AchHist 15, 090 (P521577)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521577 |
| Museum no. | BM 028918 |
| 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 [0:9] 11–99 | The baker’s prebend in Ezida, temple of [Nabû], of Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u: – days 02, 04, 20 of the offering to the god of each month of the entire year, as much there is – day 19/I, offering – day 19/X, offering – day 17/III, offering – day 17/VIII, offering – day 17/IX, offering – day 17/XII, offering – one meal on 04/III, second offering |
| Obverse [9:15] 1010–1515 | In total 3½ days of the days of Nabû, (and) one day of Nanāya Ehuršaba, offering (of) the 25th day of every month of the entire year as much there is, of Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u: |
| Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616 | Gimillu/Marduk-šumu-ibni/Kidin-Sîn and Nabû-bullissu/Iqīša/ Kidin-Sîn will perform (this prebend) during three years. |
| Obverse [16:18] 1717–1818 | They are responsible for each other. They are responsible for not causing any interruptions and for making the meal to perfection. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Each maššartu period, Šaddinnu will give to Gimillu and Nabû-bullissu 1;3.2 barley and 0;2.3 dates as their wages. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | They will perform the work of Šaddinnu from 01/II onwards. |
| Obverse [20:22] 2121–2222 | They have each taken a copy, whoever breaks (the agreement) will have to pay 20 š silver. |
| Obverse [22:26] 2323–2626 | Witnesses: Eṭirā/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Ibnāya, Balāṭu/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Rab-banê, Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Nabû-kēšir/Ilia, Šadûnu/Nabû-zēru-[x]/Iddin-Papsukkal, Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/ Rēmūt-[x]/Šangû-Nanāya. |
| Obverse [26:29] 2727–2929 | Scribe: Marduk-rēmanni/Sîn-ahhē-iddin/Ur-Nanna. |
| Obverse [28:31] 2929–3131 | Borsippa, Dar 28-XIIb-13. |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | They have received the wages for the five maz(za)ruttu baskets of month I. |
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 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}MU-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {[d}AG] | |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}šad-din-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}EN-ia₂-u₂ | |
| 3 | UD 2-KAM UD 4-KAM UD 20-KAM ša₂ qer-re-bi DINGIR | |
| 4 | ša₂ ITI-us-su ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ qer-re-bi UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM | |
| 6 | ša₂ {iti}AB qer-re-bi UD 17-KAM {iti}SIG₄ qer-re-bi | |
| 7 | UD 17-KAM ša₂ {iti}APIN qer-re-bi UD 17-KAM ša₂ {iti}GAN | |
| 8 | qer-re-bi UD 17-KAM ša₂ {iti}ŠE qer-re-bi 1{en} nap-ta-nu | |
| 9 | UD 4-KAM ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ ša₂-nu-u₂ KA₂ qer-re-bi | |
| 10 | PAB 3 u₄-mu MEŠ-li u₄-mu u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {d}AG | |
| 11 | 1{en} u₄-mu ša₂ {d}na-na-a ša₂ E₂(A-)HUR-ŠA₃-BI | |
| 12 | UD 25-KAM ša₂ ITI-us-su qer-re-bi | |
| 13 | ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ša₂ {m}šad-din-nu | |
| 14 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}EN-ia₂-u₂ a-di 3 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 15 | {m}ŠU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ A {m}ki-din-{d}30 u {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su | |
| 16 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}i-qi₂-šu A {m}ki-din-{d}30 ip-pu-šu-uʾ | |
| 17 | 1{en} pu-ut ša₂-ni-i na-šu-u₂ pu-ut la ša₂-ka-nu | |
| 18 | ša₂ ba-aṭ-lu u₃ bu-un-nu-u₂ ša₂ nap-ta-nu na-šu-u₂ | |
| 19 | ša₂ maš-šar-tu₄ 1 GUR 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.BAR u₃ 2 (PI) 3 BAN₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA i-di-šu₂-nu | |
| 20 | {m}šad-din-nu a-na {m}ŠU u {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su i-nam-din ul-tu UD 1-KAM | |
| 21 | ša₂ {iti}GU₄ dul-lu ša₂ {m}šad-din-nu ip-pu-šu-uʾ 1{en}TA.AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri | |
| 22 | il-te-qu-u₂ ša₂ it-ta-bal-kit 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR u₂-šal-lim | |
| 23 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}e-ṭi-ra-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}DU₃-a-a {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 24 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-A A {lu₂}GAL-ba-ni-e {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu | |
| 25 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ki-šir₃ A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ {m}ša₂-du-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-[x] | |
| 26 | A {m}MU-{d}PAP.SUKKAL {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI.MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-[x] | |
| 27 | A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}na-na-a {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-re-man-ni DUB.[SAR] | |
| 28 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-MU A {m}UR-{d}ŠEŠ.KI | |
| 29 | bar-sip₃{ki} {iti}ŠE ar₂-ku-u₂ UD 28-KAM | |
| 30 | MU 13-KAM {m}da-ri-iʾ-a-muš | |
| 31 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR i-di ša₂ 5 ma-za-ru-ut-tu₄ | |
| 32 | ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ mah-ru-uʾ |
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