AchHist 15, 008 (P521507)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521507 |
| Museum no. | BM 025625 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:14] 11–1414 | Tablet of the inheritance of the brewer’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû: Marduk-šumu-ibni, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti and Nergal-iddin, the sons of Šulā from the Ilia family, the second (?) [sons (?)], have divided [among each other]: 1 day kapru in month Ayyaru (II) 1 day kapru in month Tašrītu (VII) 1 day ti[limtū jars] on the 20th day of month Du’ūzu (20-IV) 1 day tardennu on the 14th day of month [x] (14-[x]) 1 day of the eššešu festival of the [good] beer on the 7th day of [month XII(?)] (07-[XII?]) 1 silver dannu-vat before Ninlil [in month VI] 1/2 dannu vat before the Leather Chariot in month [x] (this) belongs to Marduk-šumu-ibni as his inheritance share. |
| Obverse [13:24] 1414–2424 | 1 day kapru in month Tašrītu (VII) 5/6 day maštītu in month Addaru (XII) 1 day tardennu on the 19th day of month Nisannu (19-I) 1 silver dannu vat before Nabû “of Bīt-A[mēl-Ea]” on the 10th of month Nisannu (10-I) 1 dannu vat before the shrine of Šamaš on the 4th day of month Ulūlu (04-VI) 2 kanīku vessels before Ninlil on the 6th day of month Tašrītu (06-VII) (this) belongs to Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti as his inheritance share. He has received from Marduk-šumu-ibni and Nergal-iddin 3 š silver as compensation. |
| Obverse [22:35] 2323–3535 | 1 day kapru in month Ayyaru (II) 1 day kapru in month Tašrītu (VII) 1 day tilimtu jars on the 8th of month Šabaṭu (08-XI) 1 day tardennu on the 18th of month Nisannu (18-I) 1 day eššešu festival of the good beer on the 8th of month Addaru (08-XII) 1 silver dannu-vat before Ninlil on the 8th of month Tašrītu (08-VII) 2/3 of a [dannu-vat] before the shrine of Šamaš on the 28th of month Kislīmu (28-IX) (this) belongs to Nergal-iddin as his inheritance share. They gave a copy (of this tablet) to each other so that (this agreement) cannot be changed. |
| Obverse [34:39] 3535–3939 | Witnesses: Nādin-ahi/Nabû-šumu-[x]/Kudurrānu, Nabû-bēlšunu/Šulā/Ilia, Nabû-šumu-[ukīn]/Aplā/Kudurrānu, Nergal-ahu-iddin/Tabnēa/[FN]. |
| Obverse [39:41] 4040–4141 | And scribe Nabû-zēru-līšir/Nabû-zēru-ibni/Iddin-Papsukkal. |
| Obverse [41:42] 4242–4242 | Borsippa, Nbn 23-IV-11. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ṭup-pi HA.LA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu | |
| 2 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni | |
| 3 | {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ u₃ {m}{d}[U].GUR-SUM{na} | |
| 4 | A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}[DINGIR]-ia {lu₂}2-[x x] | |
| 5 | it-ti [a-ha]-⸢meš⸣ u₂-za-az-[zu-u₂] | |
| 6 | 1 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}⸢GUD⸣ | |
| 7 | 1 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}DU₆ 1 u₄-mu ti-[lim-du₃-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {iti}ŠU UD 20-KAM 1 u₄-mu tar-din-nu ša₂ {⸢iti⸣}[x] | |
| 9 | UD 14-KAM 1 u₄-mu UD.EŠ₃.EŠ₃ ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.[SA SIG₅ ša₂ {iti}x] | |
| 10 | UD 7-KAM 1 dan-nu KU₃.BABBAR IGI {d}NIN.LIL₂ {[iti}KIN] | |
| 11 | 1/2 dan-nu la-IGI {d}{giš}GIGIR KUŠ {iti}[x] | |
| 12 | a-ki-i HA.LA-šu₂ pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[MU]-ib-[ni] | |
| 13 | id-dag-gal | |
| 14 | 1 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}DU₆ 1 u₄-mu šiš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu LA₂{ṭi} | |
| 15 | maš-ti-ti ša₂ {iti}ŠE 1 u₄-mu tar-din-nu ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 16 | UD 19-KAM 1 dan-nu KU₃.BABBAR IGI {d}AG ša₂ E₂ {m}⸢LU₂⸣-{[d}e₂-a] | |
| 17 | {iti}BARA₂ UD 10-KAM 1 dan-nu la-IGI BARA₂ {d}UTU | |
| 18 | {iti}KIN UD 4-KAM 2 ka-nik IGI {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 19 | {iti}DU₆ UD 6-KAM a-ki-i HA.LA-šu₂ | |
| 20 | pa-ni {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ id-dag-gal | |
| 21 | 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR tak-pu-ra-tu₂ ina ŠU-MIN {<m>}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni | |
| 22 | u₃ {m}{d}U.GUR-MU e-ṭir | |
| 23 | 1 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}⸢GUD⸣ | |
| 24 | 1 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}DU₆ | |
| 25 | 1 u₄-mu ti-lim-du₃-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 8-KAM | |
| 26 | 1 u₄-mu tar-din-nu ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ UD 18-KAM | |
| 27 | 1 u₄-mu UD.EŠ₃.EŠ₃ ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA SIG₅ | |
| 28 | ša₂ {iti}ŠE UD 8-KAM 1 dan-nu KU₃.BABBAR IGI {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 29 | {iti}DU₆ UD 8-KAM 2{ta} ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ša₂ [dan-nu] | |
| 30 | IGI BARA₂ {d}UTU {iti}GAN UD 28-[KAM] | |
| 31 | a-ki-i HA.LA-šu₂ pa-ni {m}{d}U.GUR-SUM{na} | |
| 32 | id-dag-gal a-na la e-ni-e | |
| 33 | 1 TA a₄ GABA{ba}ra-ni-e a-na a-ha-meš | |
| 34 | it-tan-nu | |
| 35 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}SUM{na}ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-[x] | |
| 36 | A {m}ku-du-ra-nu {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-[nu A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 37 | {[m]}⸢šu⸣-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-[GIN] | |
| 38 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {m}ku-du-[ra-nu] | |
| 39 | {m}{d}U.GUR-ŠEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ni-e-a A {[m}x x x] | |
| 40 | u₃ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-SI.SA₂ {lu₂}DUB.[SAR] | |
| 41 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ib-ni A {m}SUM{na}{d}PAP.[SUKKAL] | |
| 42 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}ŠU UD 23-KAM MU 11-KAM | |
| 43 | {m}{d}AG-na-iʾ-id LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} |
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