AchHist 15, 199 (P521650)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521650 |
| Museum no. | BM 026535 |
| 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 [0:19] 11–1919 | [Tablet of exchan]ge that Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi and Nabû-râm-nišīšu/Iddin-Nabû/Rēʾi-alpi exchanged with each other: - (Nabû-râm-nišīšu) sealed 2 days, 13 and 14[+?]/XI, of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, and gave it forever to Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi. - Rēmūt-Nabû voluntarily sealed and gave forever to Nabû-râm-nišīšu/Iddin-Nabû/Rēʾi-alpi a date garden of 0;0.2 sūtu in harru ša kandurû. |
| Obverse [18:22] 1919–2222 | Whoever returns on this exchange will have to pay 20 š silver. |
| Obverse [21:27] 2222–2727 | Witnesses: Nabû-balassu-iqbi/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Pahhāru, Lâbâši/Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Bēl-iqīša, Nabû-ušallim/Nabû-kēšir/Miṣirāya. |
| Obverse [26:28] 2727–2828 | Scribe: Bēl-uballiṭ/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nūr-Papsukkal. |
| Obverse [28:30] 2929–3030 | Borsippa, Dar 24-IX-[x]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ṭup-pi šu-pil]-tu₄ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG | |
| 2 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG]-GIN-NUMUN A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.[GUD] | |
| 3 | [u₃] {m}{d}AG-AG₂-UN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 5 | it-ti a-ha-meš | |
| 6 | uš-pu-lu 2 u₄-mu-MEŠ UD 13-KAM UD 10+4-KAM] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA SIPA-u₂-tu | |
| 8 | E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG i-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-[šu₂] | |
| 9 | ik-nu-uk-ku-ma a-na u₄-mu | |
| 10 | ṣa-a-tu₄ pa-ni {m}re-mut-{d}AG | |
| 11 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 12 | u₂-ša₂-ad-gi-il-lu {m}re-mut-{d}AG | |
| 13 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 2 BAN₂ ŠE.NUMUN | |
| 14 | {giš}KIRI₆ {giš}GIŠIMMAR zaq-pu | |
| 15 | ina UGU har-ri ša₂ kan-du-u₂-ri | |
| 16 | pa-ni {m}{d}AG-UN₂-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 17 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 18 | a-na <u₄-mu> ṣa-a-tu₄ u₂-ša₂-ad-gi-il | |
| 19 | ša₂ a-na UGU šu-pil-tu₄ | |
| 20 | i-na-ah-hi-is 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 21 | u₂-šal-lam | |
| 22 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}AG-TIN-su-iq-bi A-šu₂ | |
| 23 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-KAR-ZI-MEŠ A {lu₂}BAHAR₂ | |
| 24 | {m}la-ba-a-ši A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GI.[NA] | |
| 25 | A {m}{d}EN-BA{ša₂} {m}{d}AG-GI | |
| 26 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ke-šir₃ [A {m}mi]-ṣir-a-a | |
| 27 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ | |
| 28 | [ša₂ {m]}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 29 | [BARA₂].⸢SIPA⸣{ki} {iti}GAN UD 24-KAM | |
| 30 | [MU n-KAM] {m}da-ri-iʾ-šu₂ | |
| 31 | [LUGAL TIN.TIR]{ki} u KUR.KUR |
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