AchHist 15, 004 (P521504)
Business / Contracts, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521504 |
| Museum no. | BM 094556 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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 [0:3] 0'0'–2'2' | [Tablet of exchange that Ša-pî-Nabû of the family X and Ṣillā of the Ilia family have exchanged with each other:] |
| Obverse [3:6] 3'3'–5'5' | - Four days of the tilimtu offerings on days 01, 02, 05, 06 of month [x] of the brewer’s prebend of Ezida, temple of Nabû |
| Obverse [6:9] 6'6'–8'8' | - 3 1/2 days in month Tašrītu (VII): half of day 08, day 09, day 10, day 11 of the brewer’s prebend of Emahgirzal, temple of Mār-bīti |
| Obverse [9:11] 9'9'–10'10' | Ša-pî-Nabû has voluntarily assigned (this) to Ṣillā. And: |
| Obverse [11:14] 11'11'–13'13' | - 2 days of the tardennu maštītu offerings on days 09 and 10 of month Abu (V) the brewer’s prebend [of Ezida, temple of Nabû] |
| Obverse [14:17] 14'14'–2''2'' | - 6 m 10 š [silver ... Ṣillā has voluntarily assigned (this) to Ša-pî-Nabû]. |
| Obverse [15:24] 1''1''–9''9'' | In the presence of Marduk-[zēru-ibni//Kidin-Nanāya], ērib-bīti [of Nabû, šakin-ṭēmi of Borsippa], Nabû-balassu-[iqbi//Ilia], šatammu of E[zida], Nabû-gāmil/Iddin-[DN/FN], Nabû-lē’i/Nabû-na’id?/Kidin-Sîn, Marduk-zēru-ibni/Nādin/Nikkāya, Arad-Nabû/Nummuru/Nabû-ēreš, Nabû-ahu-iddin/Šamaš-iddin/Kidin-Sîn. |
| Obverse [24:25] 10''10''–10''10'' | Scribe: Nabû-bēl-šumāti/Balāṭu/Ardūtu. |
| Obverse [25:27] 11''11''–12''12'' | Borsippa, Nbp 21-II-18. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 0' | [ṭuppi šupêltu ša Ša-pi-Nabu] | |
| 1' | A {m}[x u Ṣilla] | |
| 2' | A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ ša₂ [itti ahāmeš ušpêlū] | |
| 3' | 4 u₄-mu ti-lim-[du₃-MEŠ {iti}x] | |
| 4' | UD 1-KAM UD 2-KAM UD 5-KAM UD 6-KAM ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}LUNGA-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG | |
| 6' | 3 1/2 u₄-mu {iti}DU₆ UD 8-KAM 1/2 u₄-mu | |
| 7' | UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA-u₂-tu | |
| 8' | E₂.MAH.GIR₁₇.ZAL E₂ ša₂ {d}DUMU-E₂ | |
| 9' | {m}ša-pi₄-{d}AG ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 10' | pa-ni {m}ṣil-la-a u₂-šad-gil | |
| 11' | u₃ 2 u₄-mu tar-din-nu maš-ti-ti | |
| 12' | {iti}NE UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA] | |
| 13' | {lu₂}LUNGA-u₂-tu [E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG] | |
| 14' | 6 MA.NA 10 [GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ...] | |
| 1'' | ina IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}ki-din-{d}na-na-a] | |
| 2'' | {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {[d}AG {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ BARA₂.SIPA{ki]} | |
| 3'' | ina IGI {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-[E A {m}DINGIR-ia] | |
| 4'' | {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.[ZI.DA] | |
| 5'' | IGI {m}{d}AG-ga-mil A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}SUM{na}[x A ...] | |
| 6'' | IGI {m}{d}AG-DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-I A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 7'' | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {m}nik-ka-a-a | |
| 8'' | IGI {m}IR₃-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}nu-um-mu-ru A {m}{d}AG-KAM | |
| 9'' | IGI {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-SUM{na} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUM{na} A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 10'' | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-EN-MU-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 11'' | A {m}IR₃-u₂-tu BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 12'' | {iti}GU₄ UD 21-KAM MU 18-KAM | |
| 13'' | {m}{d}AG-A-URU₃ [LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki]} |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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