AchHIst 15, 191 (P521643)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHIst 15, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521643 |
| Museum no. | BM 026509 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | [Days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, of the entire year, as much there are, of Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alp]i: |
| Obverse [1:5] 22–55 | month I: [x, y, z], 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, [21, x, y], 25, 28, 29, 30: in total 16 days in I |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | month II: 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25: in total 16 days in II |
| Obverse [6:10] 77–1010 | month IV: 01, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, [17, 18, 19, 20], 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29: in total 19 days in IV |
| Obverse [9:12] 1010–1212 | month V: 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25: in total 16 days in V |
| Obverse [11:13] 1212–1313 | month VI: 27, 28: in total 2 days in VI |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | month VII: 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, [x], 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, [x, y], 25, 28, 29: in total 23 days in VII |
| Obverse [15:18] 1616–1818 | month VIII: [01], 02, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: in total 15 days in VIII |
| Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919 | month IX: [11, 12], 13, 14, 15: in total 5 days in kislīmu (IX) |
| Obverse [18:21] 1919–2121 | month X: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 21, 22, 24, 25, [28], 29: in total 11 days in X |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | month XI: 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, [18]: [in total 10] days in XI |
| Obverse [21:23] 2222–2323 | month XII: 14: in total one day in XII |
| Obverse [22:25] 2323–2525 | In total 134 days. For a period of 2 years Nabû-erība/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi will serve in place of Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi. Nabû-erība takes over the responsibility from Rēmūt-Nabû to bring the meal, to do service and to not interrupt (the cult). |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | Nabû-ēriba shall enjoy daily 3 litres of takkasû (bread), 3 litres of barley beer and milk, the panāt ūmi of those 134 days, for doing the service. |
| Obverse [26:28] 2727–2828 | (In addition) Rēmūt-Nabû will pay 10 š [white silver of nuhhutu quality] to Nabû-erība for 2 years, starting from month VIII of the 18th year, for doing the service. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | This does not include 7 š white scrap silver of [Rēmūt-Nabû which is] due from Nabû-erība: Nabû-erība has to pay (these 7 š silver) to Rēmūt-Nabû. |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | He will seize the ṣindû-container (?) of the god[s in] months I, IV, [VII], VIII and X. |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | Whoever breaks this contract shall pay [x š] silver. |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | Each (party) has taken one (copy of this contract). From month VIII [of the 18th year of Darius, king of Babylon, king of the lands] onwards [Nabû-erība] will do service in place of Rēmūt-Nabû. |
| Obverse [32:35] 3333–3535 | Witnesses: Marduk-[...], Nabû-ittannu/Mušēzib-Nabû/Rab-banê, Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/[...], [Balāṭu]/Šellibi/Sîn-ilī, Gimillu/[...]. |
| Obverse [35:36] 3636–3636 | Borsippa, [...]. 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | [u₄-mu-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA SIPA.GUD-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG ša₂ kal-la MU.AN.NA ma-la ba-šu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN DUMU {lu₂]}⸢SIPA⸣.GUD-MEŠ {iti}BARA₂ UD n-KAM ...] | |
| 3 | [UD 15-KAM] UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD 20+1-KAM ...] | |
| 4 | [UD 25-KAM] UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM UD 30-KAM PAB 16-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ [ša₂ {iti}BARA₂] | |
| 5 | {[iti]}⸢GU₄⸣ UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-[KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM] | |
| 6 | [UD] 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 23-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM PAB 16-[KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}GU₄] | |
| 7 | {[iti}ŠU UD 1-KAM UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM | |
| 8 | [UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD] 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM | |
| 9 | PAB 19-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}ŠU | |
| 10 | {[iti]}NE UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-[KAM UD 18-KAM] | |
| 11 | [UD] 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 23-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM PAB 16-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}NE | |
| 12 | {[iti]}KIN UD 27-KAM UD 28-KAM PAB 2 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}KIN | |
| 13 | {[iti]}DU₆ UD 2-KAM UD 3-KAM UD 4-KAM UD 5-KAM UD 6-KAM UD 7-KAM UD 8-KAM UD 10-KAM | |
| 14 | [UD n]-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM [UD n-KAM] | |
| 15 | [UD n-KAM UD] 25-KAM UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM PAB 23-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ | |
| 16 | {[iti}APIN UD 1-KAM UD 2-KAM UD 7-KAM UD 8-KAM UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM | |
| 17 | [UD 14-KAM UD] 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM PAB 15-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}APIN | |
| 18 | {[iti}GAN UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM PAB 5 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}GAN | |
| 19 | {[iti}AB] UD 1-KAM UD 2-KAM UD 3-KAM UD 4-KAM UD 5-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM | |
| 20 | [UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM PAB 11-KAM u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}AB | |
| 21 | {[iti}ZIZ₂] UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM | |
| 22 | [UD 18-KAM PAB 11-KAM u₄-mu ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM PAB 1{en} u₄-mu ša₂ {iti}ŠE | |
| 23 | [PAB 1 ME 34 u₄-mu-MEŠ a-di 2 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ {m}{d}AG-eri-ba DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 24 | [a-na] muh-hi {m}re-mut-{d}AG DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ iz-za-zi pu-ut qu-ru-bu ša₂ nap-ta-nu | |
| 25 | [u₃] ma-aṣ-ṣar-tu₄ u₃ la ba-aṭ-la {m}{d}AG-eri-ba i-na ŠU-MIN {m}re-mut-{d}AG na-ši | |
| 26 | [ina u₄]-mu 3 SILA₃ ta-ka-su-u₂ 3 SILA₃ KAŠ ŠE.BAR u₃ ši-zib pa-na-at u₄-mu a₄ 1 ME 34 | |
| 27 | [ku]-u₂ u₂-šu-uz-zu ša₂ man-za-al-la-a-tu₂ {m}{d}AG-eri-ba ik-kal 10 GIN₂ [KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} nu-uh-hu-tu₂] | |
| 28 | [a-di 1+1 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ša₂ ul-tu {iti}APIN MU 18-KAM ku-u₂ u₂-šu-uz-zu ša₂ man-za-al-[la-a-tu₂] | |
| 29 | {[m]}re-mut-{d}AG a-na {m}{d}AG-eri-ba it-ta-din e-lat 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} nu-uh-hu-tu₂ ša₂ {m}[re-mut-{d}AG] | |
| 30 | [ša₂ i]-na UGU {m}{d}AG-SU {[m}{d}AG]-SU a-na {m}re-mut-{d}AG i-nam-din ṣi-in-da DINGIR{[meš]} | |
| 31 | [ša₂] {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU {iti}[DU₆] {iti}APIN u₃ {iti}AB eš-še-eʾ na-bal-[kit-a-nu] | |
| 32 | [x GIN₂] KU₃.BABBAR u₂-šal-lam 1{en}TA.AM₃ TI{u₂} ul-tu {iti}APIN [MU 18-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR] | |
| 33 | {[m}{d}AG-eri-ba] a-na UGU {m}re-mut-{d}AG iz-za-zi {lu₂}mu-kin-ni {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[...] | |
| 34 | [... {m}{d}AG]-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AG A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ [...] | |
| 35 | [... {m}TIN] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}še-el-li-bi A {m}{d}30-DINGIR {m}gi-mil-[lu ...] | |
| 36 | [BARA₂].SIPA{ki} {iti}[...] |
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