AchHist 15, 051 (P521540)
Receipt, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521540 |
| Museum no. | BM 029513 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Receipt |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | 3 m of silver, property of Nabû “King-of-the-World,” given for bricks to the butchers in month IV of the second year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, king of the lands: |
| Obverse [4:14] 55–1414 | Of this (amount), Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Šumu-ukīn/Ilšū-abūšu [received] 7½ š of silver for the fortnight (šapattu) of month XI from Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Marduk-nāṣir/ Ib[nāya] and Rēmūt/[PN]/Ibnāya, (and) Nabû-uballiṭ/Nabû-šumu-iddin/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | Witnesses: PN/Nabû-ušēzib/Ilšu-abūšu, Mušēzib-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-apli/FN. |
| Obverse [16:18] 1717–1818 | Scribe: Iqīša-Marduk/Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [18:23] 1919– | Borsippa, Cyr 22-IV-02. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR NIG₂.GA {d}AG | |
| 2 | LUGAL MAN{ki} ša₂ ina {iti}ŠU | |
| 3 | MU 2-KAM {m}ku-ra-aš₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR | |
| 4 | a-na SIG₄.HI.A a-na {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-ME | |
| 5 | SUM.NA ina lib₃-bi 7 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | ša₂ UD.15{tu₄} ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 7 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-GIN A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin A-šu₂ [ša₂] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-PAB A {m}ib-[na-a-a] | |
| 10 | u₃ {m}re-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[x-x-x] | |
| 11 | A {m}ib-na-a-a {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} [A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 12 | {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ [ma-hir] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}x-x-x | |
| 14 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-u₂-še-zib A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 15 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-A | |
| 16 | A {m}{lu₂}x-x-x | |
| 17 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}BA{ša₂}{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 18 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 19 | bar-sip₃{ki} {iti}ŠU UD 22-KAM | |
| 20 | MU 2-KAM {m}ku-ra-aš₂ | |
| 21 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR.KUR |
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