AchHist 15, 007 (P521506)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521506 |
| Museum no. | BM 026498 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | [Šulā/Ṣillā/Ilia voluntarily] sealed and assigned to his oldest son Nabû-bēlšunu:1 |
| Obverse [1:48] 22–4848 | two thirds [of the prebends (and) fields, as well as a house of] 40 reeds in the district of the 'Lapis Lazuli' Gate [in the centre of Borsippa]: - the upper side next to the broad street [and next to] the house of 6 nikkassu [received] from Iddin-Nabû//Aškāpu - the lower side next to the small through-street - the upper front next to the house of Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Tabnēa/[Nūr]-Papsukkal and next to the house of Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Ilšu-abūšu - the lower front next to the house of Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Nūr-Sîn; a large bīt-šutummi of 24 reeds on the passageway of the gods until the empty plot - the upper front next to Nabû-šumu-iškun/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Arkāt-ilāni-damqā - the lower front next to Nabû-nādin-šumi/Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Iddin-Papsukkal And one third of the prebends and fields of Šulā, as much as there is, he (= Šulā) sealed and assigned forever to Marduk-šumu-ibni, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti and Nergal-iddin, his younger sons, the later sons. He (= Šulā) sealed and assigned to Marduk-šumu-ibni [his second son (?)], on top of his share (and) instead of his house: a bīt-šutummi of 12 reeds, next to the large bīt-šutummi, (reaching) from the empty plot until the small through-street - upper front next to Nabû-šumu-iškun/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Arkāt-ilāni-damqāt - lower front next to Nabû-šumu-ēreš and Marduk-zēru-ibni descendants of Ku[durrānu] (and) a field of 0;3.2 in tamirtu Bīt-Eṭrāya, part of the property which is held in common with his (Šulā’s) brother Itti-Nabû-balāṭu. He (= Šulā) sealed and assigned forever to Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti, his third son: A (part of a) house of 6 nikkassu in the district of the 'Lapis Lazuli' Gate in the centre of Borsippa, which was received from Iddin-Nabû//Aškāpu: - upper side next to the broad street - lower side next to the same plot - upper front next to the same plot - lower front next to the house of Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Nūr-Sîn The previous tablets that (he sealed) to the name of [Ṣil]lā (?) and to the name of Tabnēa and Libluṭ [and] the previous tablets that Šulā sealed to (the name of?) the sons of [PN]: they are all broken. They have sworn an oath by Nabû. At the sealing of the tablet are present: Marduk-šāpik-zēri/Nabû-lē’i/Ilia, Nabû-nādin-šumi/Lūṣi-ana-nūri-Marduk/Bēl-ušumgal, Nabû-šumu-iddin/Nabû-kāṣir/Nūr-Papsukkal, Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Taqīš-Gula/Siātu, Nabû-bēlšunu/Šulā/Ilia, Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia. |
| Obverse [45:46] 4646–4646 | Scribe: Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Šamaš-šumu-līšir/Esagil-mansum. |
| Obverse [46:47] 4747–4747 | Borsippa, Nbn [x]-XII-02. |
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) |
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| 1 | {[m}šu-la-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ṣil-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia] | |
| 2 | [ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] 2{ta} ŠU-MIN-MEŠ [ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [A.ŠA₃-MEŠ u₃] 40 GI-MEŠ KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL ZA.[GIN] | |
| 4 | [ša₂ qe₂-reb BARA₂.SIPA{ki} UŠ] AN.TA DA SILA rap-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [u₃ DA 6 nik₂]-kas₃ GI-MEŠ ša₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}MU-{d}AG A {lu₂}AŠGAB | |
