AchHist 15, 183 (P521636)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 183 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521636 |
| Museum no. | BM 026494 |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | (Concerning) the tablet about the prebends that Nabû-mukīn-zēri[/Aplā]/Rēʾi-alpi sealed and [gave] to [Nabû-šumu-ukīn]/Mušēzib-Marduk/Rēʾi-alpi, and in a (separate) document is written the following: “Nabû-šumu-ukīn made a gift of 6 m of silver to Nabû-mukīn-zēri for these prebends.” |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | Nabû-šumu-ukīn did not give these 6 m of silver to Nabû-mukīn-zēri, nor anything else that is written in the document. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | Nabû-šumu-ukīn has given back the tablet and the document to Nabû-mukīn-zēri. |
| Obverse [9:12] 1010–1212 | If a copy of the tablet or of the document shows up in the house of Nabû-šumu-ukīn or anywhere else: they belong to Nabû-mukīn-zēri. |
| Obverse [12:17] 1313–1717 | Nabû-šumu-ukīn was present as a witness to (the drafting of) the tablet about these prebends that Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi sealed and gave to Rēmūt-Nabû, his son. |
| Obverse [16:21] 1717–2121 | Witnesses: Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Ilia, Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Zēr-Bābili/Nappāhu, Nabû-rēʾišunu/Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Ilia, Nabû-nūr-ilī/Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Šikkûa, Šamaš-iddin/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Kudurrānu. |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | Scribe: Šamaš-iddin/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [22:24] 2323–2424 | Borsippa, Dar 16-IX-07. |
| Obverse [24:27] 2525–2727 | Nabû-šumu-ukīn will have (the temple service) performed during [the 7 days that he shares] with Nabû-mukīn-zēri/[Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi]. |
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 | {im}DUB ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-⸢NUMUN⸣ [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a]} | |
| 2 | DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ik-nu-uk-ku-ma a-na {[m}{d}AG-MU-GIN] | |
| 3 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ [id-di-nu] | |
| 4 | u₃ i-na ša₂-aṭ-ṭa-ri ša₂-aṭ-ri um-ma 6 MA.NA [KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 5 | NIG₂.BA ku-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ šu-a-ti₃ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN | |
| 6 | a-na {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR aʾ 6 MA.NA | |
| 7 | u₃ mim-ma ma-la i-na ša₂-aṭ-ṭa-ri ša₂-aṭ-ri | |
| 8 | {m}{d}AG-MU-GI.NA a-na {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN ul i-di-in | |
| 9 | {im}DUB u₃ ša₂-aṭ-ri {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN ki-i u₂-tir-ri | |
| 10 | a-na {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN it-ta-din gaba-ri {im}DUB u₃ ša₂-aṭ-ri | |
| 11 | ša₂ ina E₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN lu-u₂ i-na a-šar₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 12 | in-na-ma-ri ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 13 | šu-nu i-na {im}DUB ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ šu-a-ti₃ | |
| 14 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a} DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ik-nu-uk-ku-ma | |
| 15 | a-na {m}re-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ id-di-nu {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN | |
| 16 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD a-na {lu₂}mu-kin-u₂-tu | |
| 17 | i-na lib₃-bi a-šib {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 18 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 19 | {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} A {lu₂}SIMUG {m}{d}AG-SIPA-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} | |
| 20 | A {m}DINGIR-ia {m}{d}AG-ZALAG₂-DINGIR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GIN A {m}sik-ku-u₂-a | |
| 21 | {m}{d}UTU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}ku-du-ra-nu | |
| 22 | {m}{d}UTU-SUM{na} DUB.SAR DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-mu-DIB-UD.DA | |
| 23 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}GAN UD 16-KAM | |
| 24 | MU 7-KAM {m}da-a-ri-[ia]-uš-šu₂ LUGAL [TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 25 | LUGAL KUR.KUR-MEŠ {m}{d}AG-MU-GIN i-na 7 u₄-mu-MEŠ HA.LA-šu₂] | |
| 26 | ša₂ it-ti {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ [ša₂ {m}A{a} A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD] | |
| 27 | u₂-šu-uz-[zu] |
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