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AchHist 15, 026 (P521520)

Receipt, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 026
IDP521520
Museum no.BM 109875
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreReceipt
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 44.3434

English translation

By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:5] 11–55Barley for the premium billatu beer of the eššešu festivals of 24 and 25/III: Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Libluṭ/Ilia and Nabû-uṣuršu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Šēpê-ilia have received (this) from Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia.
Obverse [5:8] 66–88They are responsible for approaching the meal, (not causing any) interruption and for punctuality.
Obverse [7:11] 88–1111Except for the claim of Marduk-šumu-ibni that is due from them.
Obverse [9:12] 1010–1212Witnesses: Nuhšānu/Arad-Bēl/Itinnu, Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Šēpê-ilia, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Šulā/Ilia.
Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313Scribe: Rēmūt-Bēl/Nuhšānu/Itinnu.
Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616Borsippa, Dar 12-II-10.1

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1ŠE.BAR ša₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA SIG₅ ša₂ UD.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ
2UD 24-KAM MU 25-KAM ša₂ {iti}SIG₄
3{m}{d}AG-TIN-su-E A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}lib-luṭ A {m}DINGIR-ia₂
4u {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB-MEŠ-MU A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂
5ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a
6A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ mah-ru pu-ut qu-ru-bu
7nap-ta-nu baṭ-la u₃ ma-as-naq-tu₄
8na-šu-u₂ e-lat ra-šu-tu₂
9ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ ša₂ ina muh-hi-šu₂-nu
10{lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}nu-uh-ša₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}EN
11A {lu₂}ŠITIM {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-A
12A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A-šu₂
13ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}re-mut-{d}EN
14A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}nu-uh-ša₂-nu A {m}{lu₂}ŠITIM bar-sip{ki}
15{iti}GUD UD 12-KAM MU 10-KAM {m}da-ri-ia₂-a-muš
16LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR-MEŠ

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