AchHist 15, 078 (P521565)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521565 |
| Museum no. | BM 029400 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Nabû-ittannu/Tabnēa/Kidin-Sîn will go to Elam with the assembly (kiništu) of Ezida on behalf of the decury (ešertu) of Uššāya/Šumā/Bēliya’u. |
| Obverse [5:7] 66–77 | During 4 months he will work on the quay of the king together with the bakers on behalf of Uššāya. |
| Obverse [7:14] 88–1414 | Nabû-ittannu has received from Uššāya 1 m of coined silver, 0;3.2 barley, 0;3.2 flour (and) 0;3.2 dates as rations and equipment (rikis qabli). |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | Including silver of the ilku of Nabû-ittannu. |
| Obverse [13:17] 1414–1717 | Witnesses: Nabû-bēl-māri/Gimillu/Šēpê-ilia, Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-bēl-šumāti/Šēpê-ilia, Nabû-ušallim/Aplā/Kidin-Sîn. |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | Scribe: Nabû-šumu-iddin//Kidin-Sîn. |
| Obverse [18:21] 1919–2121 | Borsippa, Dar 29-VII-05?. |
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 | {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ne₂-e-a | |
| 2 | A {m}ki-din-{d}30 a-na UGU 10{ti₃} ša₂ {m}uš-[ša₂-a-a] | |
| 3 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-ma-a A {m}{d}EN-ia₂-u₂ | |
| 4 | a-na {kur}NIM{ki} it-ti ki-na-al-tu₄ | |
| 5 | ša₂ E₂.ZI.DA il-lak | |
| 6 | 4 ITI-MEŠ dul-lu ina ka-a-ri ša₂ LUGAL it-ti {lu₂}MU-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na muh-hi {m}uš-ša₂-a-a ip-pu-uš | |
| 8 | 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ gin₃-nu 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.BAR 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ qe₂-me | |
| 9 | 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA ku-mu ŠUK.HI.A-šu₂ | |
| 10 | u₃ ri-kis qab-li-šu₂ | |
| 11 | {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu ina ŠU-MIN {m}uš-ša₂-a | |
| 12 | e-ṭir | |
| 13 | a-di KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ il-ki ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu | |
| 14 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}AG-EN-DUMU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠU | |
| 15 | A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 16 | {m}{d}AG-EN-MU-MEŠ A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ | |
| 17 | {m}{d}AG-GI A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 18 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 19 | bar-sip₃{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 29-KAM MU 5-[KAM] | |
| 20 | {m}da-ri-iʾ-muš LUGAL E{ki} | |
| 21 | u KUR.KUR |
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