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AchHist 15, 092 (P521579)

Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 092
IDP521579
Museum no.BM 029115
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:5] 11–55Lâbâši/Zēria/Kidin-Sîn will select 1/3 of month VIb of what is offered on the 17th day, and 1/6 of month VIb (of what) is offered on the 19th day, of Šaddinnu/Balassu/Bēliya’u.
Obverse [5:8] 66–88Lâbâši has received wages for baking, smearing and burning from Šaddinnu.
Obverse [7:11] 88–1111Lâbâši is responsible for not causing any interruptions and for making a good quality meal.
Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515Witnesses: Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-šumu-iddin/Nūr-Sîn, [x]-Marduk/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Mādidu. (remainder of rev. lost, except for a part of the year date).

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
11{en} šal-šu₂ ša₂ {iti}KIN.2-KAM ša₂ UD 17-KAM
2i-qar-ru-bu u₃ 1{en} 6{šu₂} ša₂ {iti}KIN.2-KAM
3ša₂ UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM i-qar-ru-bu ša₂ {m}šad-din-ni
4A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}EN-ia-u₂ {m}la-ba-ši
5A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia A {m}ki-din-nu-{d}30 i-par-ra-as
6i-di ša₂ a-pu-u₂ ṭe-hu-u₂ u₃ ša₂-ra-pu
7{m}la-a-ba-ši ina ŠU-MIN {m}ša₂-ad-din-ni ma-hi-ir
8pu-ut la ša₂-ka-ni ba-aṭ-la u₃
9bu-un-nu-u₂ ša₂ nap-ta-ni {m}la-a-ba-ši
10na-ši
11{lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}30
12{m}[x-x]-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU A {lu₂}man-di-di
13[...] x x
14[MU 10+9-KAM
15[...]

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