RA 097, 69 (BM 54067, without copy) (P522423)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 69 (BM 54067, without copy) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522423 |
| Museum no. | BM 054067 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) |
| Coordinates | 32.7605, 44.6112 |
English translation
By Jursa, M. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | 42 kur of barley belonging to Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, owed by Nergal-ušallim, son of Nurea – |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | in the month of Simanu he will pay those 42 kur of barley in the mašihu-measure of 1 panu, the whole amount, in Kutha. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Bel-ittannu, son of Itti-Bel-immir, bears responsibility for the payment of those 42 kur of barley. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 9b.e. 9– | Finger-nail of Nergal-ušallim. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 10r 10–r 1111 | Witnesses: Bel-ana-mirehtu, son of Bel-kaṣir; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1212–r 1212 | Bel-ittannu, son of Išum-iddin; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1313–r 1313 | Ribat, son of Kaṣir; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1414–r 1414 | Šamšaya, son of Kaṣir; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1515–r 1515 | scribe, Marduk-naṣir, son of Bel-ittannu. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 1616–r 1717 | Kutha, 13th day of Kislimu, 19th year of Artaxerxes, king of the lands. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 42 GUR ŠE.BAR ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU ina muh-hi {m}{d}U.GUR-GI DUMU ša₂ {m}ZALAG₂-e-a | |
| 3 | ina {iti}SIG₄ ŠE.BAR a₄ 42 GUR | |
| 4 | ina {giš}ma-ši-hu ša₂ 1 PI gam-mir-tu₄ | |
| 5 | ina GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} i-nam-din | |
| 6 | pu-ut e-ṭe₃-ru ša₂ ŠE.BAR a₄ | |
| 7 | 42 GUR {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}KI-{d}EN-im-mir na-ši | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}U.GUR-GI | |
| r | ||
| 10 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-ana-mi-re-eh-tu₄ | |
| 11 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ka-ṣir | |
| 12 | {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}i-šum-MU | |
| 13 | {m}ri-bat DUMU ša₂ {m}ka-ṣir | |
| 14 | {m}{d}UTU-a-a DUMU ša₂ {m}ka-ṣir | |
| 15 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu | |
| 16 | GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} {iti}GAN UD 13-KAM | |
| 17 | MU 19-KAM {m}ar-⸢ta-ak⸣-ša₂-as-sa | |
| 18 | LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
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