AchHist 15, 185 (P521638)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521638 |
| Museum no. | BM 094586 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Tablet of exchange of the prebends that Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Rēʾi-alpi exchanged with Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi: |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti voluntarily sealed and assigned forever to Rēmūt-Nabû days 28, 29, 30 of month IX, in total 3 days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû. |
| Obverse [7:14] 88–1414 | And Rēmūt-Nabû voluntarily sealed and assigned forever to Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti days 18, 19, 20 of month I, in total 3 days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | They exchanged their (items of) exchange forever. |
| Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515 | Each (of them) assumes warranty for the exchange. [He who disputes] the tablet of exchange or the 6 prebend days [will pay x silver]. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | Days 26 and 27 of month IX, the share of inheritance of Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti, belong to Nabû-ušallim additionally. |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | Each has taken one copy. |
| Obverse [17:21] 1818–2121 | Witnesses: Nabû-bullissu/Nabû-mukīn-apli/Ilia, Nabû-ahhe-bulliṭ/Bēl-aplu-iddin/Balāṭu, Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Šamaš-ēreš/Balāṭu, Nabû-iddin/Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Ilūtu-bani, Šamaš-ēṭer/Bēl-lēʾi/Šangû-Adad. |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | Scribe: Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-šumu-līšir/Rēš-ummāni. |
| Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525 | Borsippa, Dar 30-VI-09. |
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 | ṭup-pi šu-pil-tu₄ ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-bul-liṭ A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ it-ti | |
| 3 | {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 4 | uš-pil-lu {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ i-na hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {iti}GAN UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM UD 30-KAM PAB 3 u₄-mu-MEŠ | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG | |
| 7 | ik-nu-uk-ma pa-ni {m}re-mut-{d}AG a-<na> UD-MEŠ ṣa-a-tu₄ | |
| 8 | u₂-šad-gil u {m}re-mut-{d}AG ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ina {iti}BARA₂ UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM PAB 3 u₄-mu-MEŠ | |
| 10 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ E₂.ZI.[DA E₂ {d}AG] | |
| 11 | ik-nu-uk-ma pa-ni {m}{d}AG-KAR-[ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ u₂-šad-gil | |
| 13 | šu-pil-tu₄-šu₂-nu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-[tu₄ uš-pil-lu] | |
| 14 | man-nu pu-ut ṭup-pi šu-pil-tu₄ [na-ši pa-qi₂-ra-nu ša₂] | |
| 15 | ṭup-pi šu-pil-tu₄ u₃ ša₂ 6 u₄-mu-[MEŠ x GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR u₂-šal-lam] | |
| 16 | UD 26-KAM UD 27-KAM ša₂ {iti}GAN pu-ut HA.LA ša₂ {m}{[d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 17 | pa-ni {m}{d}AG-GI e-lat id-dag-gal 1{en}TA.AM₃ il-qu-u₂ | |
| 18 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-EDURU A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 19 | {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-bul-liṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-A-MU A {m}TIN A {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-E | |
| 20 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-APIN{eš} A {m}TIN {m}{d}AG-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-URU₃ | |
| 21 | A {m}DINGIR-ta-DU₃ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DA A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 22 | DUB.SAR {m}MU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-SI.SA₂ | |
| 23 | A {m}SAG-ERIN₂{ni} BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}KIN UD 30-KAM | |
| 24 | MU 9-KAM {m}da-ri-šu₂-uʾ-muš | |
| 25 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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