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AchHist 15, 106 (P521593)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 106
IDP521593
Museum no.BM 096213
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:9] 1'1'–9'9'[... PN], Kuṣurā/[Kīnā/FN], bēl-šapatti, Hašdāya/Balassu[/FN], Iddin-Nabû/Guzānu [/FN], [PN], [Uballissu-Mar]duk/Šumu-ukīn/Ki[din-Sîn]: these are the citizens in charge of the 15-day periods (šapattu) [who] are responsible for the service that is (performed) in the gate of the meal.
Obverse [9:15] 10'10'–15'15'When there is somebody who causes an interruption at the gate during his service, they must give 1 sheep to Nabû.
Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13'Witnesses: Nabû-ittannu/[PN]/Kidin-Sîn, Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Nabû-tabni-uṣur/Kidin-[Sîn], [Nabû-ušallim]/Aplā/Kidin-[Sîn], [PN/]Arad-Nanāya/[FN], [PN/PN]/Šēpê-Ilia, [PN/PN]/Kidin-Sîn, [remainder of reverse broken off].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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'x x [...]
2'{m}ku-ṣur-a-[a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GIN{a} A {m}x-x]
3'EN UD.10+5
4'{m}haš-da-a-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}TIN-su [A {m}x x]
5'{m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}gu-za-nu [A {m}x x]
6'{m}[x x]-ma [A {m}x x x x]
7'{m}[TIN-su-{d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-GIN A {m}ki-⸢din⸣-{[d}30
8'[an-nu-tu] {lu₂}DUMU.DU₃-MEŠ {lu₂}DUMU.DU₃-MEŠ {lu₂}EN-ša₂-pat-tu₄-MEŠ {lu₂}EN-ša₂-pat-tu₄-MEŠ [ša₂]
9'pu-ut ma-ṣar-tu₄ ša₂ ina KA₂ BUR na-šu-[u₂]
10'ina u₄-mu ma-am-mu ša₂ ina man-zal-[ti-šu₂]
11'baṭ-lu ina KA₂ i-šak-kan-nu [o]
12'1{en} UDU.NITA₂ a-na {d}AG i-nam-[din-nu]
13'{[lu₂}mu]-kin-ni {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂
14'{[m}x x x A] {m}ki-din-{d}30 [o]
15'{m}{d}AG-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DU₃-URU₃ A {m}ki-din-{[d}30
16'{[m}{d}AG-GI] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {m}ki-din-{[d}30
17'{[m}x x x A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}IR₃-{d}na-na-a A {m}[x x x]
18'[...] {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂
19'[...] A {m}ki-din-{d}30

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