AchHist 15, 165 (P521620)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521620 |
| Museum no. | BM 101982 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 [0:8] 11–88 | [Iddi]n-Nabû/Nādin/Rēʾi-alpi spoke to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi as follows: “I am incapabe (of work) and (my) sons are small. I am not able to perform any of my service. [For] 5 years, please perform my service and serve Nabû for me and stand guard at the table of Nabû for me; I am willing to assign to you something of my (income consisting of) meat cuts (maššaktu) in return for performing my service.” |
| Obverse [8:15] 99–1515 | Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri agreed with Iddin-Nabû/Nādin, and [Iddin-Nabû] voluntarily sealed and assigned forever to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri 2 sheep of the irregular offerings [before Nanāya and] Sutītu in month I. |
| Obverse [14:20] 1515–2020 | Rēmūt-Nabû takes over responsibility from Iddin-Nabû for [...] and approaching the meal [and ...] “in your one (cubit?)” during 5 years [...]. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Each (party) has taken one (copy). Whoever breaks (the contract) shall pay [x] m of silver. |
| Obverse [20:24] 2121–2424 | Witnesses: Balassu/Rēmūt/Bāʾiru, Nabû-ēṭer/[x]-nā/Mādidu, Nabû-iqīša/Marduk-erība/Kidin-Sîn, Nūrēa/[x-nā/kā]ṣir/Kidin-Nanāya. |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | Scribe: Nabû-iqīša/Qībi-Bēl/Kudurrānu. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | Borsippa, Camb 28-V-06.1 |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}SUM]{na}{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-di-nu A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ a-na | |
| 2 | {[m}re]-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ iq-bi | |
| 3 | [um]-⸢ma⸣ sa-ma-a-ka u₃ {lu₂}DUMU-MEŠ ṣa-ah-ru-uʾ | |
| 4 | ⸢ma⸣-la u₂-šu-uz-zu ša₂ man-za-al-<ti>-ia ul ma-<<al>>-ṣa-ka | |
| 5 | [a-di] 5 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ man-za-al-ti-ia i-ši-iz-zi-ma | |
| 6 | {[d}AG] a-na muh-hi-ia pi-la-ah u₃ ma-aṣ-ṣar-tu₄ ša₂ nap-ta-nu | |
| 7 | [ša₂ {d]}⸢AG⸣ a-na muh-hi-ia u₂-ṣu-ur-ma mim-ma i-na maš-šak-ta-ia | |
| 8 | [lu-uk]-ku-nu-uk-ma ku-u₂ u₂-šu-uz-zu ša₂ man-za-al-ti-ia | |
| 9 | [ina pa]-ni-ka lu-šad-gil {m}re-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 10 | {[m}SUM]{na}{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-di-nu im-gu-ur-ma | |
| 11 | {[m}SUM{na}{d}AG i-na] hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 2 UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-u₂-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [pa-ni {d}na-na-a u] {d}su-ti-ti ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 13 | {[m}SUM{na}{d}AG i-na hu-ud lib₃]-bi-šu₂ ku-u₂ u₂-še-uz-zu | |
| 14 | [ša₂ man-za-al-la-tu₄ pa-ni {m]}re-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 15 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ u₂-šad-gi]-il {m}re-mut-{d}AG pu-ut | |
| 16 | [...] u₃ qu-ru-u₂ nap-ta-nu | |
| 17 | [...]-tu₄ ina 1-ka a-di 5 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 18 | [... ina ŠU-MIN] {m}MU-{d}AG na-ši | |
| 19 | [...] o o o | |
| 20 | [x] x x x 1{en} TA a₄ il-te-qu-u₂ ša₂ it-ta-bal-kit | |
| 21 | [x] MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR u₂-šal-lam {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}ba-laṭ-su A-šu₂ | |
| 22 | [ša₂ {m]}re-mut A {m}{lu₂}ŠU.KU₆ {m}{d}AG-KAR{ir} A-šu₂ | |
| 23 | [ša₂ {m}x]-na-a A {m}man-di-di {m}{d}AG-BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ | |
| 24 | [ša₂ {m}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU-eri-ba A {m}ki-din-{d}30 {m}ZALAG₂-e-a A-šu₂ | |
| 25 | [ša₂ {m}{d}x-na/ka]-ṣir A {m}ki-din-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ | |
| 26 | [ša₂ {m}qi₂]-bi-{d}EN A {m}ku-du-ra-nu BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 27 | {[iti}NE].GAR UD 28-KAM MU 6-KAM {<m>}kam-bu-zi-ia₂ | |
| 28 | [LUGAL] E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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