AchHist 15, 053 (P521542)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521542 |
| Museum no. | BM 096214 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | 2 vats before the Leather Chariot on 08/I and 10/I, brewer’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, of Bēl-iddin/Nabû-aplu-iddin/Ilia, [are at the disposal of] Nabû-uballiṭ/ Nabû-šumu-iddin[/Ilšu-abū]šu (as pledge) instead of 5/6 m silver. |
| Obverse [5:7] 66–77 | Another creditor shall not dispose (of the prebend) until Nabû-uballiṭ has received full payment. |
| Obverse [7:15] 88–1515 | Bēl-iddin [shall not dispose of (?)] his vats of beer, Nabû-uballiṭ shall not argue about his silver with Bēl-iddin. (12) Witnesses: Nabû-mukīn-apli/Pirʾu/ Šigûa, Arad-Nabû/Rēmūt/Kudurrānu. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | [Scribe]: Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Nabû-šumu-[ukīn]/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | Borsippa, Camb 22-[x]-04.1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 {dug}dan-nu la-IGI {giš}GIGIR maš-ku {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 2 | UD 8-KAM UD 10-KAM GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃-u₂-tu | |
| 3 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}AG-EDURU-MU A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ ku-ma 5/6 MA.NA | |
| 5 | [i-na IGI] {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-MU | |
| 6 | [A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD]-šu₂ {lu₂}TUK{u₂} ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 7 | [i-na] muh-hi ul i-šal-<laṭ a-di> UGU {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} | |
| 8 | KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ i-šal-li-[mu x x] x {m}{d}EN-MU | |
| 9 | a-na UGU dan-nu KAŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ [ul i-šal-laṭ] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} a-na UGU KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ it-ti | |
| 11 | {m}{d}EN-MU ul i-dab-bu-ub | |
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-GIN-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}pir-uʾ | |
| 13 | A {m}ši-gu-u₂-a {m}IR₃-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}re-mut A {m}ku-du-ra-nu {[lu₂}UMBISAG] | |
| 15 | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-[GIN] | |
| 16 | A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {[iti}x] | |
| 17 | UD 22-KAM MU 4-KAM {m}kam-bu-zi-ia | |
| 18 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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