AchHist 15, 035 (P521528)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521528 |
| Museum no. | BM 026511 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:14] 11–1414 | – [32? bu]lls, 32 sheep, 32 birds, and 32 lambs (from the offerings) before Nusku, d[DN], Writing Board, and Stylus, of the entire year, as much there is: for 2 m of white silver; – 120 remaining sheep (offered) to Nusku and the seat of Ṣarpānītu which is located on the courtyard of Ezida, (and) to Day and to Nanāya Ehuršaba: for 2 m of white silver; – daily 6 loaves of takkasû bread, 6 vases of barley beer, 1 thigh, 1 shoulder cut, [1] rib cage: for 6 m of white silver; – daily 1 šappu of wine from (the offerings) before Nanāya Ehuršaba: for 45 š white silver; – every month 1 li-mu before Nabû together with the ērib-bīti: for 30 š white silver; In total: 11 m 15 š of white [silver]. The yield of the prebends of Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Ēdu-ēṭer, including the share of his younger brother Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti, will be at the disposal of Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Nabû-bāni-zēri/Ilšu-abūšu for [x] years. |
| Obverse [13:17] 1414–1717 | Per year, Marduk-šumu-uṣur will pay 11 m 15 š of white silver to Nabû-balassu-iqbi as yield of his prebends. |
| Obverse [16:18] 1717–1818 | Whatever from [...] Nabû-balassu-iqbi [...] Marduk-šumu-uṣur will deduct (from the amount due). |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | From 1/XIIa the prebends are at the disposal of Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Nabû-balassu-iqbi has received [x] from Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | Whoever breaks this contract will pay 5 m of silver. |
| Obverse [21:23] 2222–2323 | Each has taken a copy. |
| Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525 | Witnesses: [PN]/Marduk-zēru-ibni/Kudurrānu, [PN]/Nabû-šumu-iškun/Ninurta-ušallim, [PN]/Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Arkāt-ilāni. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | And sribe Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | Borsippa, Dar 26-XIIa-16.1 |
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) |
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| 1 | 32 ⸢GUD⸣ 32 UDU.NITA₂ 32 MUŠEN.HI.A 32 SILA₄ pa-ni {d}NUSKU | |
| 2 | {d}[x x] {d}li-e {d}qa-an-ṭup-pi ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | a-na 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} 120 UDU.NITA₂ re-hi-it UDU.NITA₂ pa-ni {d}NUSKU | |
| 4 | pa-ni šu-bat {d}ṣar-pa-ni-tu₄ ša₂ KISAL i-na E₂.ZI.DA pa-ni {d}u₂-mu | |
| 5 | u₃ pa-ni {d}na-na-a E₂.HUR.ŠA₃.BA a-na 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 6 | u₄-mu 6 ṣi-ba-ta ša₂ tak-ka-su-u₂ 6 ti-lim-du₃-MEŠ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE.BAR | |
| 7 | 1 UR₂{uzu} 1 ZAG{uzu} 1 TI{uzu} a-na 6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 8 | u₄-mu 1 šap-pi GEŠTIN pa-ni {d}na-na-a E₂.HUR.ŠA₃.BA a-na | |
| 9 | 2/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ITI 1 LI-MU pa-ni {d}AG it-ti {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ | |
| 10 | a-na 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ŠU.NIGIN 11 MA.NA 15 GIN₂ [KU₃.BABBAR] BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 11 | BURU₁₄ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN A {m}AŠ-ŠUR | |
| 12 | [a]-di HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ ŠEŠ-šu₂ tar-din-nu a-di | |
| 13 | [x]-ta MU.AN.NA-MEŠ i-na pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ | |
| 14 | [A]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DU₃-NUMUN A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ ša₂ MU.AN.NA | |
| 15 | 11 MA.NA 10+5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} a-na] ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 16 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ [a-na {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi] i-nam-din | |
| 17 | mim-ma ma-la ul-[tu ...]-u₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi | |
| 18 | x I NIŠ x [...] {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ u₂-ša₂-an-qa-at | |
| 19 | ul-tu UD 1-KAM [ša₂ {iti}ŠE] ⸢IGI⸣{u₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ i-na pa-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ | |
| 20 | [x x] IŠ/MIL [...] {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi i-na qa-ti | |
| 21 | {m}{d}[AMAR.UTU-MU]-URU₃ ma-hi-ir ša₂ it-ta-bal-ki-tu 5 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 22 | u₂-[šal-lam] 1{en} TA a₄ il-qu-u₂ | |
| 23 | {[lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}x A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}ku-du-ra-nu | |
| 24 | {[m}x] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}{d}MAŠ-GI | |
| 25 | {[m}x A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-GI A {m}EGIR-MEŠ-DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 26 | [u₃] {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 27 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}ŠE IGI{u₂} UD 26-KAM MU 16-KAM | |
| 28 | {m}da-ri-ia-a-mu-uš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.MEŠ |
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