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AchHist 15, 121 (P521607)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 121
IDP521607
Museum no.BM 025854
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] 11–33(The entire?) 25 talents and 40 m of meat of Nabû-uballiṭ/[x]-uṣur(or: -ahi)/Ašlāku are due from Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Murānu/Ibnāya.
Obverse [3:5] 44–55He will fully deliver the entire 25 talents and 40 m of meat by the end of month V.
Obverse [5:8] 66–88Nabû-ahu-ittannu has received from Nabû-uballiṭ all the outstanding silver (in payment) of the meat.
Obverse [7:9] 88–99From 23/III [the meat (?)] is at the disposal of [Nabû-uball]iṭ.
Obverse [8:9] 99–99Their outstanding accounts have been made.
Obverse [9:14] 1010–1414Witnesses: Ahhēmā/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aqar-Nabû, Arad-Tašmētu/Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Ibnāya, Nabû-erība/Rēmūt/Ašlāku, Nidintu/Haddā/Ea-imbi.
Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515Scribe: Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Murānu/Ibnāya.
Obverse [15:19] 1616–1919Borsippa, Dar 23-III-24.

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)
125 GU₂.UN 40 MA.NA UZU gab-bi
2ša₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}x-x]-URU₃ A {m}{lu₂}TUG₂.BABBAR
3ina muh-hi {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-ra-nu
4A {m}DU₃-a-a a-di qi₂-it {iti}NE UZU a₄
525 GU₂.UN 40 MA.NA i-gam-ru uṭ-ṭi-ṭar
6KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ UZU ša₂ ku-tal-la gab-bi
7{m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-TIN{[iṭ]} ma-hi-ir
8ul-tu₂ UD 23-KAM ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ [x x x]
9IGI {[m}{d}AG-TIN]{iṭ} e-piš NIG₂.ŠID-šu₂-nu
10ša₂ ku-tal-la qa-tu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin-nu
11{m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ma-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}a-qar-{d}AG
12{m}IR₃-{d}taš-<me>-tu₄ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu A {m}DU₃-A-A
13{m}{d}AG-SU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut A {m}{lu₂}TUG₂.BABBAR
14{m}ni-din-tu₄ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}had-da-a A {<m>}{d}BE-im-bi
15{lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu A-[šu₂ ša₂]
16{m}mu-ra-nu A {m}DU₃-a-a bar-sip₃{ki}
17{iti}SIG₄ UD 23-KAM
18MU 24-KAM {m}da-ri-[ia-muš]
19LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR

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