AchHist 15, 174 (P521628)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 174 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521628 |
| Museum no. | BM 082766 |
| 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 [0:11] 11–1111 | Days 27 (and) 28/VI of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, which Nidinti-Nabû/Rēmūt-Gula/Rēʾi-alpi voluntarily sealed and assigned forever to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi: (this prebend) is at the disposal of Nabû-nādin-ahi/Marduk-nāṣir/Rēʾi-[alpi] for performing the service. |
| Obverse [9:11] 1010–1111 | Nabû-nādin-ahi takes over the responsibility for bringing the meal and for the watch on days 27 and 28/VI from Rēmūt-Nabû. |
| Obverse [11:13] 1212–1313 | Nabû-nādin-ahi shall carry off half of the pappasu of the courtyard as payment for doing service. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | Witnesses: Bēl-iddin/Mušēzib-Bēl/Rēʾi-alpi, Nabû-aplu-iddin/Rē[mūt?...]. |
| Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717 | Scribe: Nidinti-Nabû/Rēmūt-Gula/Rēʾi-alpi, seller of the prebend. |
| Obverse [17:22] 1818– | Borsippa, Dar 24-III-02. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | The oxherds. |
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 | UD 27-KAM UD 28-KAM ša₂ {iti}KIN | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 3 | E₂ {d}AG ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 4 | {m}re-mut-{d}ME.ME A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD.ME i-na hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ik-nu-uk-ku-ma a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 6 | a-na {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 7 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD id-di-nu a-na u₂-šu-uz-zu | |
| 8 | ša₂ man-za-al-tu₄ ina IGI {m}{d}AG-na-din-[ŠEŠ] | |
| 9 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {[m}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU-PAB A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD.ME] | |
| 10 | pu-ut qu-ru-bu ša₂ nap-ta-nu | |
| 11 | u₃ ma-aṣ-ṣar-tu₂ ša₂ UD 27-KAM UD 28-KAM {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ | |
| 12 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}re-mut-{d}AG na-ši a-hi pap-pa-su ša₂ KISAL {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ | |
| 13 | ku-u₂ u₂-šu-uz-zu ša₂ man-za-al-tu₄ | |
| 14 | i-na-aš₂-ši {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}KAR-{d}EN A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD {m}{d}AG-A-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-[...] | |
| 16 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}ME.ME | |
| 17 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ na-di-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 18 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 24-KAM MU 2-KAM | |
| 19 | {m}da-ri-iʾ-i₃-šu LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 20 | LUGAL KUR-MEŠ | |
| 21 | {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ |
Sources & licences
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