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AchHist 15, 206 (P521657)

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

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DesignationAchHist 15, 206
IDP521657
Museum no.BM 026502
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreAdministrative
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)

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Obverse [0:3] 11–33Days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, of Bēl-ittannu and Nabû-ittannu and Lâbâši son(s) of Rēmūt-Nabû//Rēʾi-alpi:
Obverse [3:6] 44–66in month I: 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30: in total 13 days of I
Obverse [6:7] 77–77in month II: 16, 17: in total 2 days of II
Obverse [7:11] 88–1111in month IV: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22: in total 12 days of IV
Obverse [11:13] 1212–1313in month V: 16, 17, 18, 19, 25: in total 5 days of V
Obverse [13:19] 1414–1919in month VII: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, [x], 24, 25, 28, 29: in total 14 days of VII
Obverse [17:21] 1818–2121in month X: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 21, 22(!), 24, 25, 28, 29: in total 12 days of X
Obverse [20:23] 2121–2323in month XI: 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: in total 11 days of XI
Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424in month XII: 14: in total one day of XII
Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525In total 60 days of Bēl-ittannu and Nabû-ittannu and Lâbâši son(s) of Rēmūt-Nabû//Rēʾi-alpi, on 21/IV of the first year of [Xerxe]s king of Babylon. 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)

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1u₄-mu is-qa ša₂ {lu₂}SIPA.GUD E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG ša₂
2{m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu u {m}la-a-ba-ši
3DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG A {m}{lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ
4ina {iti}BARA₂ UD 11-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM
5<UD> 20-LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 24-KAM
6UD 25-KAM U 27-KAM UD 29-KAM UD 30-KAM PAB UD 13-KAM
7ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ ina {iti}GU₄ UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM PAB UD 2-KAM ša₂ {iti}GU₄
8ina {iti}ŠU UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM
9UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-LA₂-KAM
10UD 20-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM PAB UD 12-KAM
11ša₂ {iti}ŠU
12ina {iti}NE UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM
13UD 20-LA₂-KAM UD 25-KAM PAB UD 5-KAM ša₂ {iti}NE
14ina {iti}DU₆ UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM]
15UD 18-KAM UD 20-LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD 21 x x [UD n-KAM]
16UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM PAB
17UD 14-KAM ša₂ {iti}DU₆
18ina {iti}AB UD 1-KAM UD 2-KAM UD 3-KAM UD 4-KAM UD 5-KAM
19UD 21-KAM UD 21-KAM 2-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM UD 28-KAM
20UD 29-KAM PAB UD 12-KAM ša₂ {iti}AB
21ina {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM
22UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM
23UD 18-KAM UD 20-LA₂-KAM
24PAB UD 11-KAM ša₂ {iti}ZIZ₂ ina {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM PAB UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}ŠE
25PAB 60 UD-KAM ša₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu
26u {m}la-a-ba-ši DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mu-tu-{d}AG A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ
27ina {iti}ŠU UD 21-KAM MU 1-KAM {m}[ah-ši-ar]-šu₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki}

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