GIŠ.ŠUB].BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃-MEŠ
2E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG 4{u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu
3kap-ri tar-din-nu ša₂ ki-ṣu u₄-mu
4a-di 4{u₂} ša₂ šu-us-sul-lu ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA SIG₅
5ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-ra-šu-u₂
6A {m}DINGIR-ia ik-nu-uk-ma pa-ni
7{m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ni-e-[a]
8[A] {m}ŠEŠ-ia-u₂-tu u₂-šad-gil
9{m}{d}AG-MU-GIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DIB-UD.DA
10A {m}DINGIR-ia DUMU ŠEŠ AD
11ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AG a-na ši-bu-tu
12ina lib₃-bi a-ši-bi
13{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂
14{m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} A {m}ki-din-{d}30
15{m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-<šu₂ ša₂> {m}mar-du-ku
16[A {m}x x] {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}MU-{d}AMAR.UTU
17[A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x x] A {m}E₂-DU₃-A
18[BARA₂.SIPA{ki]} {iti}BARA₂ UD 29-KAM
19[MU.n-KAM {m]}dar-iʾ-a-mu-uš
20[LUGAL] TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR-MEŠ

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