RA 097, 74 (BM 54078, without copy) (P522428)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 74 (BM 54078, without copy) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522428 |
| Museum no. | BM 054078 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | A house in the road to the Mar[ket] Gate, [next to the house of ...], son of Iddinaya, and next to the house of Šamšaya, [......], which Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of [Šangu-Ištar-Babili], leased for a yearly (house rent of) 1/3 mina of refined silver, to [...], son of Šamaš-iddin. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | He will renew the roof and he will carry out [the repairs] to the wall footing. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | In the months of Nisannu, Duʾuzu and [Kislimu], he will give the additional payments. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Fr[om .... of the month of ..., the house ...] is at his disposal. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of [the year, and the remainder of the silver] at the end of the year. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 10r 10–r 10r 10 | Witnesses: Iddin-Bel, son of Bel-[...]; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 1111–r 1111 | Nuhšanu, son of [...]; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1212–r 1212 | Nergal-uballiṭ, [son of ...]; |
| Reverse [3:5] r 1313–r 1414 | Belšunu, son of Remut; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1414–r 1414 | Ea-iddin, the scribe, son of Bel-eriba. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 1515–r 1616 | Kutha, 7th day of Ululu, 7th 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 | E₂ ša₂ ina ma-la-ku ša₂ ina KA₂-ma-⸢hi⸣-[ri ša₂ DA E₂ ...] | |
| 2 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-a u DA E₂ {m}{d}UTU-a-a [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU A {⸢lu₂⸣}[SANGA-{d}INANNA-TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 4 | a-na MU.AN.NA 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na {m}[x x x] | |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU id-din u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-nu u [bat-qa] | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-sur-re-e i-ṣab-bat {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU u {iti}[GAN] | |
| 7 | nu-up-tu₄ i-na-pu ul-[tu {iti}x] ⸢x x⸣ [E₂] | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣ ina IGI-($ over erasure $)-šu₂ a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš [MU.AN.NA re-hi KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 9 | ina qi₂-it MU.AN.NA i-nam-⸢din⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 10 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}MU-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-⸢x⸣ [x x A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 11 | {m}ŠEŠ-šu₂-nu {m}nu-uh-ša₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-mu-še-ti-iq-UD.DA {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} [A-šu₂ ša₂ x x x] | |
| 13 | {m}EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut | |
| 14 | {m}{d}E₂.A-MU {lu₂}DUB.SAR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-SU [x] | |
| 15 | GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} {iti}KIN UD 7-KAM MU 7-KAM | |
| 16 | {m}ar-tak-ša₂-as-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
Sources & licences
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