AchHist 15, 123 (P521609)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521609 |
| Museum no. | BM 028920 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 [0:9] 1'1'–9'9' | [... (description of the days of the butcher’s prebend) ...] and in month [x, (a type of offering)] before Nabû, of the second meal of the e[vening (?)], 4 1/2 days in [month x (...)] of Marduk-nāṣir/[Libluṭ/Eṭēru] – Marduk-nāṣir has leased the yield of this prebend to Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Murānu/[Ibnāya] [for x years], against 1 m 35 š of white silver, 4 [x], and 5 m of wool. |
| Obverse [9:14] 10'10'–14'14' | Marduk-nāṣir will carry from the [(storehouse)] the emmer and the sesame of the yield of the other [prebend days] of Marduk-nāṣir. |
| Obverse [12:14] 13'13'–14'14' | Per year, Nabû-ahu-ittannu will give 8 leather straps to Marduk-nāṣir. |
| Obverse [14:16] 15'15'–16'16' | Nabû-ahu-ittannu is responsible for making the meal and for guarding. |
| Obverse [16:18] 17'17'–18'18' | The yield of the prebend is at the disposal of Nabû-ahu-ittannu from 01/I of the 26th year (of Darius) onwards. |
| Obverse [18:19] 19'19'–19'19' | Each has taken one copy. Witnesses: Barsippāya/Bēl-šumu-iškun/Ahu-[x], [PN]/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/[LN], [...]. 1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x] x [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ina {iti}[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | pa-ni {d}AG ša₂ tar-din-nu ša₂ ki-[iṣ u₄-mu] | |
| 4' | 4{ta} u₃ a-hi u₄-mu-MEŠ ina {[iti}x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NA-ṢIR DUMU ša₂ {m}[lib-luṭ A {m}e-ṭe₃-ru] | |
| 6' | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-na-ṣir a-na [x MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na] | |
| 7' | 1 1/2 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} 4 x [x x x x] | |
| 8' | u₃ 5 MA.NA SIK₂.HI.A BURU₁₄ u₄-mu [a-na] | |
| 9' | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}mu-ra-nu A {[m}DU₃-a-a] | |
| 10' | id-din ZIZ₂.A.AN u ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ BURU₁₄ re-hi GIŠ.[ŠUB.BA] | |
| 11' | ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-PAB {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-PAB ul-tu [x x] | |
| 12' | u₂-še-ṣi-e-ma i-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 13' | ina MU.AN.NA 8 {kuš}ha-li-ṣu {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-[tan-nu] | |
| 14' | a-na {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-na-ṣir i-na-ad-di-in | |
| 15' | pu-ut e-piš ša₂ nap-ta-nu u₃ ma-aṣ-ṣar-tu₄ | |
| 16' | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu na-ši | |
| 17' | ul-tu UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ ša₂ MU 26-KAM | |
| 18' | BURU₁₄ u₄-mu-MEŠ ina IGI {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu | |
| 19' | 1{en}TA.AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri il-te-qu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin-[ni] | |
| 20' | {[m}BARA₂].⸢SIPA⸣{ki}a-a DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU-GAR{un} A {m}ŠEŠ-[x] | |
| 21' | {[m}x] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}AG-mu-še-DIB-UD.DA A {m}x-[x] |
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