AchHist 15, 207 (P521658)
Business / Contracts, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521658 |
| Museum no. | BM 082687 |
| 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 [0:21] 1'1'–21'21' | [Days of the oxherd prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû, of Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi:] [month I: ... ] [month II: ... ] month IV: 25, 26, [... : in total x days in IV] month V: 18, 19, 25?, [... : in total x days in V] month VII: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, [18], 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29: in total 14 days in VII month VIII: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: in total 13 days in VIII month IX: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15: in total 5 days in IX month X: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29: in total 11 days in X month XI: [09], 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 month XII: 14: in total one day in XII |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [In total: x+] 4 days of Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi. |
| Obverse [13:15] 14'14'–15'15' | For a period of 3 years, Iddin-Bēl and Nabû-bullissu son[s of] Gimil-Nabû descendant of Kinia will serve in place of Rēmūt-Nabû. |
| Obverse [15:17] 16'16'–17'17' | Iddin-Bēl and Nabû-bullissu take over the responsibility [from Rēmūt-Nabû] to bring the meal of Nabû, to stand guard and not to interrupt the meals of Nabû. |
| Obverse [17:19] 18'18'–19'19' | Iddin-Bēl and Nabû-bullissu will enjoy daily 3 litres of takkasû bread, 3 litres of [barley beer and milk, the panāt-ūmi, for doing] service. |
| Obverse [19:21] 20'20'–21'21' | From month x [of year y of Darius] onwards Iddin-Bēl and Nabû-bullissu [will serve in place of Rēmūt-Nabû]. |
| Obverse [21:22] 22'22'–22'22' | Each assumes responsibility for the other; [...]. |
| Obverse [22:23] 23'23'–23'23' | Each (party) has taken one (copy of this contract). [remainder of reverse 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | {iti}ŠU UD 25-KAM UD 26-KAM [...] | |
| 2' | {iti}NE UD 18-KAM UD 19-KAM UD 25-[KAM ...] | |
| 3' | {iti}DU₆ UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 10+8-KAM] | |
| 4' | UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM UD 20-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM UD 28-KAM | |
| 5' | UD 29-KAM PAB 14 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ | |
| 6' | {iti}APIN UD 7-KAM U 8-KAM UD 9-KAM UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM | |
| 7' | UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM UD 16-KAM UD 17-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 20-1.LA₂-KAM PAB 13 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}APIN | |
| 8' | {iti}GAN UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM PAB 5 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}GAN | |
| 9' | {iti}AB UD 1-KAM UD 2-KAM UD 3-KAM UD 4-KAM UD 5-KAM UD 21-KAM UD 22-KAM | |
| 10' | UD 24-KAM UD 25-KAM UD 28-KAM UD 29-KAM PAB 11 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}AB | |
| 11' | {[iti}ZIZ₂ UD 9-KAM] UD 10-KAM UD 11-KAM UD 12-KAM UD 13-KAM UD 14-KAM UD 15-KAM | |
| 12' | {[iti}ŠE UD] 14-KAM PAB 1{en} u₄-mu ša₂ {iti}ŠE | |
| 13' | [PAB n]+4 u₄-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN DUMU {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 14' | [a-na] 3{ta} MU.AN.NA-MEŠ {m}MU-{d}EN u₃ {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su DUMU-[MEŠ ša₂] {m}gi-mil-{d}AG | |
| 15' | [A {m]}ki-ni-ia man-za-al-la-a-tu₄ a-na muh-hi {m}re-mut-{d}AG iz-zi-zu-uʾ | |
| 16' | pu-ut qu-ru-bu nap-ta-nu ša₂ {d}AG [ma]-ṣa-ar-tu₄ u₃ la ba-aṭ-al | |
| 17' | ša₂ nap-ta-nu ša₂ {d}AG {m}MU-{d}EN u₃ {[m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su ina ŠU-MIN {m}re-mut-{d}AG] na-šu-u₂ | |
| 18' | u₄-mu 3 SILA₃ ta-ak-<ka>-su-u₂ 3 SILA₃ [KAŠ ŠE.BAR u šiz-bi pa-na-at u₄-mu ku-mu u₂-šu-uz-zu] | |
| 19' | ša₂ man-za-la-a-a-ta {m}MU-{d}EN u {m}{[d}AG-bul-liṭ-su DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}gi-mil-{d}AG] | |
| 20' | ik-ka-al-la-aʾ ul-tu {iti}[x MU n-KAM x ...] | |
| 21' | {m}MU-{d}EN u {m}{d}AG-bul-liṭ-su man-za-[al-la-a-tu₄ a-na muh-hi {m}re-mut-{d}AG iz-zi-zu-uʾ] | |
| 22' | 1{en} pu-ut ša₂ 2{i} na-šu-u₂ [na-bal-kat₂-a-nu ...] | |
| 23' | 1{en}TA.AM₃ TI{[u₂} ...] |
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