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AchHist 15, 224 (P521674)

Administrative; Astral sciences, Achaemenid, Borsippa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationAchHist 15, 224
IDP521674
Museum no.BM 109870
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreAdministrative; Astral sciences
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 [0:2] 11–22[…] from month XII of the 35th year, […] of the intercalary month, from the 6th day of the first addaru (XIIa).
Obverse [2:3] 33–33[x]: 03/I of year 36
Obverse [3:4] 44–44[x]: from 11 until 17/I
Obverse [4:5] 55–55[x]: from 20 until 24/I
Obverse [5:6] 66–66[x]: of 4 days of month II from day 01
Obverse [6:7] 77–77[x] kapru offering: 02/II
Obverse [7:8] 88–88[10] kanīku (bottles) Šibirru and the Ladies: 01/I
Obverse [8:9] 99–99[x of] Mār-bīti: half of day 8, day 9, 10 of II
Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010[x] of the day: 03, 04/III
Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111[x] kapru offering: 21/III
Obverse [11:13] 1212–1313[x]: 27/IV
Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313[x] tilimtu offerings: from 27 until 30/IV
Obverse [13:15] 1414–1515[x] kapru: 10/[V]
Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515[x] kapru: 13, 14/V
Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616[x] dannu vat before Lammu on 04, 05, 06/VI
Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717[x] silver dannu before Ištar-bīti on 04, 05, 06/VI
Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818[x] dannu before the throne of the shrine of Nanāya: 04/VI
Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919[40] kanīku bottles before Šibirru and the Ladies: 05, 06, 16, 22/(VI)
Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020[x] for the maštītu offerings: 04, 05, 06/VII
Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121[x] of Šullumu: 22/VII
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222[x]-ti: from 27 until 29/VII 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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1[x x x x x] TA {iti}ŠE MU 35-KAM
2[x x x x x] ša₂ di-ri TA UD 6 ša₂ {iti}ŠE IGI{u₂}
3[x x x {iti]}BARA₂ UD 3 ša₂ MU 36
4[x x x] {iti}BARA₂ TA UD 11 EN UD 17
5[x x x] {iti}BARA₂ TA UD 20 EN UD 24
6[x x x]-mu ša₂ 4 u₄-mu ša₂ {iti}GU₄ TA UD 1
7[x x] kap-ri {iti}GU₄ UD 2
810 ⸢ka⸣-nik₂-ku IGI {d}ŠIBIR u {d}INNIN-MEŠ {iti}BARA₂ UD 1
9[x x] {d}A-E₂ {iti}GU₄ UD 8{mi} UD 9 UD 10
10[x x x x] x ša₂ u₄-mu {iti}SIG₄ UD 3 UD 4
11[x x x x] kap-ri {iti}SIG₄ UD 21
12[x x x x]-hi {iti}ŠU UD 27
13[x x ti-lim]-du₃-MEŠ {iti}ŠU TA UD 27 EN UD 30
14[x x] ⸢kap⸣-ri {[iti}NE] UD 10
15[x x] kap-ri {iti}NE UD 13 UD 10+4
16[x x] dan-nu la-IGI {d}lam-mu {iti}KIN UD 4 5 6
17[x x dan]-nu KU₃.BABBAR IGI {d}15-E₂ {iti}KIN UD 4 5 6
18[x x dan]-nu la-IGI {giš}GU.ZA E₂ na-na-a {iti}KIN UD 4
1940 ka-nik₂-ku IGI {d}ŠIBIR u {d}INNIN-MEŠ UD 5 6 16 22
20[x x] a-na maš-ti-ti {iti}DU₆ UD 4 5 6
21[x x x]-e ša₂ {m}šul-lu-mu {iti}DU₆ UD 22
22[x x x]-ti {iti}DU₆ TA UD 27 EN UD 29

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