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AchHist 15, 204 (P521655)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 204
IDP521655
Museum no.BM 094573
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreLegal
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 [0:5] 1'1'–5'5'[Nabû-ittannu/Rēmūt-Nabû/Rēʾi-alpi has voluntarily] sealed and given forever [x] days in the temple of Nabû, the oxherd prebend of Ezida, [temple of Nabû], to Libluṭ/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rēʾi-alpi for 26 š white scrap silver.
Obverse [5:12] 6'6'–12'12'Nabû-ittannu has fully received those 26 š of silver from Bēl-ittannu/Rēmūt-Nabû/Rēʾi-alpi, the brother of Nabû-ittannu, on behalf of Libluṭ.
Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11'Witnesses: Šumu-ukīn/Bēl-ikṣur/Nabûtu, Bēl-(or Nabû-)bullissu/Mār-bīti-[x/FN, ...]. Remainder of text lost. 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'[x x x] u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ {d}[AG x x x x]
2'GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ E₂.ZI.DA [E₂ {d}AG]
3'i-nu-uk-ma a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-ta a-na
4'1/3 MA.NA 6 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} nu-uh-hu-tu₄
5'a-na {m}lib-luṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-SUR-ZI-MEŠ
6'A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ id-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄
7'1/3 MA.NA 6 GIN₂ ši-me u₄-mu-MEŠ-šu₂
8'{m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu
9'A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ŠEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu
10'ina na-aš₂-par-tu₄ ša₂ {m}lib-luṭ ma-hi-ir e-ṭir
11'{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}MU-GIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ik-ṣur
12'[A {m]}na-bu-tu {m}{d}AG/EN-TIN-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}DUMU-E₂-[x]

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