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AchHist 15, 077 (P521564)

Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 077
IDP521564
Museum no.BM 096163
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:3] 11–33[Daily] 1 maz(za)ruttu-basket of Nabû [on 17]/VIII of the [baker’s] prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû,
Obverse [3:7] 44–77(and) 2/3 of a day (of the baker’s prebend) in Emahgirzal, temple of Mār-bīti, on the 19th day of every month of the whole year, including its makkasu-dates and its emmer:
Obverse [7:13] 88–1313Arad-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Kidin-Sîn has given (these) in a sealed document, with rejoicing heart, to Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u forever.
Obverse [12:15] 1313–1515At the sealing of this tablet are present:
Obverse [13:19] 1414–1919Iqbi-Bēl/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Kidin-Sîn, Šumu-ukīn/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Nappāhu, [x]-šumu-uṣur/Etellu/Iddin-Papsukkal.
Obverse [19:21] 2020–2121Scribe: Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Kidinnu/Kidin-Sîn.
Obverse [21:24] 2222–2424Borsippa, Dar 01-XI-04.

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)
1[u₄-mu] 1{en} ma-za-ru-ut-tu₄ ša₂ {d}AG
2[UD 17-KAM ša₂ {iti}APIN GIŠ.ŠUB.BA
3{[lu₂}MU-u₂]-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG
42{ta} ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ša₂ u₄-mu E₂.MAH.GIR₁₇.ZAL
5E₂ {d}A-E₂ qe₂-reb ša₂ UD 19-[KAM]
6ša₂ ITI-us-su ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu₂-u
7a-di ma-ak-ka-si-šu₂ u {še}ZIZ₂.A.AN-šu₂
8{m}IR₃-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}ki-din-{d}30
9i-na mi-gi-ir lib₃-bi-šu₂ ik-nu-uk-ma
10pa-ni {m}šad-din-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN-su A {m}{d}EN-ia-u₂
11a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄
12u₂-šad-gil
13i-na ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-ti₃
14IGI {m}iq-bi-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ
15A {m}ki-din-{d}30
16{m}MU-GI.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ
17A {lu₂}SIMUG
18[x]-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-tel-lu₄
19A {m}SUM{na}{d}PAP.SUKKAL
20{[m}{d]}AG-GIN-NUMUN DUB.SAR
21[A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}ki-din-ni A {m}ki-din-{d}30
22⸢BARA₂⸣.SIPA{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂.A.AN
23UD 1-KAM MU 4-KAM
24{[m}da-ri]-ia₂-a-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki}
25LUGAL KUR.KUR

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