AchHist 15, 072 (P521559)
Business / Contracts, Neo-Assyrian, Borsippa · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521559 |
| Museum no. | BM 096136 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 [0:10] 11–1010 | ½ day of the baker’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, on the 2nd day of each month and of the entire year: Nabû-zēru-ibni//Nabû-mukīn-apli declared a purchase price of ½ m 2 š broken silver with Nabû-ahhē-er[ība//]Nabû-mukīn-apli and his [wife] Šahītu, and he bought (the prebend) for its complete price. |
| Obverse [9:14] 1010–2'2' | [Nabû-ahhē-erība and Šahītu have received] ½ m 2 š [broken] silver, the price of ½ day [of the baker’s prebend ...]. |
| Obverse [12:21] 1'1'–9'9' | Before: [PN], ērib-bīti of Nabû, [šākin-ṭēmi of Borsippa]; before: Aplā//[FN], šatammu of E[zida]; before: Ša-pî-[x//[FN], Iddin-[x//FN], Nabû-ittannu//Kidin-Sîn, (blank)//Šēpê-ilia. |
| Obverse [20:21] 9'9'–9'9' | Scribe: Ēṭer-napšāti(?)//Bārû(?). |
| Obverse [21:25] 10'10'– | Borsippa, Kand [x]-VI-05. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 13't.e. 13'–t.e. 13't.e. 13' | Nail marks of Nabû-ahhē-erība [and] Šahītu (are impressed) instead of [their] seal.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 | meš-li u₄-mu is-qu {lu₂}MU-u₂-tu | |
| 2 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG UD 2-KAM | |
| 3 | ITI-us-su u₃ kal šat-tu₄ | |
| 4 | ki-i 1/2 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU | |
| 5 | it-ti {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ.ME-⸢SU⸣ [A {m]}{d}AG-GIN-A | |
| 6 | u₃ {f}ša₂-hi-ti [DAM]-šu₂ | |
| 7 | {[m]}{d}AG-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}{d}AG-GIN-A | |
| 8 | [KI].LAM im-be₂-e-ma [i]-šam | |
| 9 | ana ši-me-šu₂ gam-[ru-tu] | |
| 10 | PAB 1/2 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ KU₃.[BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU] | |
| 11 | ŠAM₂ meš-li u₄-[mu] | |
| 12 | x x x [...] | |
| 1' | ana IGI {m}{d}[...] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {[d}AG {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ bar-sip{ki]} | |
| 3' | ana IGI {m}A{a} A {m}[...] | |
| 4' | {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.[ZI.DA] | |
| 5' | IGI {m}ša₂-pi₄-[...] | |
| 6' | IGI {m}SUM{na}[...] | |
| 7' | IGI {m}{d}AG-it-[tan-nu A] {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 8' | A {m}GIR₃.MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ | |
| 9' | u {lu₂}UMBISAG ša₂-ṭir kan-gi {m}SUR-ZI-ti₃ | |
| 10' | A {lu₂}HAL bar-sip{ki} {iti}KIN [UD X-KAM] | |
| 11' | MU 5-KAM {m}kan-dal-[la-nu] | |
| 12' | LUGAL E{[ki]} | |
| t.e. | ||
| 13' | [ṣu-pur {m]}{d}AG-ŠEŠ.ME-SU [u₃] | |
| 14' | {f}ša₂-hi-ti GIM kan-gi-[šu₂-nu] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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