AchHist 15, 061 (P521550)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521550 |
| Museum no. | BM 028910 |
| 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 [0:18] 11–1818 | Sheep, apportioning by (?) hand, before the Standard of the Divine Shield: – 1 sheep of 08/VII in the second year of Cambyses – 2 sheep of 18/IX – 2 sheep of 05 and 11/I in the third year (of Cambyses) – 3 (sheep) of 17, 18, 19/IV – 1 sheep of 22/VI in the third year of Cambyses Total: 8 sheep. – 1 duck of 28/IX in the second year (of Cambyses) – 1 (duck) of 16/X – 1 (duck) of 12?/XI – 1 (duck) of 16/VI in the third year of Cambyses Total: 8 sheep and 4 ducks before the Standard of the Divine Shield of Taqīš-Gula/Šulā/Iddin-Papsukkal – Ina-qībi-Bēl/Nabû-aplu-iddin/Kudurrānu will eat (this income) against 15 kurru of dates a year. |
| Obverse [16:20] 1717–2020 | A servant of Taqīš-Gula will not go after the sheep and ducks until 22/VI of the third year of Cambyses has passed. |
| Obverse [20:22] 2121–2222 | Each has taken a copy. |
| Obverse [21:24] 2222–2424 | Witnesses: Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Bēl-kāṣir/Ilia, Šamaš-iddin/ Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Allānu. |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | Scribe: Nabû-lē’i/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Ilia. |
| Obverse [25:28] 2626–2828 | Borsippa, Camb 06-VII-02. |
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 | UDU.NITA₂ pa-ra-su ŠU-MIN pa-ni {d}URI₃.GAL | |
| 2 | ša₂ {d}a-ri-tu₄ 1{en} UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ UD 8-KAM | |
| 3 | ⸢MU⸣ 2.⸢KAM⸣ {m}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ 1{en} UDU.NITA₂ | |
| 4 | UD 18-KAM ša₂ {iti}GAN 2 UDU.NITA₂ {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 5 | UD 5-KAM UD 11-KAM MU 3-KAM 3 {iti}ŠU | |
| 6 | UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM | |
| 7 | 1{en} {iti}KIN UD 22-KAM MU 3-KAM {m}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ | |
| 8 | PAB 8 UDU.NITA₂ 1{en} UZ.TUR.MUŠEN {iti}GAN UD 28-KAM | |
| 9 | MU 2-KAM 1{en} {iti}AB UD 16-KAM 1{en} {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 12-KAM | |
| 10 | 1{en} {iti}KIN UD 16-KAM MU 3-KAM {m}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ | |
| 11 | PAB.PAB 8 UDU.NITA₂ u₃ 4 UZ.TUR.MUŠEN | |
| 12 | pa-ni {d}URI₃.GAL ša₂ {d}a-ri-tu₄ | |
| 13 | ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}ME.ME A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a | |
| 14 | A {m}MU-{d}PAP.SUKKAL {m}ina-qi₂-bi-{d}EN | |
| 15 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EDURU-MU A {m}ku-du-ra-nu | |
| 16 | a-na MU.AN.NA 15 GUR ZU₂.LUM.MA | |
| 17 | ik-kal {lu₂}mar šip-ri ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}ME.ME | |
| 18 | a-na UGU UDU.NITA₂ u₃ UZ.TUR.MUŠEN | |
| 19 | ul il-lak a-di {iti}KIN UD 22-KAM | |
| 20 | MU 3-KAM i-šal-li-mu | |
| 21 | 1{en}ta-a₄ gaba-ra-ni-e il-te-qu-u₂ | |
| 22 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-<lim> A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 23 | {m}{d}EN-ka-ṣir A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUM{na} | |
| 24 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GIN A {m}al-la-nu | |
| 25 | DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU | |
| 26 | A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}DU₆ | |
| 27 | UD 6-KAM MU 2-KAM {m}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ | |
| 28 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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