AchHist 15, 089 (P521576)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521576 |
| Museum no. | BM 029110 |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | [24 por]tions of flour of Nabû [of?] the bīt-šibirri: |
| Obverse [1:5] 22–55 | Bēl-asûa, the slave of Nabû-bullissu, will grind (the portions) and «he will grind» on behalf of Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u in the bīt-šibirri and give (them to him). |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | Bēl-asûa has received from Šaddinnu/Balassu the wages for those 24 portions: 4 pānu of barley [and x] of the king. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | He is responsible for not interrupting (the sacrifice). |
| Obverse [9:14] 1010–1414 | From the 16th day of [month x] until the 1/V he will give [x] portions every month. |
| Obverse [12:17] 1313–1717 | Witnesses: Tattannu/Nabû-uṣuršu/Rē’i-alpi, Nabû-bēl-napšāti/Šumu-ukīn/Bābāya, Bibānu/Šumā/Kudurrānu, Bibānu/Nabû-ēreš/Nabû-mukīn-apli. |
| Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919 | Scribe: [x]-šu/Bēl-ibni/Šēpê-ilia. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Borsippa, Dar 15-III-12.1 |
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 | 24 EŠ₂].GAR₃-MEŠ ša₂ qe₂-me ša₂ {d}AG | |
| 2 | [ša₂/ina] E₂ ši-bir-ri {m}{d}EN-a-su-u₂-a | |
| 3 | {[lu₂]}IR₃ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN-su i-ṭe₄-ni-ma | |
| 4 | a-na muh-hi {m}šad-din-nu A {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}EN-ia-uʾ | |
| 5 | ina E₂ ši-bir-ri i-ṭe₄-ni-ma i-nam-din | |
| 6 | i-di EŠ₂.GAR₃ a₄ 24 4 PI ŠE.BAR [x x x]-tu₄ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 7 | {m}{d}EN-a-su-u₂-a ina ŠU-MIN {m}šad-din-nu | |
| 8 | A {m}ba-laṭ-su ma-hi-ir | |
| 9 | pu-u₂-tu₄ la ša₂-ka-na baṭ-la | |
| 10 | na-a-šu₂ ul-tu UD.16 ša₂ ⸢KAM⸣ {[(iti}x)] | |
| 11 | a-di UD 1-KAM {[iti]}NE ITI 24 EŠ₂].⸢GAR₃⸣ | |
| 12 | i-nam-din | |
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}ta-at-tan-na | |
| 14 | A {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 15 | {m}{d}AG-EN-ZI-MEŠ A {m}MU-GIN A {m}KA₂-a-a | |
| 16 | {m}bi-ba-nu A {m}MU{a} A {m}ku-du-ra-nu | |
| 17 | {m}bi-ba-nu A {m}{d}AG-APIN{eš} | |
| 18 | [A {m}{d}AG]-GIN-IBILA {lu₂}UMBISAG | |
| 19 | {[m}x x]-šu₂ A {m}{d}EN-DU₃ A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ | |
| 20 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 15-KAM | |
| 21 | MU 12-KAM {m}da-ri-ia₂-muš | |
| 22 | LUGAL |
Sources & licences
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