| 6 | [mah-ri] UŠ KI.TA DA SILA SIG{nu} a-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 7 | [SAG.KI AN].TA DA E₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ne₂-e-a | |
| 8 | [A {m}ZALAG₂]-{d}PAP.SUKKAL u DA E₂ {m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU-TIN A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 9 | SAG KI.TA DA E₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}30 | |
| 10 | 24 GI-MEŠ E₂-šu-tum₃-mu ra-bi-tu₄ | |
| 11 | mu-ta-qu DINGIR-MEŠ a-di UGU pi-it-ri SAG AN.TA | |
| 12 | DA {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU A {m}ar₂-kat₂-DINGIR-SIG₅ | |
| 13 | SAG.KI KI.TA DA {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin | |
| 14 | A {m}SUM{na}{d}PAP.SUKKAL ik-nu-uk-ma pa-ni {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | DUMU-šu₂ GAL{i} u₂-šad-gil u₃ šal-šu₂ ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 16 | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ik-nu-uk-ma | |
| 17 | [pa]-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ u₃ | |
| 18 | {[m}{d]}U.GUR-SUM{na} DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ tar-din-ne₂-e DUMU.ME ar₂-ki-tu₄ | |
| 19 | [a-na] u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ u₂-šad-gil 12 GI-MEŠ E₂-šu-tum₃-mu | |
| 20 | DA E₂-šu-tum₃-mu ra-bi-tu₄ ul-tu UGU | |
| 21 | [pi]-it-ri a-di UGU mu-ṣu-u₂ SIG{nu} a-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 22 | SAG AN.TA DA {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU | |
| 23 | A {m}ar₂-kat₂-DINGIR-MEŠ-SIG₅ SAG.KI KI.TA DA | |
| 24 | {m}{d}AG-MU-APIN{eš} u₃ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A-MEŠ {m}ku-[du-ra]-nu | |
| 25 | 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN ina GARIM E₂-e-ṭi-ra-a ina ka-ri-e | |
| 26 | ša₂ KI {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN ŠEŠ-šu₂ la zu-uʾ-u₂-zu e-lat HA.[LA-šu₂] | |
| 27 | ku-mu E₂-šu₂ ik-nu-uk-ma pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂-ni-e] | |
| 28 | id-din-nu a-na u₄-[mu ṣa]-a-tu₄ u₂-šad-gil 6 nik₂-kas₃ GI-MEŠ | |
| 29 | [ina] KI{ti₃} KA₂.[GAL (x)] ZA.GIN ša₂ qe₂-reb BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 30 | ša₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}MU-{d}AG A {lu₂}AŠGAB mah-ri UŠ AN.TA | |
| 31 | DA SILA rap-šu₂ UŠ KI.TA DA A.ŠA₃ lib₃-bu-u₂ A.ŠA₃ | |
| 32 | SAG AN.TA DA A.ŠA₃ lib₃-bu-u₂ A.ŠA₃ SAG.KI KI.TA DA E₂ | |
| 33 | {[m]}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}30 ik-nu-uk-ku-[ma] pa-ni | |
| 34 | {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ DUMU-šu₂ šal-ša₂-a-a a-na u₄-[mu ṣa]-a-tu₄ u₂-šad-gil | |
| 35 | {im}DUB-MEŠ mah-ru-tu₄ ša₂ a-na šu-mu [ša₂ {m}ṣil]-la-a | |
| 36 | u a-na šu-mi ša₂ {m}tab-ne₂-e-a u₃ {m}lib-[luṭ u₃] {im}DUB-MEŠ | |
| 37 | mah-ru-tu₄ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a a-na DUMU-MEŠ [ša₂ {m}x]-x ik-nu-ku | |
| 38 | gab-bi hu-up-pu-uʾ-ta {d}AG [iz-ku-ru]-u₂-nu | |
| 39 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB MU-MEŠ | |
| 40 | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DUB-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DA [A {m]}DINGIR-ia | |
| 41 | IGI {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}lu-E₃-ANA-ZALAG₂-{d}AMAR.UTU [A {m]}EN-UŠUMGAL | |
| 42 | IGI {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAD₂ A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 43 | IGI {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}ME.ME A {m}si-ia₂-a-tu₂ | |
| 44 | IGI {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 45 | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 46 | [DUB.SAR {m}{d]}⸢AG⸣-MU-GI.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU-SI.SA₂ | |
| 47 | [A {m}E₂.SAG].ILA₂-MAN.SUM BARA₂.⸢SIPA⸣{ki} {[iti]}ŠE | |
| 48 | [UD.n-KAM] MU 2-KAM {d}AG-I [LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki]} |
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