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AchHist 15, 038 (P521531)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 038
IDP521531
Museum no.BM 017695
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 [0:10] 11–1010Barley of the ginû offerings and pappasu, the yield of the prebend of one vat in front of the Shrine of Šamaš on 16/X of the 22nd year of Darius, king of Babylon: Nabû-bullissu/Arad-Tašmētu/Kudurrānu has received (this) from Ardia/Šulā/Ilia.
Obverse [9:11] 1010–1111He (Ardia) is responsible to bring the meal.
Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515Witnesses: Gimillu/Nabû-nādin-ahi/Ilī-bāni, Nabû-uṣuršu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Šēpê-ilia, Lâbâši/Iddin-Nabû/Ilūtu-bani.
Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717Scribe: Nabû-bullissu/Arad-Tašmētu/Kudurrānu.
Obverse [17:22] 1818–2222Borsippa, Dar 18-VIII-22.
Obverse [20:22] 2121–2222Each has taken a copy.

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 gi-nu-u₂ u pap-pa-su BURU₁₄
2GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ša₂ 1 dan-nu la-pa-ni
3BARA₂ {d}UTU ša₂ {iti}AB UD 16-<KAM>
4MU 22-KAM {m}da-ri-iʾ-šu₂
5LUGAL E{ki} {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su
6[A]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}taš-me-tu₄
7A {m}ku-du-ra-nu ina ŠU-MIN
8{m}IR₃-ia A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a
9A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ ma-hi-ir
10pu-ut qu-ru-bu nap-ta-nu na-ši
11{lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}ŠU A-šu₂ ša₂
12{m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ A {m}DINGIR-ba-ni
13{m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU
14A {m}ša₂-GIR₃-DINGIR-ia₂ {m}la-ba-a-ši
15A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {m}DINGIR{ta}DU₃
16{lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂
17{m}IR₃-{d}taš-me-tu₄ A {m}ku-du-ra-nu
18bar-sip₃{ki} {iti}APIN UD 18-KAM MU 22-KAM
19{m}da-ri-iʾ-šu₂ LUGAL E{ki}
20LUGAL KUR.KUR
211{en}TA.AM₃
22il-te-qu-u₂

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