RA 097, 85–86, 127 (BM 54217) (P522437)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 85–86, 127 (BM 54217) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522437 |
| Museum no. | BM 054217 |
| 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 | 2 minas of white nuhhutu-silver of one-eighth alloy, belonging to Marduk-mukin-apli, son of Iqiša-Marduk, descendant of Šangu-Belet-Babili, is the debt of Nidinti-Bel, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | His house in Kutha, which is next to the house of Nergal-iddin, son of Remut-Bel, descendant of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to the house of the sons of Arad-Nergal, is the security of Marduk-mukin-apli (on condition of there being) no rent of the house and no interest on the silver. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | Marduk-mukin-apli will enjoy the usufruct of the rent of the house, and the house is at his disposal [until] he recovers his 2 minas of silver. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 13r 13–r 1414 | Witnesses: Išum-iddin, [son of] Nergal-zer-ibni, descendant of Reʾi-[alpi]; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1515–r 1515 | Ner[gal]-šum-uṣur, son of [...]-ah-iddin, descendant of Nabu-zer-iddin; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1616–r 1616 | [...]-a, son of Ardiya, descendant of Balihu; |
| Reverse [4:6] r 1717–r 1818 | Nergal-naṣir, son of [Nabu]-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1919–r 1919 | [...-bul]lissu, son of Nergal-šum-uṣur, [descendant of Nabu]-zer-iddin; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2020–r 2020 | Šamaš-iddin, son [of ...]-šum-ibni, [descendant] of Sin-ili; |
| Reverse [8:10] r 2121–r 2222 | scribe, Nabu-balassu-iqbi, [son of] Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2323–r 2323 | [Kutha], 1st day of Kislimu, 28th year of Darius, king of Babylon and 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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | 1+1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} <ša₂> ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | |
| 2 | nu-uh-hu-tu ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DU-A A-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂}{d}AMAR.UTU A {lu₂}SANGA-GAŠAN-TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 4 | ina muh-hi {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA | |
| 5 | A {m}{d}UTU-a-ba-ri E₂-su ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 6 | ša₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-MU A-šu₂ {m}re-mut-{d}EN | |
| 7 | A {m}{d}30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA u₃ DA E₂ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}U.GUR maš-ka-nu ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DU-A | |
| 9 | i-di E₂ ia-a-nu u UR₅.RA KU₃.BABBAR ia-a-nu | |
| 10 | i-di E₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DU-A ik-kal u₃ ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 11 | ina IGI-šu₂ [a-di] ⸢UGU⸣ ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ 2 MA.NA | |
| 12 | i-šal-lim-mu | |
| r | ||
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}i-šum-MU [A-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 14 | {m}{d}U.GUR-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}{lu₂}SIPA-[GU₄] | |
| 15 | {m}{d}U.[GUR]-⸢MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}x-ŠEŠ⸣-MU | |
| 16 | A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-MU {[m}x-x]-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-ia | |
| 17 | A {m}{d}KASKAL.KUR{[i]} {m}{d}U.GUR-PAB A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 18 | {⸢m⸣}{[d}NA₃]-{⸢mu⸣}DIB-UD.DA A {m}{d}UTU-a-ba-ri | |
| 19 | {[m}{d}x-bul]-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-⸢MU⸣-URU₃ | |
| 20 | [A {m}{d}NA₃]-⸢NUMUN⸣-MU {m}{d}UTU-MU A-šu₂ [ša₂ {m}{d]}⸢x⸣-MU-DU₃ | |
| 21 | [A {m}{d]}30-DINGIR {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}NA₃-TIN-su-E | |
| 22 | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m]}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA A {m}{d}UTU-a-ba-ri | |
| 23 | [GU₂.DU₈.A]{ki} {iti}GAN UD 1-KAM MU 28-<KAM> | |
| 24 | {m}da-ri-iʾ-muš LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR | |
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