AchHist 15, 086 (P521573)
Oaths, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521573 |
| Museum no. | BM 029040 |
| 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 [0:10] 11–1010 | Nabû-zēru-ukīn son of Balassu of the Nabû-mukīn-apli family swore to Šaddinnu, the overseer of the bakers, by Bēl, [Nabû and] king Darius: “Before 5/XI, I will send? one conscripted 'goer' on behalf of my decury to Elam, together with the overseers of the decuries of the bakers.” |
| Obverse [9:13] 1010–1313 | Witnesses: Mušēzib-Marduk/Dadia/Kidin-Sîn, Nabû-gāmil/Marduk-zēru-ibni/Kidin-Sîn, Nabû-bullissu/Zēria/Kidin-Sîn. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | Scribe: Nabû-zēru-ukīn son of Balassu of the Nabû-mukīn-apli family. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | Borsippa, Dar 23-X-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}AG-NUMUN-GIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-[su] | |
| 2 | A {m}{d}AG-GIN-IBILA ina {d}EN {d}[PA u₃] | |
| 3 | ina {m}da-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{[ki]} | |
| 4 | LUGAL KUR.KUR a-na {m}šad-din-nu {lu₂}[PA] {lu₂}MU-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | it-te-me ki-i a-di UD 5-KAM | |
| 6 | ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ 1{en} al-la-ku šu-uz-qup | |
| 7 | a-na UGU 10{ti₃}ia₂ a-na {uru.kur}NIM{ki} | |
| 8 | it-ti GAL-10{ti₃}MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ma-na-ma | |
| 10 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 11 | {m}da-di-ia₂ A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 12 | {m}{d}AG-ga-mil A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ | |
| 13 | A {m}ki-din-{d}30 {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia₂ | |
| 14 | A {m}ki-din-{d}30 DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GIN | |
| 15 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}AG-GIN-A | |
| 16 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}AB UD 23-[KAM] | |
| 17 | MU 9-KAM {m}da-ri-ia₂-a-muš | |
| 18 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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