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AchHist 15, 082 (P521569)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 082
IDP521569
Museum no.BM 096301
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreOaths
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 [0:10] 11–1010Gimillu/Bēl-ušallim/Kidin-Sîn swore to Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u, the overseer of the bakers, by Bēl, Nabû and king Darius: “Before the fifth of month XI, I will bring forth one well-equipped 'goer' (allāku) and I will send him to Elam together with the 'goers' of the bakers.”
Obverse [9:15] 1010–1515Witnesses: [PN/]Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/[Kidin]-Sîn, Nabû-ittannu/Nabû-nādin-ipri/Kidin-Sîn, Nabû-nādin-ipri/Šumā/Bēliya’u, Nidintu/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Kudurrānu.
Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717Scribe: Rēmūt-Nabû/Silim-[Bēl]/Šēpê-ilia.
Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818Borsippa, Dar 28-III-09.1

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1{m}ŠU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-GI A {m}ki-din-{d}30
2ina {d}EN ina {d}AG u {m}[da]-a-ri-ia-muš LUGAL
3a-na {m}šad-din-nu {lu₂}PA {[lu₂}MU]-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂
4{m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{[d}EN]-ia-u₂
5it-te-e-me ki-[i] a-di-i UD 5-KAM
6ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ 1{en} al-la-ka šu-ur-su-du
7ab-ba-kam-ma it-ti al-la-ka
8ša₂ {lu₂}MU-MEŠ a-na {kur}e-lam-du
9a-ša₂-ap-pa-ri
10{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}[x A-šu₂ ša₂]
11{m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A {m}[ki-din]-{d}30
12{m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-na-din-ip-ri
13A {m}ki-din-{d}30 {m}{d}AG-na-din-ip-ri
14A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-ma-a A {m}{d}EN-ia-u₂
15{m}ni-din-tu₄ [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG]-GIN-A
16A {m}ku-du-[ra-nu] {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}re-mut-{d}AG
17A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}si-lim-{[d}EN] A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂
18BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 28-[KAM]
19MU 9-KAM {m}da-a-ri-[ia-muš]
20LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR

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