AchHist 15, 021 (P521516)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521516 |
| Museum no. | BM 085225 |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | [2 days] of the kapru offerings: 19, 20/II? 1 day of the maštītu offerings: 15/V |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | [2 da]ys of the tardennu offerings: 14, 15/III 4 days of the offerings in golden tilimtu containers: 03 and 05/V, 27 and 28/IX 2 eššešu festivals of premium billatu beer: 24 and 25/III |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | 2 silver vats in front of Nabû of Bīt-Amēl-Ea: 08/VII and 17/XII |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | 3 silver vats in front of Lisi: 04, 05, 06/VI |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | 2 earthenware vats in front of the leather Chariot: 22/VI, 08/VII |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [2] kanīku bottles of the clothing ceremony of Ninlil: 25/III |
| Obverse [7:13] 88–1313 | 1 kannu of the temple of Mār-bīti from 16/VI All this, the brewer’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, and the small temples of Borsippa, as well as one fortnight (šapattu) of (the watch at) the entrance gate of Nabû in months IV, VIII and XII - (property) of Nabû-kuṣuršu/Nabû-ušallim/Ilia, the son of the brother of the grandfather of Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-bēlšunu/Ilia and Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia, the inheritance of Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-bēlšunu/Ilia, of which Iddin-Nabû long ago earmarked half a portion for Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | (Now) Iddin-Nabû released for Marduk-šumu-ibni, the brother of his father, half of the brewer’s prebend and of the gatekeeper’s prebend, as Marduk-šumu-ibni’s half share, in accordance with the previous record. |
| Obverse [15:18] 1616–1818 | From this day onwards until forever, half of the brewer’s prebend and of the gatekeeper’s prebend will belong to Marduk-šumu-ibni. |
| Obverse [17:20] 1818–2020 | And Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-bēlšunu/Ilia received from Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia, the brother of his father, 3 1/3 m white silver as compensation for half of the brewer’s prebend and of the gatekeeper’s prebend, the share of Iddin-Nabû. |
| Obverse [20:22] 2121–2222 | Iddin-Nabû gave forever to Marduk-šumu-ibni half of the brewer’s and gatekeeper’s prebend, the share jointly owned by Iddin-Nabû and Marduk-šumu-ibni. |
| Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525 | And Iddin-Nabû has fully received from Marduk-šumu-ibni those 3 1/3 m of white silver, in return for half of the brewer’s prebend and of the gatekeeper’s prebend, that Iddin-Nabû held in joint property with Marduk-šumu-ibni. |
| Obverse [25:27] 2626–2727 | It all belongs to Marduk-šumu-ibni. |
| Obverse [26:29] 2727–2929 | Witnesses: Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Marduk-šumu-ibni/Kudurrānu, Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Ibnāya, Arad-Tašmētu/Tabnēa/Ilšu-abūšu, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Ezida-šumu-ibni/Bēliya’u, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/[PN]/Rīšāya. |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | Scribe: Nabû-balassu-iqbi/[PN]/Šangû-Nabû. |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | Borsippa, Dar 11-VI-03. 1 |
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 | 2 u₄-mu kap-ri ša₂ {iti}GU₄ UD] 19-KAM UD 20-KAM 1 u₄-mu maš-ti-ti ša₂ {iti}NE UD 15-KAM | |
| 2 | 2 u₄-mu tar-din-nu ša₂ {iti}SIG₄] ⸢UD⸣ 14-KAM UD 15-KAM 4 u₄-mu <ti>-lim-du₃-MEŠ KU₃.GI {iti}NE UD 3-KAM UD 5-KAM | |
| 3 | {[iti}GAN UD 27-KAM UD 28-KAM 2 UD.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA SIG₅ {iti}SIG₄ UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM | |
| 4 | 2 dan-nu KU₃.BABBAR IGI] {d}AG ša₂ E₂ {m}LU₂-{d}e₂-a {iti}DU₆ UD 8-KAM {iti}ŠE UD 17-KAM | |
| 5 | 3 dan-nu KU₃.BABBAR] IGI {d}LI₉-SI₄ {iti}KIN UD 4-KAM UD 5-KAM UD 6-KAM | |
| 6 | 2 dan-nu]{dug} la-IGI {d}{giš}GIGIR KUŠ {iti}KIN UD 22-KAM {iti}DU₆ UD 8-KAM | |
| 7 | 2 {dug}ka-nik₂-ku lu-bu-uš-tu₄ {d}NIN.LIL₂ {iti}SIG₄ UD 25-KAM | |
| 8 | 1 kan-nu E₂ {d}A-E₂ {iti}KIN TA UD 16-KAM ŠU.NIGIN an-nu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 9 | E₂ {d}AG u₃ E₂.KUR-MEŠ ša₂ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} u₃ 1{et} [ša₂-pat]-tu₄ ša₂ KA₂ ne₂-reb {d}AG ša₂ ina {iti}ŠU {iti}APIN u {iti}ŠE | |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ku-ṣur-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI A {m}DINGIR-ia DUMU ŠEŠ AD AD ša₂ {[m}SUM]{na}{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 11 | u₃ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia E₂-ia-a-ri-tu-tu E₂-ia-a-ri-tu-tu ša₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG | |
| 12 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}DINGIR-ia ša₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG a-hi HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ | |
| 13 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia TA u₄-mu ru-qu-tu ina lib₃-bi iš-ku-nu | |
| 14 | a-hi ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu u₃ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu ku-mu a-hi HA.LA | |
| 15 | ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni a-ki-i ša₂-ṭa-ri mah-ru-u₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG i-na pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ ŠEŠ [AD-šu₂] | |
| 16 | un-da-aš₂-ši-ir TA u₄-mu an-na-a EN u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ a-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu | |
| 17 | u {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ id-da-gal | |
| 18 | u₃ 3 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ku-mu a-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu u₃ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu | |
| 19 | pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}SUM{na}{d}AG i-na qa-ti | |
| 20 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia ma-hi-ir e-ṭi-ir | |
| 21 | a-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu u₃ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG ša₂ it-ti | |
| 22 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni {m}SUM{na}{d}AG a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ a-na {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ | |
| 23 | it-ta-din u₃ KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 3 1/3 MA.NA BABBAR{u₂} ku-mu a-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu | |
| 24 | u {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu ša₂ {m}SUM{na}{d}AG it-ti {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni {m}SUM{na}{d}AG | |
| 25 | i-na qa-ti {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni ma-hi-ir e-ṭi-ir | |
| 26 | gab-bi pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni id-da-gal | |
| 27 | {[lu₂]}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-[DU₃] A {m}ku-du-ra-nu {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi | |
| 28 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d]}AG-MU-GIN A {m}ib-na-a-a {m}IR₃-{d}taš-me-tu₄ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ni-e-a A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 29 | {[m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI]-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}E₂.ZI.DA-MU-DU₃ A {m}{d}EN-ia-u₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 30 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x] A {m}SUD-u₂-a {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 31 | {[m}x A {lu₂]}E₂.BAR-{d}AG BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}ŠU UD 11-KAM MU 3-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-a-mu-uš | |
| 32 | [LUGAL] TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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