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AchHist 15, 059 (P521548)

Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 059
IDP521548
Museum no.BM 029257
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreLegal
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 [0:4] 11–44Two kurru of barley of Ina-qībi-Bēl/Nabû-aplu-iddin/Kudurrānu, due from Ezida-šumu-[x]/Balassu/[FN].
Obverse [4:5] 55–55He will pay the barley from the maššartu of month VIII.
Obverse [5:7] 66–77The barley is the price of the good billatu beer of the meal of the Nabû.
Obverse [6:9] 77–99Witnesses: Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Balassu/Allānu, Nādin/Balassu/Zērūtia.
Obverse [9:11] 1010–1111Scribe: Nabû-zēru-ibni/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rē’i-alpi.
Obverse [11:15] 1212–1515Borsippa, [Nbn] 06-VI-09.
Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515Balassu will guarantee the presence of Ezida-šumu-[x] to [do x].

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)
12 GUR ŠE.BAR ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bi-{d}EN
2A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-A-MU A {m}ku-du-[ra-nu]
3ina UGU {m}E₂.ZI.DA-MU-[x]
4A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}[x]
5ina maš-šar-tu₄ ša₂ {iti}APIN i-nam-din
6ŠE.BAR ŠAM₂ KAŠ.U₂.SA SIG₅ BUR ša₂ {d}AG
7{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GI.NA
8A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}al-la-nu
9{m}na-din A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}bal-laṭ-su
10A {m}NUMUN-u₂-ti-ia₂ {lu₂}DUB.SAR
11{m}{d}AG-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ
12A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ BARA₂.SIPA{ki}
13{iti}KIN UD 6-KAM MU 9-KAM
14{[m}{d}AG-I] LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki}
15a-na [x x x] {m}ba-laṭ-su pu-ut GIR₃-MIN
16ša₂ {m}E₂.ZI.DA-MU-[x]
17na-ši

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