RA 097, 80–81, 125 (BM 54141) (P522433)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 80–81, 125 (BM 54141) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522433 |
| Museum no. | BM 054141 |
| 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 1´o 1´–o 4´4´ | [... ...], next to the house [of ... ...], descendant of Dabibi. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5´5´–o 6´6´ | [... ..., the measurement] of that house. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 6´6´–o 10´10´ | Bel-ikṣur, son of Nabu-eṭir-[napšati, agreed] a price of 15 shekels of refined silver [per 1]/2 GAR of land [with Esag]il-ramat, daughter of Bazuzu, [descendant of ...], (and) he pur[chased it for ...] minas of refined silver, [her full price, and he gave her ... shekels] of silver as an additional payment [and for the clothing of the mistress of the house. |
| Obverse [10:18] o 11´11´– | [Esagil-ramat, daughter of Bazuzu], received [from Bel-ikṣur, son of Nabu-eṭir-napšati], a to[tal of ... minas and ... shekels of refined silver, as the price of her house], the en[tire amount of silver ... ...]; she [is paid]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 17´r 17´–r 18´18´ | She shall have no claim. They shall not return (to court) with one another, they shall have no dispute. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 19´19´–r 23´23´ | At any time, whoever from among the family of the house of Esagil-ramat, [comes forward and claims that that house was not sold, (and) the silver was not received, that claimant will pay back [twelve] times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 24´24´–r 25´25´ | [At the sea]ling of that tablet: |
| Reverse [8:9] r 25´25´–r 25´25´ | [Before: Nidin]tu, son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 26´26´–r 26´26´ | [... ...], son of Nabu/Bel-[... ...]; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 27´27´–r 27´27´ | [... ...], descendant of Nabu-[... ...]; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 28´28´–r 28´28´ | [... ...], brothers [of Esag]il-ramat; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 29´29´–r 29´29´ | [... ...], son of Išum-uballiṭ; |
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´ | [... ...] u GIŠ [x x x] | |
| 2´ | [... ...] ⸢x⸣ šu₂ MU [x x]-ti₃ | |
| 3´ | [... ...] DA E₂ | |
| 4´ | [... ...]-šu₂-nu DUMU {m}da-bi-bi | |
| 5´ | [... ... mi-ših-tu₄] E₂ ⸢MU⸣.MEŠ | |
| 6´ | [it-ti {f}E₂.SAG].⸢IL₂⸣-ra-mat ⸢DUMU⸣.MI₂ ša₂ {m}ba-zu-zu | |
| 7´ | [DUMU PN {m}{d]}⸢EN⸣-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ | |
| 8´ | {m}{d}NA₃-⸢KAR⸣-[ZI-MEŠ ša₂ 1/2 <GAR> A.ŠA₃ a-⸢na⸣ 15 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 9´ | KI.⸢LAM⸣ [im-be₂-e-ma x] MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 10´ | ⸢i⸣-[šam a-na ši-mi-šu₂ TIL{ti₃} u x GIN₂] KU₃.BABBAR ki-i a-tar | |
| 11´ | [u₃ {tug₂}lu-bar GAŠAN E₂ id-din-šu₂ ŠU].⸢NIGIN⸣ | |
| 12´ | [x MA.NA x GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ i-na qa-at] | |
| 13´ | {[m}{d}EN-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAR-ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 14´ | [ši-im E₂-šu₂ {f}E₂.SAG.IL₂-ra-mat DUMU.MI₂ ša₂] | |
| 15´ | {[m}ba-zu-zu ki-i KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢ga-mir⸣-[ti₃] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16´ | [(x) ... ...] mah-⸢rat⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 17´ | [ap-la]-⸢at⸣ ru-⸢gum⸣-ma-a ul ti-i-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 18´ | ⸢ul⸣ GUR-MEŠ-ma a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 19´ | ⸢ma⸣-ti-ma ma-na-ma kim-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ | |
| 20´ | {f}E₂.SAG.IL₂-ra-mat ša₂ E₁₁-ma i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 21´ | um-ma E₂ MU.MEŠ ul na-din-ma | |
| 22´ | KU₃.BABBAR ⸢ul⸣ ma-hir {lu₂}pa-qir-a-nu KU₃.BABBAR im-hur | |
| 23´ | EN 12-⸢TA⸣.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 24´ | [i-na ka]-⸢nak⸣ {im}DUB MU.MEŠ | |
| 25´ | [IGI {m}ni-din]-⸢tu₄⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}⸢NA₃⸣-TIN | |
| 26´ | [... ...] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃/EN-[(x x)]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 27´ | [... ...] ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}{d}NA₃-[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 28´ | [... ...] ⸢x⸣ ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ {f}E₂.SAG].⸢IL₂⸣-ra-mat | |
| 29´ | [... ...] ⸢x⸣ ki [... ...] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}i-šum-TIN{iṭ} | |
| 30´ | [... ...] ⸢x⸣ [... ...] x KAL | |
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