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AchHist 15, 041 (P521534)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 041
IDP521534
Museum no.BM 026735
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)

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Obverse [0:9] 11–99In accordance with the debt note pertaining to the doorkeeper’s prebend at the entrance gate of Nabû, (the prebend) which is not shared with Basia, (the debt note) which is due to Marduk-šumu-ibni/Šulā/Ilia (and) drafted against Nidinti-Nabû/Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Rab-tarbaṣi: Marduk-šumu-ibni has received from Nidinti-Nabû his share of the barley until the end of month I of the 25th year.
Obverse [8:13] 99–1313From 1/II of the 25th year he (Nidinti-Nabû) will give to Marduk-šumu-ibni 10 masātu of the payments and the income, in accordance with the debt note against him.
Obverse [12:17] 1313–1717Witnesses: Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Bāqilu, Nabû-iddin/Qīšti-Marduk/Šabrû, Nabû-x/Haddā/[FN].
Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818[Scribe]: Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Ilia.
Obverse [18:23] 1919–Borsippa, Dar 18-II-25.
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222Each party [has taken] one (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)
1a-ki-i u₂-il₃-ti₃ ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA
2ša₂ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu ša₂ e-rib {d}AG ša₂ KI {m}ba-si-ia₂ la zu-u₂-zu
3ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-ib-ni DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a
4A {m}DINGIR-ia ša₂ ina muh-hi {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}AG
5A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} A {m}{lu₂}GAL-TUR₃
6[e]-li-tu₄ ŠE.BAR {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ ma-la HA.LA-šu₂
7[a]-di qi₂-it ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ MU 25-KAM
8ina ŠU-MIN {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}AG ma-hi-ir
9TA UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}GU₄ MU 25-KAM
10a-ki-i u₂-il₃-ti₃ ša₂ ina muh-hi-šu₂
1110 ma-sa-tu₄ i-na kiṣ-ri u ir-bi x
12a-na {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ i-nam-din
13{lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}SUM{na}{d}AG A-šu₂
14ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN A {m}ba-qi₂-lu
15{m}{d}AG-SUM{na} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.BA-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}{lu₂}ŠABRA
16{m}{d}AG-x-x A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}had-da-a
17A {m}{d}[x-x]
18{[lu₂}UMBISAG] {m}SUM{na}{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ
19A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GU₄
20UD 18-KAM MU 25-KAM
21{m}da-ri-ia₂-a-muš LUGAL E{ki}
22LUGAL KUR.KUR 1{en}AM₃ [TI{u₂]}

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