AchHist 15, 171 (P521625)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521625 |
| Museum no. | BM 094676 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | (Concerning) 8 days of month Abu (V) and Šabaṭu (XI) of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, that Nabû-ahhe-bulliṭ/Tabnēa/Rēʾi-alpi exchanged with Nabû-râm-nišīšu/Iddin-Nabû/Rēʾi-alpi against a date palm garden of 0;0.5, planted with date palms, in the “Fifty of the house of the horseherds” (hanšû bīt-rē’i-sisê) on the canal of Mār-bīti: |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–1212 | the field of Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi was given in exchange [of the prebend]. |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | The tablet was sealed to the name of Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ upon the wish of Nabû-mukīn-zēri. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | When the tablet is found in the house of Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ, it belongs to Nabû-mukīn-zēri. |
| Obverse [14:17] 1515–1717 | Witnesses: [PN]/Zēr-Bābili/Nappāhu, Nidinti-Bēl/Arad-Bēl/Ilia, Rēmūt-Bēl/Arad-Nabû/Arad-Nergal. |
| Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919 | Scribe: Šamaš-iddin/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Borsippa, Dar 18-I-01. 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 | 8 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}NE u {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG | |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB-MEŠ-bul-liṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ni-e-a | |
| 4 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ a-na 5 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN {giš}KIRI₆ | |
| 5 | {giš}GIŠIMMAR-MEŠ zaq-pi i-na 50{e} ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA.ANŠE.KUR.RA | |
| 6 | ina UGU ID₂ {d}DUMU-E₂ it-ti | |
| 7 | {m}{d}AG-AG₂-UN-MEŠ-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD{[meš]} | |
| 8 | u₂-ša₂-pi-lu ŠE.NUMUN ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 9 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 10 | a-na lib₃-bi šu-pu-ul-lu [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA na-din] | |
| 11 | {im}DUB a-na na-še-e [ṣi-bu-ti] | |
| 12 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN a-na šu-[mi {m}{d}AG-PAB-MEŠ-bul-liṭ] | |
| 13 | ka-an-ni-ik i-na u₄-mu {im}DUB [šu-a-ti₃] | |
| 14 | <ša₂> ina E₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB.ME-bul-liṭ it-ta-na-[ma-ru] | |
| 15 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}[x] | |
| 16 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} A {lu₂}SIMUG {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN | |
| 17 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}EN A {m}DINGIR-ia₂ {m}re-mut-{d}EN | |
| 18 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}AG A {m}IR₃-{d}GIR₄.KU₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR | |
| 19 | {m}{d}UTU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DIB-UD.DA A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 20 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}BARA₂ UD 18-KAM | |
| 21 | MU 1-KAM {m}da-ri-iʾ-ia-muš | |
| 22 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR.KUR |
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