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AchHist 15, 188 (P521640)

Receipt, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 188
IDP521640
Museum no.BM 026552
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreReceipt
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 44.3434

English translation

By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:13] 11–1313(Concerning) the cows that they have been branding in [(+GN?)] but (for which) they paid no gifts, and Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Aplā/Rēʾi-alpi made them stand in the storeroom of the king of Babylon on the orders of Nabû-uballiṭ, šatammu of Ezida. Nabû-mukīn-zēri must register the silver of these gifts of the oxherds for the šatammu, the mubannû and the “person of the bīt-šutummi” with Nabû-uballiṭ, šatammu of Ezida, and give (proof of it) to Nabû-ahhē-iddin of the Ilia family.
Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616Witnesses: Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu/Zēr-Bābili/Nappāhu, Gimil-Nabû/Šulā/Ilūtu-bani, Nabû-ittannu/Haddā/Ibnāya.
Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616Scribe: [PN]/Zēr-Bābili[/FN].
Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717Borsippa, Dar [x]-III-12. 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1⸢GUD⸣ {lu₂}ERIN₂-MEŠ ša₂ i-[na x x] E RA A BU
2i-šem-mi-tu-ma NIG₂.BA-MEŠ
3la id-di-nu-uʾ u₃ ina E₂ šu-tu-mu
4LUGAL KA₂ il-lu-u₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN
5A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ap-la-a A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD]-MEŠ
6ina na-aš₂-par-tu₄ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} {lu₂}ša₃-tam
7E₂.ZI.DA ul-te-zu-šu₂-nu-tu₂
8KU₃.BABBAR NIG₂.BA-MEŠ ša₂ SIPA-MEŠ a₄ ša₂ {lu₂}ša₃-tam
9{lu₂}mu-ban-nu-u₂ u₃ {lu₂}[E₂] šu-tum₃
10ina IGI {m}{d}AG-TIN{iṭ} {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA
11u₂-ša₂-az-za-ma a-na {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU
12A {m}DINGIR-ia i-nam-din {lu₂}mu-kin-nu
13{m}KI-{d}UTU-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-E{ki} A {lu₂}SIMUG
14{m}ŠU-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {m}DINGIR-ta-DU₃
15{[m]}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}had-da-a A {m}DU₃-a-a
16{[m}...] {lu₂}DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-E{ki}
17[A {(lu₂}SIMUG) BARA₂].SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄
18[UD n-KAM MU 10+2-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-mu-šu₂
19[LUGAL TIN.TIR]{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR

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