AchHist 15, 205 (P521656)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521656 |
| Museum no. | BM 026501 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Nabû-ittannu/Rēʾi-alpi has voluntarily sealed and given forever to Bēl-ittannu and Nabû-ittannu sons of Rēmūt-Nabû//Rēʾi-alpi a fifth share of the fat and gore from (the offerings) before Nabû, Nanāya, and the gods of Borsippa of the entire year, as much as pertains to the prebend of Itti-Nabû-balāṭu. |
| Obverse [7:10] 88–1010 | Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Nabû-ittannu/Rēʾi-alpi has received from Bēl-ittannu and Nabû-ittannu 12 š silver, the price of the fat and gore. |
| Obverse [10:14] 1111–1414 | Bēl-ittannu and Nabû-ittannu will eat with Itti-Nabû-balāṭu from the fat and gore in the fourth share of Itti-Nabû-balāṭu. |
| Obverse [13:19] 1414–1919 | Witnesses: Bēl-[x/PN/FN], Nabû-šākin-šumi/Mušēzib/Kidin-Sîn, Nabû-bullissu/Gimillu/Kinia, Nidintu/Nabû-iddin/Nappāhu, Nabû-bullissu/Nabû-zēru-līšir/Ilšu-abūšu. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Scribe: Nabû-bullissu/Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Šēpê-ilia. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Borsippa, Xer 09-I-01. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 5{šu₂} HA.LA ša₂ hi-in-ṣu u₃ bar-ra-šu₂ | |
| 3 | IGI {d}AG u₃ {d}na-na-a u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 4 | ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA ma-la [ba-šu]-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN | |
| 5 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ik-nu-uk-ku-ma a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 6 | IGI {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u₃ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD u₂-šad-gil | |
| 8 | 12 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ši-me ŠAM₂ hi-in-ṣu u₃ bar-ra-šu₂ | |
| 9 | {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD | |
| 10 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u₃ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu ma-hi-ir | |
| 11 | [hi]-in-ṣu u₃ bar-ra-šu₂ i-na 4{ta} HA.LA | |
| 12 | [ša₂ {m]}KI-{d}AG-TIN {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u₃ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu | |
| 13 | KI {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN ik-ka-lu-[uʾ] | |
| 14 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-[x A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}x A x-x] | |
| 15 | {m}{d}AG-ša₂-kin-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib A {m}ki-din-{d}30 | |
| 16 | {m}{d}AG-TIN-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}gi-mil-lu A {m}ki-ni-ia | |
| 17 | {m}ni-din-tu₄ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU A {m}{lu₂}SIMUG | |
| 18 | {m}{d}AG-TIN-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-SI.SA₂ A {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | |
| 19 | DUB.SAR {m}{d}AG-TIN-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KI-{d}AG-TIN A {m}GIR₃-MIN-DINGIR-ia₂ | |
| 20 | BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}BARA₂ UD 5-KAM MU 1-KAM | |
| 21 | {m}ak-ši-i-a-ar-ši LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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