AchHist 15, 221 (P521672)
Legal, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521672 |
| Museum no. | BM 029412 |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Daily 2 loaves of takkasû bread, 2 meat cuts, and 3 tilimtu receptacles of barley beer – rations before Nabû of Bēl-aplu-iddin/Ana-Bēl-upāq/Ir’anni, at the disposal of Bēl-ēṭer, the major domo (rab-bīti) of Ana-Bēl-upāq: |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | Bēl-ēṭer has leased (these rations) for monthly 18 š white silver with 1/8 alloy and 0;2.3 barley to Nabû-uṣuršu/Nādin/Iddin-Papsukkal. |
| Obverse [8:11] 99–1111 | Every month, Nabû-uṣuršu will pay silver and barley to Bēl-ēṭer. |
| Obverse [10:13] 1111–1313 | From the first day of month II of the 27th year (of Darius), the rations will be at the disposal of Nabû-uṣuršu. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | [Each] has taken a copy of this document. |
| Obverse [13:18] 1414–1818 | Witnesses: Nabû-ahhē-šullim/[x]-ittannu/Rē’i-sisê, Bulluṭā/Arad-Gula/Ir’anni, Kāṣir/Nabû-ittannu, Arad-Gula/Kīnā. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Scribe: Hašdāya/Nabû-šumu-iškun. |
| Obverse [19:21] 2020–2121 | Borsippa, Dar 30-I-27. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | u₄-mu 2 ṣib-tu₄ ša₂ tak-ka-su-u₂ | |
| 2 | u₄-mu 2 UZU-MEŠ u₄-mu 3 ta-lim-MEŠ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE.BAR | |
| 3 | ŠUK.HI.A pa-ni {d}AG ša₂ {m}{d}EN-IBILA-SUM{na} | |
| 4 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}a-na-{d}EN-u₂-pa-qu DUMU ša₂ {<m>}ir-a-ni | |
| 5 | ša₂ ina pa-ni {m}{d}EN-KAR{ir} {lu₂}GAL-E₂ {lu₂}GAL-E₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-IBILA-SUM{na} | |
| 6 | {m}{d}EN-KAR{ir} a-na ITI 18 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} | |
| 7 | ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa u₃ 2 (PI) 3 BAN₂ ŠE.BAR a-na | |
| 8 | {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {m}MU-{d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 9 | id-din ITI a₄ KU₃.BABBAR U ŠE.BAR {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ | |
| 10 | a-na {m}{d}EN-KAR{ir} i-nam-din | |
| 11 | TA UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}GUD ša₂ MU 27-KAM | |
| 12 | ŠUK.HI.A ina IGI {m}{d}AG-URU₃-šu₂ | |
| 13 | 1{en} TA a₄] ša₂-ṭa-u₂ TI{u₂} | |
| 14 | {[lu₂}mu-kin-nu] {m}{d}AG-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu-lum DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [ša₂ {m}x]-it-tan-nu A {lu₂}SIPA.ANŠE.KUR.RA | |
| 16 | {m}bul-lu-ṭa-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}gu-la | |
| 17 | A {m}ir-a-ni {m}ka-ṣi-ir DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-it-tan-nu {m}IR₃-{d}gu-la | |
| 19 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-na-a {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}haš-da-a-a | |
| 20 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} bar-sip₃{ki} {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 21 | UD 30-KAM MU 27-KAM {m}da-ri-iʾ-muš | |
| 22 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR |
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