AchHist 15, 115 (P521602)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521602 |
| Museum no. | BM 028863 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | {f}Ina-Esagil-bēlet/Nabû-bēlšunu/Naggāru, wife of Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Kudurru/Ilšu-abūšu spoke to Nabû-nādin-šumi/Mušēzib-Marduk/Ibnāya as follows: |
| Obverse [3:9] 44–99 | “Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Kudurru took me as wife but I did not beget a son or a daughter in his house. In the third year of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, my husband Nabû-šumu-ukīn sealed and assigned (to me) 2 baskets of [(meat)] and a 1/3 basket of mutton from the regular offerings to Nabû (from) the second meal in the morning on 5/III (and) 30/VI, the butcher’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, as well as 2/3 of a hide on 28/III and everything that there is (to it). |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | My husband Nabû-šumu-ukīn went to his fate and |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | now there is no food (“rations”) in my house. Take this prebend and bring me the silver, the price of my prebend!” |
| Obverse [11:17] 1212–1717 | Nabû-nādin-šumi listened to {f}Ina-Esagil-bēlet and gave her ½ m silver, the price of 2 baskets and 1/3 basket of mutton from the regular offerings to Nabû (from) the second meal in the morning, the butcher’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, as well as 2/3 of a hide on the 28/III. |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | {f}Ina-Esagil-<bēlet> has received the silver, the price of her prebend, from Nabû-nādin-šumi. |
| Obverse [17:20] 1818–2020 | She assigned forever to Nabû-nādin-šumi the tablet of the butcher’s prebend, that her husband Nabû-šumu-ukīn had sealed and given to her, for ½ m silver. |
| Obverse [19:27] 2020–2727 | At the sealing of the tablet were present: Balassu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Pa-ših, Nādin/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Ahiya’ūtu, Nabû-iqbi/Bēl-iqīša/Mallāhu, Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Mušallim-Marduk/Šugandu, Nabû-šumu-iddin/Nabû-kēšir/Ahiya’ūtu. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | Scribe: Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-[x]/Huṣābu. |
| Obverse [26:28] 2727–2828 | Borsippa, Nbn 13-II-07. |
| Obverse [27:30] 2828– | Seal of Nabû-šumu-ukīn, the scribe. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | Seal of Nabû-šumu-ukīn, the scribe.1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {f}ina-E₂.SAG.ILA₂-be-let DUMU.MUNUS-a-ni ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU {lu₂}NAGAR | |
| 2 | al-ti {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-dur₂-ru DUMU {m}DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂-bu-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ib-na-a ki-a-am taq-bi | |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-dur₂-ru a-na DAM-u₂-tu ir-ša₂-an-ni-ma | |
| 5 | DUMU u₃ DUMU.MUNUS i-na E₂-šu₂ la ar-ši i-na MU 3-KAM {d}AG-IM.TUK | |
| 6 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin DAM-a 2 se-el-le-e ša₂ [x x] | |
| 7 | u₃ šal-šu₂ se-el-li UDU.NITA₂ gi-nu-u₂ pa-ni {d}AG tar-din-nu ša₂ še-e-ri | |
| 8 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 5-KAM {iti}KIN UD 30-KAM GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG | |
| 9 | u₃ 2{ta} ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ša₂ ši-ih-ṭu {iti}SIG₄ UD 28-KAM u mim-mu-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | ik-nu-uk-ku u₃ u₂-šad-gil {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin DAM-a a-na šim-tu₄ il-lik-ma | |
| 11 | ŠUK.HI.A ina E₂-ia la i-ba-aš₂-ši GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ša₂-a-šu₂ le-qi₂-ma KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-ia | |
| 12 | a-bul-an-ni {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU a-na {f}ina-E₂.SAG.ILA₂-be-let iš-me-e-ma | |
| 13 | 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ 2 se-el-le-e u₃ šal-šu₂ ša₂ se-el-le-bi | |
| 14 | UDU.NITA₂ gi-nu-u₂ {d}AG tar-din-nu ša₂ še-e-ri GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-u₂-tu | |
| 15 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG u₃ 2{ta} ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ša₂ ši-ih-ṭu {iti}SIG₄ UD 28-KAM | |
| 16 | a-na {f}ina-E₂.SAG.ILA₂-be-let id-di-in | |
| 17 | {f}ina-E₂.SAG.ILA₂-<be-let> KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ i-na ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU e-ṭi-rat | |
| 18 | {im}DUB ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-u₂-tu ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-u₂-kin DAM-su ik-nu-ku-ma id-di-nu-uš | |
| 19 | ku-um 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR pa-ni {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ tu-šad-gil | |
| 20 | i-na ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu₄ | |
| 21 | IGI {m}ba-laṭ-su DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM{na} DUMU {lu₂}PA-ŠIH | |
| 22 | {m}na-di-nu DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ DUMU {m}ŠEŠ-ia-u₂-tu | |
| 23 | {m}{d}AG-iq-bi DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-BA{ša₂} DUMU {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄ | |
| 24 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}šu-gan-du | |
| 25 | {m}{d}AG-MU-SUM{na} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ki-šir₃ DUMU {m}ŠEŠ-ia-u₂-tu | |
| 26 | DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-MU-GI.NA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[x] DUMU {m}hu-ṣa-bi | |
| 27 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GU₄ UD 13-KAM MU 7-KAM {d}AG-IM.TUK LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 28 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN {lu₂}UMBISAG | |
| 29 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN {lu₂}UMBISAG |
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