AchHist 15, 220 (P521671)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Borsippa · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521671 |
| Museum no. | BM 029391 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 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 [0:4] 11–44 | [The judges/men/officials/...] of Assurbanipal king of Assyria [in whose] presence Nabû-lēʾi litigated against Šulā and Nabû-iddin, and (in whose presence) Nabû-lēʾi was cleared. And the king of Assyria decided the case as follows: |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | His father Zākir raised Nabû-lēʾi and consecrated him at the Ezida temple, he did not know Nabûiddin, did not recognise him as heir, and he did not make him into a son. |
| Obverse [7:9] 88–99 | Šulā and Nabû-iddin will not come back (to litigate) and Nabû-iddin will [return?] to his father. |
| Obverse [9:15] 1010–1515 | And the king of Assyria says: [x] that what he gave is given, [property] in city and countryside, all there is, [Zākir] gave it to his eldest son. |
| Obverse [13:29] 1414– | [In front of:] [x]-ia the mayor of Nineveh, [x]-ahhē-šullim the scribe, Šamaš-balāṭu the palace overseer, Marduk-erība the overseer of the Aramaic scribe, Kinūnāya the governor of bītueššu, Marduk-šumu-uṣur the chief diviner, Nāṣir the diviner, Aqara the diviner, Bābilāya, eunuch, scribe of the king of Babylon, Nabû-ušebši the diviner, Rāši-ili the scribe, Nergal-ēṭer the scribe, Ubār-Sebetti royal merchant – all these are [the judges/men/officials/...] of the king of Assyria in whose presence Nabû-lēʾi litigated [against Šulā] and Nabû-iddin, and (in whose presence) Nabû-lē’i was cleared. 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 | [x x-MEŠ] ša₂ {d}ŠAR₃-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} | |
| 2 | [ša₂ i-na] GUB.BA-šu₂-nu {m}{d}AG-DA it-ti {m}šu-la-a | |
| 3 | u₃ {m}{d}AG-SUM{na} di-i-ni id-bu-bu-u₂-ma {<m>}{d}AG-DA | |
| 4 | iz-ka-a u LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} ki-i pi-i an-ni-i | |
| 5 | di-i-ni ip-ru-su um-ma {m}{d}AG-DA {m}za-kir AD-šu₂ | |
| 6 | ur-tab-biš u a-na E₂.ZI.DA ug-dal-lib-šu₂ | |
| 7 | {[m]}{d}AG-SUM{na} ul i-di MU-šu₂ ul iš-kun | |
| 8 | u₃ a-na DUMU ul u₂-tir-šu₂ {m}šu-la-a u {m}{d}AG-SUM{[na]} | |
| 9 | [ul i]-tu-ru-nim-ma {m}{d}AG-SUM{na} a-na AD-šu₂ [o] | |
| 10 | [x x]-ri u₃ LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} i-qab-bi | |
| 11 | [um-ma x x] x id-di-nu na-din [o] | |
| 12 | [x x x x] URU u EDIN ma-la ba-[šu-u₂] | |
| 13 | {[m}za-kir a]-na DUMU-šu₂ ra-bi-i id-di-[nu] | |
| 14 | [ina IGI {m}x x]-ia {lu₂}a-za-an ša₂ {uru}ni-na₂-a | |
| 15 | {[m}{d}x]-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šul-lim {lu₂}DUB.SAR [x x] | |
| 16 | [ina IGI {m]}{d}UTU-ba-la-ṭu ša₂ pa-an E₂.GAL | |
| 17 | [ina IGI] {d}AMAR.UTU-SU {lu₂}PA ša₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG ar-ma-a | |
| 18 | ina IGI {m}KI.NE.NE-a-a {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM ša₂ E₂-eš-šu₂ E₂-eš-šu₂ | |
| 19 | ina IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ GAL {lu₂}HAL | |
| 20 | ina IGI {m}na-ṣi-ru {lu₂}HAL | |
| 21 | ina IGI {m}a-qar-a {lu₂}HAL | |
| 22 | ina IGI {m}TIN.TIR{ki}a-a {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 23 | ina IGI {m}{d}AG-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}HAL | |
| 24 | ina IGI {m}TUK{ši}DINGIR {lu₂}DUB.SAR | |
| 25 | [ina] IGI {m}{d}U.GUR-KAR{ir} {[lu₂]}DUB.SAR | |
| 26 | [ina IGI] {m}u₂-bar-ru-{d}IMIN-BI {lu₂}DAM.GAR LUGAL PAB an-nu-tu | |
| 27 | [x x]-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} ša₂ {m}{d}AG-DA ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu [it-ti] | |
| 28 | {[m}šu-la-a] u {m}{d}AG-MU id-bu-bu-u₂-ma iz-ka-a |
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