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AchHist 15, 098 (P521585)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 098
IDP521585
Museum no.BM 082642
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreReceipt
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 [0:7] 11–77Barley, wages of one meal of Nabû of 22/III offered in the bīt-tardennu (“place of the second meal”): Qībi-Bēl/Nabû-[ga]mil/Bēliya’u has received (it) from Bēl-[ēṭer]/Nabû-ahu-ušebši/Kidin-Sîn.
Obverse [7:11] 88–1111Qībi-Bēl is responsible for not causing interruption and for making the meal excellent.
Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010Bēl-ēṭer performs the burning.
Obverse [10:11] 1111–11110;0.2 barley is at the disposal of Bēl-ēṭer in compliance with (the regulations of) Bēl.
Obverse [11:15] 1212–1515Witnesses: Nidinti-Bēl and Sūqāya sons of Bēl-nādin-apli//Kidin-Sîn, Ṭābia/Nabû-ittannu/Kidin-Sîn.
Obverse [15:18] 1616–1818Bēl-iddin/Šumu-iddin/Bēliya’u.
Obverse [17:21] 1818–2121Borsippa, Dar 21-III-29.

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)
1ŠE.BAR i-di ša₂ 1{en} BUR ša₂ {d}AG
2ša₂ UD 22-KAM ša₂ {iti}SIG₄
3ina E₂ tar-din-nu qe₂-re-bi
4{m}qi₂-bi-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[ga]-mil
5A {m}{d}en-ia-u₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}EN-[SUR]
6A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-TUK{ši}
7A {m}ki-din-{d}30 ma-hi-[ir]
8pu-ut la baṭ-la bu-un BUR
9{m}qi₂-bi-{d}EN na-ši
10ša₂-ra-pu {m}{d}EN-SUR i-ša₂-ra-pu
112 BAN₂ ŠE.BAR ša₂ a-ki-i {d}EN ina IGI {m}{d}EN-SUR
12{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {d}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN
13u {m}su-qa-a-a DUMU.MEŠ ša₂
14{m}{d}EN-na-din-a A {m}ki-din-{d}30
15{m}DUG₃.GA-ia₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu
16A {m}ki-din-{d}30 {m}{d}EN-MU
17{lu₂}UMBISAG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-MU
18A {m}EN-ia₂-u₂ bar-sip₃{ki}
19{iti}SIG₄ UD 21-KAM
20MU 29-KAM
21{m}da-ri-ia₂-muš LUGAL E{[ki} u KUR.KUR]

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