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AchHist 15, 127 (P521613)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 127
IDP521613
Museum no.BM 025670
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 [0:5] 11–55(Concerning) [1/2] day of the butcher’s prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, [including the diʾû] and guqqû offerings, the income (panātu) of 1/2 day, on 23/VIII, part of [x] (number of) days, that Nabû-aplu-iddin/[Nabû-mukī]n-apli/Ibnāya sealed and gave to Nabû-ušallim/Šamaš-udammiq/Ṣāhit-ginê with his daughter (f)Rīšat (as dowry):
Obverse [5:10] 66–1010(f)Rīšat has voluntarily sealed and given the 1/2 day of the butcher’s prebend on 23/VIII, including the diʾû and guqqû offerings, to her brother Nabû-nādin-ahi/Nabû-aplu-iddin/Ibnāya.
Obverse [10:13] 1111–1313Nabû-nādin-ahi has voluntarily made a gift of [x] š silver to his sister (f)Rīšat.
Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616(It is) the prebend which is co-owned by Nabû-uballiṭ/Mušallim-Marduk/Ibnāya.
Obverse [15:21] 1616–2121Witnesses: Nabû-nādin-šumi/Nabû-ušallim/Ṣāhit-ginê son of (f)Rīšat, Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Nabû-aplu-iddin/Kudurrānu, Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Nabû-ušallim/Ṣāhit-ginê, Nergal-nāṣir/Nabû-ušallim/Ṣāhit-ginê, Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Nabû-uballiṭ/Ibnāya.
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222Scribe: [x]-ibni?/Ina-tēšî-ēṭer/[FN].
Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525Borsippa, Camb 20-VIII-[x]+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)

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11/2 u₄-mu ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA
2E₂ {d}AG [a-di di-iʾ] u₃ GUG{u₂} pa-na-at 1/2 U₄-mu
3{iti}APIN UD 23-KAM i-na [x]-ta u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-A-MU A-šu₂
4ša₂ {[m}{d}AG]-⸢GIN⸣-A A {m}DU₃-a-a ik-nu-ku-ma it-ti
5{[f]}ri-šat DUMU.MUNUS-šu₂ a-na {m}{d}AG-GI A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SIG₅{iq}
6A {lu₂}I₃.SUR-GI.NA id-di-nu {f}ri-šat i-na
7mi-gi-ir lib₃-bi-šu₂ 1/2 u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂-u₂-tu
8{iti}APIN UD 23-KAM a-di di-iʾ u GUG{u₂}
9tak-nu-uk-ma pa-ni {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ ⸢ŠEŠ-šu₂⸣
10DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-IBILA-MU A {m}DU₃-a-a tu-šad-gil
11{[m]}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ ina mi-gi-ir ŠA₃-šu₂
12[x] GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ri-mu-u₂-tu a-na {f}ri-šat
13NIN-šu₂ ir-ri-im GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ša₂ it-ti
14{m}{d}AG-u₂-bal-liṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU
15A {m}DU₃-a-a la i-zu-zu
16{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI
17A {m}I₃.SUR-GI.NA DUMU ša₂ {f}ri-ša₂-ti
18{m}{d}AG-TIN-su-E A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-A-MU A {m}ku-du-ra-[nu]
19{m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI A {m}I₃.SUR-GI.NA
20{m}{d}U.GUR-na-ṣir A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GI A {m}I₃.SUR-GI.NA
21{m}[KI]-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-u₂-bal-liṭ A {m}DU₃-a-a
22{[m}x x]-DU₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR
23[A {m}x-x] BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}APIN UD 20-KAM
24[MU.x]+1-[KAM] {m}kam-[bu-zi-ia] LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki}
25LUGAL KUR.KUR

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