AchHist 15, 192 (P521644)
Administrative, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 192 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521644 |
| Museum no. | BM 026576 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | - a house of 20 reeds: for 26 m of white silver |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | - a field of 0;3 on the canal of the kurgarrûs: sold for 1 m and 20 š silver |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | - a date garden of 0;2.3 kurru, of which 0;1.2 is arable land, in Bīt-arahtu: sold for 3 m of silver |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | - a date garden of 0;0.4 in Parak-tūʾami: sold for ½ m silver |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | - 8 single date palm trees: sold for 10 š silver |
| Obverse [7:9] 88–99 | - a date garden of 0;3 in front of the gate towards the swamps: sold for 6 m silver |
| Obverse [9:11] 1010–1111 | - a plot of 0;1.2 on which 20 date palm trees can be elevated, on the canal of the qīpu: sold for 16 š of silver |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | - a date garden of 0;3.2 in Iddin-Amurru: sold for 5 m 20 š white silver |
| Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616 | - a date garden of 0;1.1: sold for 20 š sc[rap?] silver; the field that Murašû entrusted |
| Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717 | - 4 sheep of the irregular offerings in front of Sutītu: sold for 2 m white silver |
| Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919 | - 2 hulamēšu sheep of month I in front of Nanāya of Ehuršaba: sold for 22 š silver |
| Obverse [19:21] 2020–2121 | - 2 hulamēšu of month XI in Babylon and Kish: sold ‹for› 19 š white silver |
| Obverse [21:23] 2222–2323 | - meat cuts (maššaktu) of beef, mutton, fowl and lamb in front of Nergal: sold for 1 m of white silver |
| Obverse [23:25] 2424–2525 | - 3 x bowls of malītu flour in front of the Lords: sold for 5 š white silver |
| Obverse [25:28] 2626–2828 | - (f)Šār-Ninlil-ṭāb, slave woman of Nabû-uṣuršu: sold for 3 m 13 š silver |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | - Ṣibā: sold for 3½ m silver |
| Obverse [28:31] 2929–3131 | - 2 days of month VI: sold for 7 š white silver |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | In total: 50 m 8 š white silver. |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | 15-IX-20; the account is made. 1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 GI-MEŠ E₂ a-na 26 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 2 | 3 PI ŠE.NUMUN ina UGU SUR₃ ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}KUR.GAR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | a-na 1 MA.NA 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 4 | 2 (PI) 3 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi ša₂ 1 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN me-re-<šu₂> ina E₂-<a>-ra-ah-tu₄ | |
| 5 | a-na 3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 6 | 4 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi ina BARA₂-MAŠ.TAB.BA a-na 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 7 | 8 {giš}GIŠIMMAR-MEŠ e-du-u₂-tu a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 8 | 3 PI ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi ina pa-na-at KA₂.GAL tam-ti₃ | |
| 9 | a-na 6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 10 | 1 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN ša₂ 20 {giš}GIŠIMMAR-MEŠ ina lib₃-bi u₂-še-uz-zu | |
| 11 | ina muh-hi SUR₃ ša₂ {lu₂}qi₂-me a-na 16 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 12 | 3 (PI) 2 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi ina SUM{na}{d}KUR.GAL | |
| 13 | a-na 5 MA.NA 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{in} | |
| 14 | 1 (PI) 1 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi a-na 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ nu-[uh-hu-tu] | |
| 15 | SUM{in} ŠE.NUMUN ša₂ {m}mu-ra-šu-u₂ pi-iq-qid | |
| 16 | 4 UDU.NITA₂ gu-qu-u₂ pa-ni {d}su-ti-ti | |
| 17 | a-na 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{in-uʾ} | |
| 18 | 2 hul-mi-iš UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ pa-ni | |
| 19 | {d}na-na-a ša₂ HUR.ŠA₃.BA a-na 1/3 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 20 | 2 hul-mi-iš ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ ina TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 21 | u₃ {uru}KIŠ{ki} 19 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{in} | |
| 22 | maš-šak-tu₄ ša₂ GUD UDU.NITA₂ iṣ-ṣur pu-ha-[du] | |
| 23 | pa-ni {d}U.GUR a-na 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{[in]} | |
| 24 | 3{ta} NAGAR ma-li-tu₄ ša₂ qe₂-me pa-ni EN-MEŠ | |
| 25 | a-na 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{in} | |
| 26 | {f}IM-{d}NIN.LIL-DUG₃.GA {lu₂}qal-lat ša₂ {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ | |
| 27 | a-na 3 MA.NA 13 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} SUM{na-ta} | |
| 28 | {m}ṣi-ba-a a-na 3 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR SUM{in} | |
| 29 | 2 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}KIN a-na 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 30 | SUM{in} | |
| 31 | PAB.PAB 50 MA.NA 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 32 | {iti}GAN UD 15-KAM MU 20-KAM NIG₂.ŠID ep₂-šu₂ |
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