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AchHist 15, 091 (P521578)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 091
IDP521578
Museum no.BM 096288
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreLegal
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)

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Obverse [0:3] 11–332 kiṣru and 15 manû dates, the pappasu of Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u due from Nabû-tāriṣ/Marduk-ušallim/Kidin-Sîn.
Obverse [3:5] 44–55Nabû-tāriṣ will complete these 2 kiṣru and 15 manû dates for Šaddinnu in the ledger of Nabû by the end of month IX.
Obverse [5:14] 66–1414The pappasu dates are of 6 maššartu-periods: (the maššartu) of VIII and XI of year 17 of Nanāya and Mār-bīti, and (the maššartu of) II, III and IV of Nanāya and Mār-bīti of year 18, (and the maššartu of) V, VIII and XI of year 18 of Darius, king of the lands, of 1 day of Nanāya.
Obverse [12:17] 1313–1717Witnesses: Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Šamaš-udammiq/Siātu, Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Kalbā/Nanāhu, Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Haddā/Ṣillāya!, Gimillu/Silim-Bēl/ Šēpê-ilia.
Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818Scribe: Iddin-Bēl/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Ilšu-abūšu.
Obverse [18:23] 1919–2323Borsippa, Dar 21-IX-19.
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222They have finished their account of arrears with each other.

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)

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12 [ki]-ṣir 15 ma-nu-u₂ ša₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA pap-pa-su
2ša₂ {m}šad-din-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}en-ia-u₂
3ina muh-hi {m}{d}AG-LA₂{iṣ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-GI A {m}ki-din-{d}30
4ina qi₂-it ša₂ {iti}GAN ki-ṣir a₄ 2 u₃ 15 ma-nu-u₂
5ša₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA {m}{d}AG-LA₂{iṣ} ina UGU {giš}DA {d}AG
6a-na {m}šad-din-nu i-ga-ma-ra ZU₂.LUM.MA pap-pa-su
7ša₂ 6 maš-šar-tu₄-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}APIN u {iti}ZIZ₂ MU 17-KAM ša₂ {d}na-na-a
8[u₃] {d}DUMU-E₂ u₃ {iti}GU₄ {iti}SIG₄ u {iti}ŠU
9ša₂ {d}na-na-a u₃ {d}DUMU-E₂ MU 18-KAM
10{iti}NE {iti}APIN u {iti}ZIZ₂ MU 18-KAM
11{m}da-ri-a-mu-uš LUGAL KUR.KUR
12ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ša₂ {d}na-na-a
13{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SIG₅{iq}
14A {m}si-ia-a-tu₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kal-ba-a
15A {m}na-na-ah {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂
16{m}ha-ad-da-a A {m}ṣi-na-a-a {m}gi-mil-lu
17A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}si-lim-{d}EN A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂
18DUB.SAR {m}MU-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ
19A {m}DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂-bu-šu₂ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GAN UD 21-KAM
20MU 19-KAM {m}da-ri-a-mu-uš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki}
21LUGAL KUR.KUR
22NIG₂.ŠID-šu₂-nu ša₂ ku-tal-lu₄
23it-ti a-ha-meš qa-tu-u₂

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