AchHist 15, 208 (P521659)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521659 |
| Museum no. | BM 026516 |
| 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] 1'1'–7'7' | [...] 1/3 share [...] of daily (or: prebend days) [... that] Nabû-erība/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi assigned to Nabû-šumu-iddin/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rēʾi-alpi, the son of his brother. |
| Obverse [7:12] 8'8'–12'12' | Nabû-šumu-iddin/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rēʾi-alpi has voluntarily made a gift of 55 š white scrap silver to Nabû-erība/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi, the son of the brother of his father. |
| Obverse [11:13] 12'12'–13'13' | At the sealing of this tablet: |
| Obverse [12:16] 13'13'–16'16' | on that day: Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Ilia, šākin-ṭēmi of Borsippa, Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nabû-ahhē-iddin, šatammu of Ezida. |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | In the presence of: Rēmūt-Nabû/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti/Rēʾi-alpi, |
| Obverse [16:18] 17'17'–18'18' | Nabû-ahu-ittannu/Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Rēʾi-alpi, the younger brother of Nabû-erība, |
| Obverse [18:19] 19'19'–19'19' | Rēmūt-Bēl/Bēl-iddin/Banê-ša-ilia, |
| Obverse [19:20] 20'20'–20'20' | Nabû-rēʾišunu/Kudurru/Ninurta-ušallim. |
| Obverse [20:22] 21'21'–22'22' | Scribe: Nabû-nādin-ahi/Nabû-udammiq/Iddin-Pap-sukkal. |
| Obverse [22:23] 23'23'–23'23' | Borsippa, [RN (Persian era)] 06-X-[x]. |
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' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | a-na [...] u₃ šal-šu₂ HA.[LA (x)] | |
| 5' | ša₂ u₄-mu {[m}{d}AG]-eri-ba A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 6' | A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD-ME pa-ni {m}{d}AG-MU]-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-SUR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 7' | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME DUMU ŠEŠ-šu₂ u₂-šad-gil | |
| 8' | {m}{d}AG-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-SUR-ZI-MEŠ A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD.ME | |
| 9' | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 5/6 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 10' | a-na {m}{d}AG-eri-ba A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 11' | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME DUMU ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ NIG₂.BA it-ta-din | |
| 12' | ina ka-nak {im}DUB MU-MEŠ | |
| 13' | ina u₄-mu šu-ma {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 14' | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-SUR-ZI-MEŠ A {m}DINGIR-ia | |
| 15' | {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB.ME-MU | |
| 16' | IGI {m}re-mut-{d}AG A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-SUR-ZI-MEŠ A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME | |
| 17' | IGI {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-it-tan-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-GIN-NUMUN | |
| 18' | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-ME ŠEŠ tar-din-nu ša₂ {m}{d}AG-eri-ba | |
| 19' | IGI {m}re-mut-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU A {m}DU₃-MEŠ-ša₂-DINGIR-ia₂ | |
| 20' | IGI {m}{d}AG-SIPA-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-du-ru A {m}{d}MAŠ-GI | |
| 21' | {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {im}DUB {m}{d}AG-na-din-ŠEŠ | |
| 22' | [A-šu₂ ša₂] {m}{d}AG-SIG₅{iq} A {m}MU-{d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 23' | [BARA₂].⸢SIPA⸣{ki} {iti}AB UD 6-KAM | |
| 24' | [MU n-KAM x-x LUGAL TIN.TIR]{ki} u₃ LUGAL KUR-MEŠ |
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