AchHist 15, 083 (P521570)
Oaths, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521570 |
| Museum no. | BM 096231 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Oaths |
| 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 [0:12] 11–1212 | [Bēl- or Nabû]-kāṣir/Gimillu/Kidin-Sîn swore to Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u, the overseer of the bakers, by Bēl, Nabû and king Darius: “Before 25/VII, I will bring forth one well-equipped 'goer' (allāku) for 6 months, and I will send him to Elam with the kiništu of Ezida on behalf of my decury.” |
| Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515 | Witnesses: [PN/]Nabû-tabni-uṣur/[FN], Nabû-šumu-x/[PN/FN], Itti-Nabû-balāṭtu/[PN/FN], Nabû-īpuš/[PN/FN]. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | Scribe: Bēl-ibni/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Šēpê-ilia. |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | Borsippa, Dar 23-VII-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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}{d}EN/AG]-KAD₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠU A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 2 | a-na {d}EN {d}AG u {m}da-ri-iʾ-muš | |
| 3 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR-MEŠ a-na {m}šad-din-nu | |
| 4 | {lu₂}PA {lu₂}MU-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN-su A {m}{d}EN-ia₂-u₂ | |
| 5 | it-te-me ki-i a-di-i UD 25-KAM | |
| 6 | ša₂ {iti}DU₆ 1{en} al-la-ku šu-ur-su-[du] | |
| 7 | ša₂ 6 ITI ab-ba-kam-ma it-ti | |
| 8 | ki-na-al-tu₄ ša₂ E₂.ZI.[DA] | |
| 9 | a-na {kur}NIM{ki} a-na muh-[hi] | |
| 10 | 10{ti₃}ia a-šap-[pa-ri] | |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}x-[x-x A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 12 | {m}{d}AG-DU₃-URU₃ A {m}[x] | |
| 13 | {m}{d}AG-MU-x [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x A x-x] | |
| 14 | {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ [ša₂ {m}x A x-x] | |
| 15 | {m}{d}AG-DU₃{uš} A-[šu₂ ša₂ {m}x A x-x] | |
| 16 | {lu₂}EN-ib-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-A | |
| 17 | A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ [bar]-sip{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 23-KAM | |
| 18 | MU 9-KAM {[m]}da-ri-iʾ-muš | |
| 19 | [LUGAL E]{ki} LUGAL KUR-MEŠ |
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