AchHist 15, 019 (P521514)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521514 |
| Museum no. | BM 082695 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:6] 11–66 | [Iddin-Nabû/]Nabû-bēlšunu/Ilia said to Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia, the brother of his father: “The son of Nabû-ušallim/Balāṭu/Ilia, [the son of the brother of the father] of my father, has died and he had no son or brother. His property and his prebends belong to me on behalf of my status as eldest brother (ahu rabûtu) of our “house.” You are the brother of my father - and I am “taken” and my [x] in town is not paid - let me seal and assign the prebends and property to you!” 1 |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | Marduk-šumu-ibni listened to Iddin-Nabû, the son of his elder brother (and agreed). |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–4'4' | Iddin-Nabû [... (large gap)]. “broken” as heir/legacy [...] the son of Nabû-ušallim, son of the brother of their father [...] Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia. |
| Obverse [10:11] 3'3'–3'3' | It will belong [forever to him]. |
| Obverse [11:15] 4'4'–7'7' | Iddin-Nabû has sworn to Bēl, Nabû, and the adû (“majesty”) of Cambyses, king of Babylon and the lands: “I will not come back (to litigate) against Marduk-šumu-ibni about that property.” |
| Obverse [15:18] 8'8'–10'10' | Witnesses: Taqīš-Gula/Tabnēa/Esagil-mansum, [PN/x]-mukīn-apli/Ilia, Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-ēṭer/[Ilia{?}, PN]/Marduk-šumu-ibni/Mallahu. |
| Obverse [18:19] 11'11'–11'11' | [Scribe: Nabû-bēlšunu]/Mušēzib/Itinnu. Borsippa, Camb [-]. |
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 | {[m}SUM{na}{d}AG A]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}DINGIR-ia a-na {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni | |
| 2 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu]-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ iq-bi um-ma DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 3 | [DUMU ŠEŠ AD] ⸢AD⸣-ia šim-tu₄ u₂-bi-il-šu-ma DUMU u₃ ŠEŠ la i-ši | |
| 4 | [NIG₂.ŠID]-⸢šu₂⸣ u₃ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ-šu₂ ki-i ŠEŠ GAL-u₂-tu ša₂ E₂-i-ni | |
| 5 | [at-tu]-u₂-a šu-nu ŠEŠ AD-ia at-ta u₃ ṣa-ab-ta-ku-ma | |
| 6 | [x x]-a ina URU la eṭ-re-et GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u₃ NIG₂.⸢ŠID⸣ | |
| 7 | [lu-uk-nu-uk]-ma pa-ni-ka lu-ša₂-ad-gi-il {m}{d}[AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni] | |
| 8 | [a-na {m}SUM{na]}{d}AG DUMU ŠEŠ-šu₂ GAL{u₂} iš-me {m}SUM{[na}{d}AG x x] | |
| 1' | [x x x x] MU he₂-pi a-na ia-a-ri-u₂ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}AG-u₂-šal-lim DUMU ŠEŠ AD-šu₂-nu [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x {m}{d}AMAR].UTU-MU-ib-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia a-na [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 4' | [i-na pa-ni-šu₂] id-dag-gal {m}SUM{na}{d}AG ina {d}EN {d}AG u a-di-[e] | |
| 5' | [ša₂ {m}ka]-am-bu-zi-ia LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR it-te-[me ki-i] | |
| 6' | [a]-na UGU NIG₂.ŠID šu-nu-tu a-na UGU {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-[ni] | |
| 7' | [a]-na-ah-his | |
| 8' | {[lu₂}mu-kin-nu] {m}ta-qiš-{d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ni-e-a A {m}E₂.SAG.ILA₂-MAN.[SUM] | |
| 9' | {[m}x A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x]-GIN-IBILA A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR{ir} | |
| 10' | [A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}x] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni A {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄ | |
| 11' | {[lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu] A {m}mu-še-zi-bu A {lu₂}ŠITIM BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 12' | {[iti}x UD n-KAM MU n-KAM {m}ka]-am-bu-zi-ia LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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