RA 097, 84–85 (BM 54188, without copy) (P522436)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 84–85 (BM 54188, without copy) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522436 |
| Museum no. | BM 054188 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | (Concerning) the debt of 10 minas 12 shekels of refined silver belonging to Ea-Iddin, son of Nabu-eṭir-napšati, which is the debt of Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde — |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44– | those 10 minas 12 shekels of refined silver are the price of 45 reeds 3 cubits 20 1/2 fingers (of land) in the Ebabbar Gate district in Kutha which Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šumu-ukin, bought from Bel-ittannu and from Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons – |
| Reverse [0:3] r 10r 10–r 1212 | that silver amounting to 10 minas 12 shekels was paid to Bel-ittannu and his sons on behalf of Bel-uballiṭ. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 1313–r 1414 | Witnesses: Munahhiš-Marduk, son of Bel-aplu-iddin; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1515–r 1515 | Bulluṭu, son of Nergal-zeru-iddin; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1616–r 1616 | Išum-udammiq, the scribe, son of Bel-uballiṭ; |
| Reverse [7:10] r 1717–r 1919 | Kutha, 17th day of Simanu, 14th year of Artaxerxes, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 2020–r 2323 | Bel-uballiṭ has paid the debt of 10 minas 12 shekels of silver in place of Bel-ittannu and his sons. |
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 | u₂-il₃-ti₃ ša₂ 10 MA.NA 12 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}E₂.A-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-KAR-ZI-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ša₂ ina muh-hi {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA | |
| 4 | KU₃.BABBAR aʾ 10 MA.NA 12 GIN₂ qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | |
| 5 | 45 GI-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ 20 1/2 ŠU.SI KI{ti₃} | |
| 6 | ina KA₂ E₂.BABBAR.RA ša₂ qe₂-rib GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU | |
| 8 | ina ŠU.II {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN | |
| 9 | u {m}mi-nu-u₂-ana-{d}EN-da-a-nu | |
| r | ||
| 10 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ KI.LAM i-pu-uš KU₃.BABBAR aʾ | |
| 11 | 10 MA.NA 12 GIN₂ a-na muh-hi | |
| 12 | {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} a-na {m}{d}EN-it-tan-na | |
| 13 | u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ na-di-in {lu₂}mu-kin-nu | |
| 14 | {m}mu-na-hiš-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-EDURU-MU | |
| 15 | {m}bul-lu-ṭu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-NUMUN-MU | |
| 16 | {m}{d}i-šum-SIG₅{iq} DUB.SAR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} | |
| 17 | GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 17-KAM | |
| 18 | MU 14-KAM {m}ar-ta-ak-ša₂-as-su | |
| 19 | LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 20 | u₂-il₃-ti₃ ša₂ 10 MA.NA 12 GIN₂ | |
| 21 | KU₃.BABBAR {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} ki-i | |
| 22 | {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 23 | it-ta-din | |
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