AchHist 15, 187 (P521639)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521639 |
| Museum no. | BM 026572 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Murānu/Taqīš-Gula/Sāmu, who said the following to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi: “Days 17, 18, 19, 20 are mine!” |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | Later, Rēmūt-Nabû showed a tablet to him, saying: “The days that you come to contest are not yours!” |
| Obverse [5:11] 66–1111 | And Nabû-uballiṭ, the šatammu of Ezida, assigned to Rēmūt-Nabû, who showed the tablet in the council of Nabû-uballiṭ, the šatammu of Ezida, the days of month VII that he (Murānu) had come to contest, saying “Days 17, 18, 19, 20 are mine!” |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | There is no claim on the days (anymore). |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | If a tablet or a document is found in the house of Murānu/Taqīš-Gula (attesting to a claim) against Rēmūt-Nabû, it will be destroyed. |
| Obverse [14:17] 1515–1717 | Witnesses: Marduk-ēṭer/Mušēzib-Nabû/Rab-banê, Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Rēmūt-Nabû/Ibnāya, Balāṭu/Šellibi/Sîn-ilī. |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | Scribe: Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-šumu-uṣur/Šarrahu. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Borsippa, Dar 16-X-10. 1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}mu-ra-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}gu-la A {m}sa-a-mu | |
| 2 | ša₂ a-na {<m>}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD iq-bu-u₂ um-ma | |
| 3 | UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM at-tu-u₂-a | |
| 4 | ar₂-ku {m}re-mut-{d}AG {im}DUB u₂-ka-<al>-im-u₂-ši-i | |
| 5 | um-ma u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ pa-qa-ru a-na muh-hi tal-li-ku | |
| 6 | ul at-tu-ka {m}re-mut-{d}AG ša₂ {im}DUB | |
| 7 | ina UKKIN ša₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.<DA> u₂-ka-al-im-u₂-ši-i | |
| 8 | u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ ša₂ pa-qa-ru a-na muh-hi il-li-ku | |
| 9 | um-ma UD 17.<KAM> UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM | |
| 10 | at-tu-u₂-a u₃ {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 11 | i-di-in-u₂-ši-i ina muh-hi u₄-mu-MEŠ ul ra-ša₂-ta | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ {im}DUB lu-u₂ ša₂-ṭa-ri | |
| 13 | ša₂ ul-tu E₂ ša₂ {m}mu-ra-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ta-qiš-{d}gu-la | |
| 14 | ša₂ a-na muh-hi {m}re-mut-{d}AG in-na-ša₂-a | |
| 15 | he-pu-u₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 16 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AG A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG | |
| 17 | A {m}ib-na-a-a {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}še-el-<li>-bi A {m}{d}30-DINGIR | |
| 18 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-URU₃ | |
| 19 | A {m}šar-ra-hi BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}AB UD 16-KAM MU 10-KAM | |
| 20 | {m}da-ri-ia₂-muš LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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